Century Does Not Want Flomaton Sewage, Even If They Pay

June 19, 2008

The Century Town Council made a preliminary decision Wednesday not to provide sewer service to a mobile home park in Flomaton under an agreement with that Alabama town.

Mathis Trailer Park is planned for the north side of the street known as  Alley 5, just feet north of the Alabama state line in Flomaton. Flomaton does not have sewer service available south of the railroad tracks near the state line. Under a proposal from Flomaton, that town would provide individual sewer connections for the five planned trailers on the lot, and they would run a line to the state line. At the state line, Flomaton’s sewer line would connect to a line from Century.

The sewage flow from Flomaton would be paid for by the Town of Flomaton, with Flomaton billing the trailer park owner. If the trailer park owner did not pay Flomaton, Flomaton would still pay Century for the sewage, Century Mayor Freddie McCall said. In addition, the Town of Century would receive a $1,000 connection fee for each of the five trailers, and $1,000 each for additional trailers added to the park in the future.

The proposal has already been approved by the Flomaton Town Council. But Century’s council did not approve the agreement at a special called meeting Wednesday.

“I don’t support providing sewer service to anybody we don’t provide water service to,” Council President Anne Brooks said. Under the discussed agreement, water service for the trailer park would come from Flomaton.

“I am not particularly happy about going across the state line with our sewage,” council member Gary Riley said.

Council member Sharon Scott also expressed her displeasure with the idea. Council member Nadine McCaw said she would support the proposal. Council member Henry Hawkins was not present at the meeting.

The council is expected to formally deny the request at their next regular meeting on July 7.

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