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Tom Junk of Sperryville castigated WSA members at length about placement of the lighted electrical control panel that must be installed with each septic tank and pump chamber.
“We get that homeowner physically out in the yard and let him or her pick out the best possible, workable place to put these things. We explain what it consists of — the tank, the pump chamber and the
switch box — and then the contractor comes along and does his very best to put it all exactly where the homeowner has asked that it go,” said WSA member Carson Johnson.
Mr. Junk acknowledged that “the engineering people have bent over backwards” to return the tank sites to acceptable condition. “The main thing is the light sticking up there,” he complained. He charged WSA had made a mistake in not clearly explaining the light placement to property owners who already have had the units installed.
“No one on the Authority knew about these lights,” Chairman Woodard replied.
WSA approved advertising for local electricians to bid on relocating the lighted control panels already installed without specific property owner approval of the location. WSA members also directed attorney Douglas Baumgardner to draft a document that attests the installation site of the lighted control panel is acceptable. Landowners who have not yet had the septic tank and chamber pumps installed at their homes and businesses will be asked to sign the agreement before installation.
When the county’s insurance expired at midnight June 4, WSA’s “piggyback” policy also ended. Bob Strider, acting director of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District Commission, said he had contacted four insurance companies and asked them to send a representative to Thursday’s WSA meeting to outline coverage proposals. “None was willing to provide coverage for the WSA, much less by the deadline of June 5,” he said.
The county has agreed to include the WSA on its policy for property damage insurance, said Mr. Strider. But, he noted, that leaves the Authority — like the county — without general liability or government officials liability until at least July 1, when coverage administered by the
Virginia Municipal League (VML) begins.
“That kind of leaves us hanging in the wind!” said WSA member Del Price. He pointed out that without liability insurance, personal assets of government officials are at risk.
“I wonder what would happen if all our local government officials resigned until July 1?” asked Bob Dennis.
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