2021 County Budget

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Post Budget Approval.

Jan 19, 2020 Council Meeting – 249K request for the Music Center
Jan 19 2021 Council Meeting Agenda

Jan 19, 2020. Council Meeting – Agenda Item – CVC/Music Center Mgmt Group Oversight
2021_01_19 County Council Mtg – Clark – Outline

Dec 18, 2020.  County gets nearly $500K for COVID-related expenses  y

 BCM – Facebook Post  by Tim J. CLark
  • Additional info in the Democrat on the $239,000 subsidy (bailout) for the Music Center. Diana Biddle signed the MOU as “acting commissioner.” The COUNCIL – not commissioners, are responsible for approving appropriations. As previously mentioned, the council was not aware of the request and it was not discussed at the budget hearings. Councils’ discussions on this topic is scheduled for their Jan meetings. The MOU states that the 239K is “contingent upon available grants and other funding.” Should have also have mentioned “approval by the council.” COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Dave Redding, David Critser, Scott Rudd, Judy Swift-Powdrill, Darryn Byrd, Gary Huett, Art Knight.
BCM Facebook Post by Tim J. Clark   County Counci Council Meeting. Dec 28, 2020, 6:30 pm via Zoom.
  • Considerations of the $239,000 funding request for the Music Center was postponed until next month. Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) were developed by Commissioner Biddle with the Music Center for “renting space” to county offices.
  • These MOUs were not previously shared with the Council nor were projected financial requirements with renting space discussed at the Budget Hearings. Further, there were no invoices provided that identified the detail related to the specific rental charges. For example, which office, what is the justification for meetings (as opposed to a zoom meeting), when were the meetings, and for how long? On space for the clinic, wasn’t grant money received to pay for expenses like labor and rental space?
  • The intent for the “rental agreement” was to address space concerns related to Covid and provide the Music Center with a source of revenue to cover operating expenses and pay back the $150K loan from the county that was used to make the interest payments on the mortgage. The county received $490K from the CARES Act funding to reimburse county taxpayers for the extra expenses associated with Covid – this was primarily labor costs. Commissioner Biddle has identified her interest to leverage the Cares act reimbursement to subsidize (bailout) the Music Center. The council is responsible for reviewing and approving all budgets. Better management of the revenue from the innkeepers tax would prevent the need for county taxpayers to subsidize this venue.
  • Given unanimous approval by the commissioners and council to approve this venue (without an independent study on the feasibility and risks), it should be interesting to see how the revenue shortfalls for the Music Center will be addressed.
Tim J. Clark Reply – BCM Facebook Post: — “Solutions”
  • If there are shortfalls, a documented/legal “loan” from the county would be preferable to a taxpayer-funded subsidy (bailout). A loan could be paid back with revenue from the innkeepers tax. If/when the venue is sold to the private sector, conditions of the sale should include paying back any outstanding loans to taxpayers
  • Before the Music Center, 90%+ the revenue from the innkeepers tax went to the CVB to market tourism and pay for the visitors center. Their percent has been reduced but the first priority for the revenue is the Music Center. CVB needs other sources of revenue — this could come from tourism business owners or the Town of Nashville. Likely all the businesses have their own social media related marketing efforts.

Dec 2, 2020.  County council rescinds budgets, re-approves after error found

Oct 20, 2020, County Council Meeting.   No surprises. The state allows counties to accept an increase in taxes as a result of a calculation referred to as the Growth Quotient. This year it is around $130K  and was approved by the Council. The increase will be shared by property owners.

  • County employees received a 3% cost of living increase.
  • The budget accommodates an increase associated with ambulance service and employees’ health insurance costs.
  • Facebook Post – BCM
    • Commentary: This is the third year I sat through the budget process. With the exception of the consultants and attorneys that work within the system, I do not think there is a citizen in the county – if not Indiana (including our county elected officials) that could explain the financial report, taxes, property assessment, appraisal, and budget processes. Note that by law, We the People are responsible for the performance of the system and lack the knowledge to provide the needed oversight. You can delegate accountability to an elected official but not responsibility. A solution could include a Go Fund Me campaign to developed a needed citizen guide.

Nov 10, 2020. County budget approved; slight tax increase included By

Sep 22, 2020.  Council moves $500,000 to pay health insurance for rest of year By 

Unlike the Schools, the county has an expensive and high-risk plan that routinely exceeds budget projections. In 2019, it was $650,000 over and in 2018 $700,000.

