In the political polling season, Colbert will poll residents about something else.
Sewerage.
The city council agreed to send all its water customers a questionnaire to determine public interest “before we waste a lot of money,” in pursing sewerage any further, mayor John Waggoner said Monday.
The city is polling its customers at the suggestion of engineer Chris Quigley, who is coordinating a preliminary study of the city’s sewer possibilities.
“I talked to Mr. Quigley and he says that he thinks that we need to do a survey,” Waggoner said, “to see how many people would even be interested in hooking on to sewerage.”
Based on the results, the city will determine if sewerage service in certain areas of the city is practical.
Waggoner said in March that 40 customers paying $50 would be needed for a Colbert sewer system to sustain itself.
The city council voted that same month to pay Quigley $2,500 to conduct the preliminary study to determine whether Colbert has any options for sewerage.
Those interested in having sewerage service are asked to return the questionnaire within 15 days.
It’s noted on the form that “this is not an application for service.”
The form also says that customers living outside the city limits must be willing to be annexed into the city as a condition of service.
As the city receives the results, the areas that are interested in sewer will be charted on a city map.
