How does the Northwestern Water & Sewer District decide whether to proceed on a petitioned water or sewer project?
Whereas the Ohio Revised Code does not specify the necessary percentages of support to proceed with a project, our Board does seek specific support through public meetings before choosing to proceed with spending money on preliminary engineering and design. The current policy requires at least 60% of the benefiting property owners to sign the petition in order for the Board to consider it. If this percentage is reached, the Board may choose to proceed and assess all property owners along the route who benefit. If this percentage is not reached, the project could proceed, but without assessing all owners. In this case, only those residents who petitioned for the project would be charged.