Sep 1, 2020. BCD. County adjusts budget requests for 2021; forecast revenue drops around 5 percent By

Aug 21, 2020. Brown County Matters – Notes from the hearings.

County Council – Budget Hearings Aug 17-19, 2020 – Notes.

o. Potential GOOD News – Projected costs expected to be less than projected revenue by roughly 147K at this point. Kudos to the Offices and Departments that provide in the words of the county consultant, “reasonable and workable” budgets. State and federal grant money also helped to supplement lost revenue due to Covid.

o. Near Final Budget for 2021. This will occur in October which provides the needed time to confirm overall assessed property values, revenue projections from the state and feds (grant money), and county costs. The State also builds in a “growth” related increase (3-4% range?). The county can opt to decline this increase that generally results in passing on modest increases in tax rates. Note also that the council’s “budget” determines the extent of any property tax increases..

o. Music Center / Convention Visitors Commission (CVC). The bank is requiring that the Music Center retain 50%of the revenue from the innkeeper’s tax to help ensure the venue can meet interests and principal payments. The county “loaned” the center up to $150K from the motor vehicle fund to cover interest payments and it is expected that interest only payments will continue through the first quarter of next year.

o. Music Center / Convention Visitors Commission (CVC). The bank is requiring that the Music Center retain 50%of the revenue from the innkeeper’s tax to help ensure the venue can meet interests and principal payments. The county “loaned” the center up to $150K from the motor vehicle highway fund to cover interest payments. It is expected that interest-only payments will continue through the first quarter of next year.cision-making.

o. Music Center / Convention Visitors Commission (CVC). The bank is requiring that the Music Center retain 50%of the revenue from the innkeepers tax to help ensure the venue can meet interests and principal payments. The county “loaned” the center up to $150K from the motor vehicle highway fund to cover interest payments. It is expected that interest-only payments will continue through the first quarter of next year.

o. Note that by Statute (IC 6-9-14), the council is responsible for reviewing and approving the CVC budget which in the past has basically consisted of the CVC identifying the amount of revenue expected and that will be spent (generally, all of it). This hands-off approach contributed to the council not requiring a hold-back of revenue to cover mortgage payments vice the bank having to step-in. Before the Music Center, over 90% of the revenue was transferred to the Convention Visitors Bureau (CVB) (a non-profit) that was responsible for marketing and promoting tourism.

o. Music Center – County Meetings. I may have been the only citizen that attended all three sessions. No waiting in line and a wide range of seating choices. 🙂 Suzannah Couch from the Democrat also attended all the sessions – looking forward to reading about her perspective.

County Elections – Issues, Platforms, Racism, LoWV

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Originally posted Aug 2020. Updated Aug 16, 2022.

For the 2020 election,  the Democrat candidates for Commissioner and Council developed their platform (positions). Republican candidates did not. As of Aug 8, 2022, no platforms developed for the 2022 elections.

Aug 10, 2022. League supports creation of Human Rights Commission submitted by LWVBC Board of Directors (submitted by Cathy Rountree.

 Aug 3, 2022. League urges legislators to support reproductive health, League of Women Voters Brown County Board of Directors (Submitted by Shari Frank, president)

    • Banning reproductive rights strips people of their bodily autonomy, their constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law and the right to privacy. Women and pregnant people will no longer be equal in our democracy if decisions about their reproductive health are put under the control of the state.

County? related issues? 

Dec 22, 2021, League asks senator to support climate change bill

To the editor:

On behalf of the League of Women Voters Brown County, I am writing to ask that Sen. Eric Koch support Sen. Ron Alting’s climate resolution and climate task force bill. The resolution acknowledges that climate change is a problem that needs to be addressed. The bill creates a bipartisan task force to develop a plan for Indiana to address climate mitigation, adaptation and economic development.

The League believes that averting the damaging effects of climate change requires action from both individuals and governments at the local, state, national and international levels. With effective climate solutions, we can help put our state, our country — and our planet — on the path to a sustainable future.

Controlling carbon pollution and developing clean, renewable energy will strengthen our economy by creating valuable employment opportunities, reducing threats to our health and protecting the natural resources that we depend upon for survival.

We also want to recognize the work of the West Lafayette students and the statewide work of the organization Confront the Climate Crisis. We support their leadership efforts in working to create systemic solutions to confront climate change. Their September press release reports that over 17,000 signatures were obtained to support Sen. Alting’s legislation on climate solutions: http://www.confronttheclimatecrisis.com/post/sept-24-press-release.

