Century Approves New Water, Trash Policies

October 17, 2017

The Century Town Council approved new water and residential trash service policies during their Monday night meeting.

One policy sets forth and defines service parameters to residential trash service. Trash is defined as limbs, discarded furniture, appliances and junk. Residents are allowed to put out trash up to 48 hours in advance of their normal pickup days and is limited to two cubic yards — a pile measuring three feet high, three feet wide and six feet long, for instance. That’s equal to 15 bags of leaves, pine straw or other yard materials.

Larger quantities of trash may be taken by the resident to the trash land field or collected by the Public Works Department for a fee of $50 per half load or $100 for loads exceeding a half trailer load but not over one trailer load.

For the complete trash policy, click here (2-page pdf).

The new water and sewer policy states that each residence is required to have its own meter and to establish new service a customers must provide proof of residence. The policy allows a one-time courtesy water and sewer adjustment for a customer-side leak or filling a swimming pool — if the customer notifies the town about the pool fill in advance with an estimate of how many gallons will be used.

If a customer turns on water service themselves, whether a new service or a re-connection, they will be subject to a $100 fine. The policy states service calls including water turn off for a leak on customer’s side and  leak detection on customer’s side will be charged a fee of $25 during business hours or $50 during non-business hours. This includes service restoration after a non-payment disconnect.

For the complete policy, click here (2-page pdf).

Pictured: The Century Town Council meets Monday night. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News