Sewer District Public Hearings

Modified: October 25, 2016 3:45pm

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Public Hearing Notice

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a meeting of the County Legislature of the County of Erie, New York, shall be held at Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, 4th Floor, Buffalo, New York, in said County, on the 26th day of October, 2016, at 1:30 P.M., Prevailing Time, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing upon a proposed increase and improvement of facilities of Erie County Sewer District No. 4 in said County.

The increase and improvement of such facilities consisting of the following projects: (i) various pumping station improvements at the estimated maximum cost of $2,400,000; (ii) various collection system/infiltration and inflow improvements at the estimated maximum cost of $2,100,000; and (iii) improvements required by anticipated modification of the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for the Depew Overflow Retention Facility at the estimated maximum cost of $1,500,000, all as more fully described in the report and estimate of cost prepared by the County Engineers (Erie County Department of Environment and Planning) which has been filed with the County Legislature and which has been approved by the Board of Managers of Erie County Sewer District No. 4 on June 22, 2016 (the “Report”).

The maximum estimated cost of the aforesaid increase and improvement of the facilities of the District is $6,000,000, to be assessed against a benefited area which consists of the entire area of the District, as well as the contracting communities including Erie County Sewer District No. 1, West Seneca District No. 6, Cheektowaga Sewer District No. 3, and Lancaster town sewer districts, all in accordance with their respective proportionate shares of equalized assessed value in the District.

The expenditures for such increase and improvement of facilities will not cause additional costs for property owners in the District for hook-up fees, and the annual cost of such expenditures to the Typical Property (as defined in the County Law) is $10.32 for the District.  The County Legislature has heretofore caused to be prepared and filed for public inspection with the Clerk of the Erie County Legislature, a detailed explanation of how such costs were computed, as incorporated in said report and estimate of cost prepared by the County Engineers (Erie County Department of Environment and Planning).


 

Public Hearing Notice

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a meeting of the County Legislature of the County of Erie, New York, shall be held at Erie County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, 4th Floor, Buffalo, New York, in said County, on the 26th day of October 2016, at 1:45 P.M., Prevailing Time, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing upon a proposed increase and improvement of facilities of Erie County Sewer District No. 6 in said County.

The increase and improvement of such facilities consisting of the following projects: (i) Waste Water Treatment Plant disinfection system at the estimated maximum cost of $1,200,000; (ii) baseline Waste Water Treatment Plant projects at the estimated maximum cost of $1,300,000; and (iii) inflow/infiltration pilot project and reduction program improvements at the estimated maximum cost of $1,000,000; all as more fully described in the report and estimate of cost prepared by the County Engineers (Erie County Department of Environment and Planning) which has been filed with the County Legislature and which has been approved by the Board of Managers of said District on June 21, 2016 (the “Report”).

The maximum estimated cost of such increase and improvement of facilities is $3,500,000, to be assessed against a benefited area which consists of the entire area of said Sewer District No. 6.

The expenditures for such increase and improvement of facilities will not cause additional costs for property owners in the District for hook-up fees, and the annual cost of such expenditures to the Typical Property (as defined in the County Law) is $10.85 for the District. The County Legislature has heretofore caused to be prepared and filed for public inspection with the Clerk of the Erie County Legislature, a detailed explanation of how such costs were computed, as incorporated in the Report.


Public Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given that the Assessment Rolls for 2016 (2017 Levy) have been completed for Erie County Sewer District Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 and will be on file in the Office of the Division of Sewerage Management, Department of Environment & Planning, 95 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY 14202, and open for public inspection during business hours on and after the first of October, 2016.

The County Legislature will hold a Public Hearing on the Assessment Rolls at 2:30 p.m., local time, on November 9, 2016, in the Chambers of the Erie County Legislature, 92 Franklin Street, 4th Floor, Buffalo, New York, to hear all persons interested in the subject, including any objections concerning the same