We are asking Sen. Koch to consider joining as a co-author to show his support for climate resolution along with Sens. Susan Glick, Mike Bohacek and John Ford. Sen. Koch has worked in the past for legislation to protect forests. We hope he will join this important planning effort for our future.

For more information on the proposed climate resolution see the Confront the Climate Crisis website: http://www.confronttheclimatecrisis.com/.

To write your own letter requesting support to address climate change, email Sen. Koch and his legislative assistant at Senator.Koch@iga.in.gov and Alexa.Walden@iga.in.gov.

Sincerely,

Shari Frank, president, LWV Brown County

Mar 9, 2021.  Letter: ‘Distasteful’ and ‘abusive’ GOP posts need to stop By Maddison Miller

    • Local GOP post on Facebook. Summary from an article posted on the Brown County Republican Facebook page and response by Mark Bowman – Party Chairman.

Mar 9, 2021. Letter: House bill would help expand voting access, Judith East, board member, League of Women Voters of Brown County …. H.R.1, the “For the People Act.” The updates in this bill are designed to enable as many Americans as possible to participate in our democratic system of government. They eliminate barriers to registering to vote and getting to the polls, among other fair practices.

Nov 24, 2020.  BCD. Letter: 2020 was the most secure election ever by Shari Frank, Brown County  League of Women Voters

Sep 23, 2020.  BCD. ELECTION: County council at large Q-and-A By

Sep 21, 2020. Candidate Forum  – Sponsored by the Brown County League of Women Voters.

Aug 4, 2020, BCD Letter: Local Democratic Party candidates adopt platform. The platform addresses specific county issues that have been discussed on social media to include the Facebook Group – Brown County Matters.   The exception is the statement regarding racism:
  • We believe in the dignity of and civil and human rights of all people. We call for the end to racism in all forms. We call for a review of all county laws, directives and initiatives of all kinds by any agency or segment of county government to determine if any such laws, directives or initiatives have or could result in racism or inequality in any form. We call for the expeditious remediation of any such instances so found.
    • The statement: “We call for the end to racism in all forms.”  By what method?  

This position is supported by the Brown County League of Women Voters (LoWV).

    • Resolution_For_Racial_Justice Resolution for Black People and All People of Color.  By majority vote on Saturday, Aug 1, 2020, the board of the Brown County League of Women Voters voted to support the National League of Women Voters’ Resolution for “Racial Justice for Black People and All People of Color.”   Includes the following:
      • This resolution addresses racial injustices experienced by Black People, Indigenous People, and all People of Color (BIPOC) in our country. Racism is at the core of the national upheaval following George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2021  therefore it is fitting that League of Women Voters members consider how to address racial justice while carrying out the public policies of LWV.
      • Whereas, the League acknowledges painfully that America is a nation founded on racism. We must end white privilege and the myth of white supremacy if we are to become the nation we pledge to be; 
    • Resolves #136 and #139 met the Leagues criteria for inclusion:
      • Motion #136 – We Resolve First, That the League advocates against systemic racism in the justice system and, at a minimum, for preventing excessive force and brutality by law enforcement. We also call for prompt actions by all League members to advocate within every level of government to eradicate systemic racism, and the harm that it causes;  (1) and,
      • Motion #139 – We Resolve Second, That the League help our elected officials and all Americans recognize these truths to be self-evident; that Black, Indigenous and all people of color (BIPOC)viii deserve equal protection under the law; and that we demand solutions for the terrible wrongs done, so that regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, disability, and gender identity or sexual orientation we may truly become a nation “indivisible, with liberty and justice for all” 

Far Left vs Liberals

Inside an Elite Cancel Culture Session, Where Leftists Met the Enemy and It Was … One of Them By Richard Bernstein, RealClearInvestigations, September 08, 2020

    • But the Romano incident also highlighted another, perhaps more far-reaching, aspect of the ongoing culture wars, namely how the “woke” left seems to be devouring old school liberals. While liberals and conservatives still battle on the largest political stage, the Critics Circle fight illustrates the arcane factional struggle within the left, in which the radical faction takes on comparatively easy targets like Romano because they are accessible and vulnerable in a way that actual racists and other non-insiders are not.
    • … the cancel culture won this battle. Certainly it will be more difficult for people in the liberal press, universities, and the nonprofit world to express doubts about what has emerged as the mandatory view on racism — that it is “systemic,” that it is the abiding and chief feature of all American history and life, that we are all culpable in it, and that to deny that culpability is itself racist. 

