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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
At last Thursday’s meeting the Water and Sewer Authority ratified the decision to hire Troy Jenkins as the second full-time employee at the Sperryville sewer plant, formally voted to seek forclosure on property belonging to John Shipman and then got into a testy discussion of reserved sewer rights.
Mr. Jenkins has been working for the WSA on a contract basis for most of the years since the plant opened. He has done electrical and plumbing work on the pumps, tanks and lines leading into the plant. With the state’s Department of Environmental Quality requirement that the plant work to get rid of storm water that occasionally causes a wash out during heavy rains, the WSA felt they needed more than part-time help.
They advertised for someone to not only do that work but become qualified to run the plant and operate it most weekends and pump septage from tanks on the system. They received four applications and reviewed them at the August meeting. WSA members decided between meetings to employ Mr. Jenkins, and he has been working full-time at the plant since the middle of August, they said.
Member Charles K. ‘Tete” Estes said that during the heavy rains last month, Mr. Jenkins was able to locate another place where the system was getting storm water. “We’re making progress in having compliance,” he said.
Mr. Shipman’s account has been unpaid for three years. After six months the WSA can put a lien on the property. When a bill is unpaid for three years, they can force the sale of the property to get the money owed.
“We’ve sent all sorts of registered letters,” member Carson Johnson said.
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