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By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH
A WAVE of applause broke out in the crowded Rappahannock court room after a unanimous vote was taken by the Board of Supervisors authorizing work to continue on solving Sperryville’s sewage problem. At their meeting Thursday, August 5, the Supervisors voted to concur with a Rappahannock Water and Sewer Authority’s resolution that stipulates mandatory connections to the sewer line for the residents of Sperryville. In a second vote, the Supervisors authorized the transfer of $188,000 in HUD grant funds to the county for the proposed sewer project.
“It’s time to fish or cut bait,” declared Supervisor Chairman Pete Luke in a presentation before the votes were taken. As the Supervisor representing Sperryville’s district, Luke charged that the Board had put the problem “in my lap and I’ve taken it as far as I can go ... I can’t build the system.”
Luke said that the Department of Housing and Urban Development requires County government concurrence before any grant money is transferred from the state to the county. “They need to know that the Board is behind this project,” he said.
“If you don’t pass the resolution (concurring with the Water and Sewer Authority’s mandatory hook-up requirement) we can’t get die money from the Federal Agencies ... If the Board doesn’t concur, we’re out of business,” said Sewer and Water Chairman Col. M.F. Biddle. Biddle maintained that the Authority would prefer to handle the matter on its own without involving the Board of Supervisors but legally was un- able to.
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