A Conservative Perspective on Racism and Systemic Racism 

The case of George Floyd

Race and Black Lives Matter (BLM)

    • The Two Very Different Meanings Of ‘Black Lives Matter’, By David Marcus, The Federalist
      • the term has two very distinct, if not contradictory meanings in today’s America. One is a general statement of support for civil rights; the other is a loose Marxist organization with a clear radical agenda.
    • Commentary: The Various Faces of Black Lives Matter by Robert Stilson, RealClearPolitics, June 21, 2020.
      • Black Lives Matter can mean something different depending on what part of the movement is being referenced 
      • BLM began as the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter in 2013 in wake of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin. That earliest iteration of the term was the general statement of support. But very quickly BLM became the umbrella name for a network of loosely affiliated activist groups with a very far left set of objectives. In fact one of the founders has said on video that the organization was founded by “trained Marxists.”
    • The agenda of Black Lives Matter is far different from the slogan  By Mike Gonzalez and Andrew Olivastro, New York Post, July 1, 2020
      • Many see the slogan Black Lives Matter as a plea to ­secure the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans, especially historically wronged African Americans.  
      • Tragically, when they do donate, they are likely to bankroll a number of radical organizations, founded by committed Marxists whose goals aren’t to make the American Dream a reality for everyone — but to transform America completely.

(1)  “Systemic“.  Regarding implied and direct references to “systems and systemic:”   All results (successes and problems) represent outcomes from systems.  There are methods and tools for identifying, assessing, and improving systems.  These include identifying the aim (purpose, need) of the respective system, capability assessments, operational definitions of the data being used in assessments, cause and effect diagrams, affinity and Pareto charts, histograms, the five why’s, run and process behavior charts to include trend interpretation standards, and analysis of variation – common cause (normal, expected) and special cause variation (outlier, unusual, temporary) to name a few.   The Brown County Leader Network provides support for addressing systemic issues.

Local strategies – Better Government, Systems, Processes

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What is becoming even more evident with the Covid related issues is a lack of trust in government and the systems and processes that are providing “We the People” with information and mandates.

o. When you have licensed and competent medical professionals who disagree on preventative and treatment-related strategies, I would like to see (if even possible these days) an objective, independent group (commission?) reconcile (mediate) the differences on our behalf. Where is there agreement? Where is there disagreement and whyt? What are their recommendations along with the associated risks? Politicizing the issue with the intent to retain or gain votes supported by the media only adds to the divisiveness and polarization in the country.

o. Our founding fathers studied and understood human nature and political systems. They recognized that individuals seek to centralize power and power always corrupts which leads to abuse, conflict, and even war (civil, national, global). Our founders designed a system of checks and balances on power that have been eroded over time. For instance, providing the governor with the ability to extend emergency powers without requiring a special session of the legislature is a law that needs to be reviewed.

o. The overall situation has been a little surreal for me. I’ve briefed senior military leaders on controversial topics. The U.S. military and our allies apply a decision making process that integrates a systemic approach that considers all available facts and data, assesses risks, and identifies the best courses of action. Once the action is taken, the situation is constantly monitored and adjusted as more information is obtained. There are also three major focus areas – what is currently happening, what may be next, and what if? Different groups work on these questions and respective strategies.

o. One of the issues that is different is that in a military context, injuries and death are an inherent part of the process. In a civilian context, facing potential mortality is something most people don’t want to think about which leads to fear, and fear leads to anger that is then leveraged by various groups to support their respective agendas.

o. Probably not much we can do in the short-term regarding the national situation, but we can support changes at the state level. At the county level, we could choose to apply better processes in making important decisions.

o. Volunteers within the community have been working to develop a framework (concept, tools, and methods) for assessing a problem, identifying the best options, and determining if and when a change results in improvement. More information at http://browncountyleadernetwork.com/

American Civics – County, State, Nation

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Information Portal – explores the principles and practices
every patriotic citizen should know.

The Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum  American History and Civics Lessons for
K-12 Classrooms

Indiana and Brown County

Nation

A Book That Speaks to Our Moment : “Rescuing American History From Revisionists and Race Hustlers,”Daniel J. Mahoney, RealClearBooks

American Civics in the Time of Coronavirus, By Carl M. Cannon RCP Staff, April 08, 2020

  • RealClear has launched an educational portal on American Civics — this piece you are reading is its introductory essay — to give a fair accounting of the Founders and the successive generations who did their part in what Alexis de Tocqueville called “the great American experiment.”
  • … the foundation asked a series of  multiple-choice questions to a statistically valid sample of Americans – questions that are on the actual U.S. Citizenship Test. In 2018, only 36% of poll respondents could pass it. 

ABA 2020 Survey of Civic Literacy – Resources

Three Myths That Explain Why Americans Don’t Know Much About History by Natalie Wexler Senior Contributor,  Education, FORBES

  • Myth #1: History is boring, dry, and useless.
  • Myth #2: Memorizing historical facts and dates is a bad idea. 
  • Myth #3: History is a developmentally inappropriate topic below the third or fourth grade.

To the Republic: Rediscovering the Constitution Washington Times

Taking Back American Education By Jack Miller May 12, 2021

  • Many Americans are rightfully becoming more and more concerned about this problem. Instead of being discouraged, we at the Jack Miller Center are doing something about it. Since 2004, we have been building a cadre of professors on college campuses across the country. Today we have about 1,000 professors, on more than 300 campuses, who have taught well over 1 million students about the wisdom and promise of our founding documents and our history of making them a reality.

RealClearPublicAffairs’s 1776 Series –– explains the major themes that define the American mind.

Hamilton: Statesmanship at the Service of a Natural Rights Republic, THE 1776 SERIES By Tony Williams

‘1776’ Is Helping Turn Civics Education Around  Mike Sabo, RealClearEducation

8 Big Takedowns Of The 1619 Project For Its One-Year Anniversary

Engaging The 1619 Project

America Wasn’t Founded on Slavery in 1619 – Peter Wood, New York Post

Mansour: Why We Chose 1620 as the Year of ‘Our True Founding,’ not 1619

  • This year marks the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620, an event which President John Quincy Adams described as the “birthday” of our nation. You might expect this seminal moment in world history to be commemorated with great fanfare. But don’t get your hopes up.

Thanksgiving — A Fitting Time to Recall the Mayflower Compact’s Role in Shaping Our Democracy

Trump Taps Conservative Giants to Lead 1776 Commission  Tyler O’Neil, PJ Media

Nashville Sanitary Sewer Master Plan

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Nashville Sanitary Sewer Master Plan

Nashville Utility Services Board

Master Plan

  • Oct 15, 2020 FINAL. Town of Nashville Sanitary Sewer Master Plan – adopted 10-15-2020 (453 pages)
    • The Town has not adopted any Extraterritorial Utilities Ordinance for Sewer at this time. We recommend that the Town pursue this type of ordinance as it provides for the authority to regulate sanitary sewer service to areas outside the corporate limits. p12.
    • One option which the Brown County RSD report did not explore is routing Bean Blossom’s sewer to the Town for treatment. This option could consist of a gravity sewer extension, from the previously mentioned Greenbriar Lake sewer extension, north along Greasy Creek Road. Sufficient grade is present to route a 10-inch gravity line from Greasy Creek Road at Creamer Road, north for approximately 2.80 miles to Freeman Ridge Road. At this point a force main would be required to convey flow from the Bean Blossom town limits (approx. 1.0 mile).
    • The number of EDUs in which this sewer extension could serve was derived from the Brown County RSD report. In their report they estimate that 276 EDUs are currently in the Town of Bean Blossom, and approximately 60 additional EDUs along Greasy Creek Road. See Appendix A, Figure 5-5, for a map of this sewer extension. The engineer’s opinion of probable project costs is $6,283,000. p32.
    • Recommended expansions p28,  What is the evidence supporting the scores?
    • Follow-up (email confirmation). Table 6.2  “was derived from interviews with Town Council and Utility Staff.”

Current Events

Jun 8, 2021. BCD. Town moves on Utility projects.

Mar 2, 2021. Town starting process of creating a comprehensive plan By Sara Clifford

  • The idea is not to start over completely; the town has so many plans that were done in the past that it could make sense to reuse or incorporate them.In addition, within the past year or so, the town council has adopted a sewer master plan and started work on a stormwater plan; its Utility Service Board has begun talking about infrastructure work needed now and in the future; a committee is working on a bicycle and pedestrian master plan; and the redevelopment commission is in the process of getting a new TIF and economic development plan approved. All those plans need to mesh, and a comprehensive plan could drive all of them, Norton said.
Jan 20, 2021.  Brown County Democrat.  A new board, the Nashville Utility Service Board, will have its first meeting tonight at 7 on Zoom. Here’s the link to listen in: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85184243970; Meeting ID: 851 8424 3970mocrat
  • Town of Nashville, Utility Services Board
  • Ordinance 2020-05  An Ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Nashville, Indiana, Establishing a Nashville Municipal Utilities (NMU) Utility Service Board
    • that the Town Council hereby establishes a Utility Service Board for the town pursuant to I. C. 8- 1. 5- 3; and hereby establishes the organization and administrative arrangements under which the town will exercise its authority and discharge its responsibility for utility service (water and wastewater services).

Summary of the Master Plan – Brown County Democrat

Aug 20, 2020. Town Council Meeting.  A presentation on the plan was presented. It was stated the intent was not to approve the plan at this meeting.  The consensus appeared to be that there was a valid need for system improvements and this should be the priority for Nashville. There was no documentation presented of a valid need to expand service to other areas in the county that could be served by the Nashville Plant.

July 28, 2020.  My comments about the plan – also shared at the FaceBook group – Brown County Matters. I reviewed the plan and have a few initial questions below.  I shared these with Town Council Member Nancy Crocker and referenced these questions at last month’s Town Council meeting.

The initial perception is that this is a Town centric strategy.

  • On the town’s “growth”, how many new residents were acquired as a result of annexation (pg 11)?
  • The Town has had a policy that linked annexations with sewer service.  What is the Town’s current position?
  • What is the projected cost to Nashville Sewer customers over the next 10, 20, 40-year planning cycle (pg 1) if there are no new customers, e.g., growth?  Is this information available in a spreadsheet?   Are “future demands” being overestimated to “reduce operations and maintenance costs” to Town customers and taxpayers?
  • 40-year potential and 2.50-mile radius of Nashville (pg 1).  Is the 2.50-mile radius in the current agreement with the Brown County Regional Sewer District (BCRSD)?
  • Reference to “Hill Top” Development.  Is the name “Hill Top” based on a legal description?  The majority of homes are located on Town Hill Rd, East, and West.
  • I am skeptical of the assumptions regarding population and growth projections. Did the assumptions factor in the economic impact of COVID?  What are the qualifications of the individuals guesstimating these projections?  (pg. 14-17)
  • Overall, the county has a low to moderate-income level of 53.1% (2017).  Hook-ups and higher monthly utility costs will be a burden for many.  The “target” of a monthly rate of $65.00 (pg. 37) is likely conservative.  Without growth, costs of maintenance will have to be passed on to the customer. Helmsburg customers are currently paying $92.50.   I would like to see a spreadsheet that projects revenues, costs, and monthly rates over the life cycle of the respective projects given the growth and no growth projections.  Maintenance and repair costs have to be passed on to the customers – many of which are on fixed incomes.
  • The plan references areas with failed/failing septic systems to justify a sewer expansion (pg 10, 14, section 4.3, pg.17). What is the evidence of failure?  How many systems have been identified as failing?
  • Pg 11 – typo regarding the 2018 estimated population of “18,013”?
  • On the Recommended Sewer Matrix chart (pg 28-29),  what is the supporting documentation regarding the ratings?  I live on Town Hill – I was not contacted. Residences have replaced inadequate systems with Presby’s.  What is the detail that supports these ratings?
  • Extraterritorial Zoning Ordinance (pg.3). What is this?  Does it provide the Town with the same powers that are granted to an RSD? An RSD can “force” sewer hook-up. The BCRSD has adopted this standard. Exceptions to the rule are only temporary.

July 15, 2020.  BCD.  Town developing sewer master plan, updates, expansions by Sara Clifford

  • … in 2018, the Brown County RSD vacated about a mile-and-a-half radius around town limits — basically, to the tops of the hills that surround major roads into town — in case the town ever wanted to extend sewer to those properties.
  • This draft sewer master plan includes several neighborhoods in that mile-and-a-half buffer zone as well as others, and prioritizes them, in the engineers’ opinion, according to how quickly the town should or could bring them sewer:

March 11, 2020.  BCD, Plans, fixes being made at town wastewater plant Sara Clifford

  •  Nashville now has a plan to fix the violations which the state found at its wastewater treatment plant last year. In the meantime, new customers…

Dec 4, 2019.  BCD. Town OKs major study of sewer service Sara Clifford – The Nashville Town Council has hired a firm to do a comprehensive study of Nashville’s sewer plant and operations — how the plant is…