DEPARTMENT: Environmental Resources
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Joint Powers Agreements With Eureka Township And City Of Vermillion For Septic System Maintenance Programs
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Dakota County Ordinance No. 113, Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems (SSTS), establishes standards for individual sewage treatment systems within shoreland and floodplain areas of Dakota County's 12 unincorporated townships. Based on the jurisdiction section of Ordinance 113, the ordinance applies to all land area within the county, except within municipalities that administer a SSTS program by ordinance within their jurisdiction that are at least as strict as this ordinance.; and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council requires all metropolitan municipalities to implement a Septic Pump Maintenance Program to ensure that all septic systems are pumped every three years; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County Ordinance No. 113 authorizes the County to maintain septic system records submitted by cities, townships, and pumpers; and
WHEREAS, Eureka Township and the City of Vermillion request that the County provide administrative services for their septic pump maintenance programs; and
WHEREAS, under Minn. Stat. § 471.59, the County and each municipality may enter into a joint powers agreement for the County to perform services that the municipality is authorized to provide; and
WHEREAS, all municipalities requesting a joint powers agreement for the County’s administrative support have enacted a Municipal SSTS Ordinance, that meets State and County SSTS standards, thereby providing county-wide uniform and consistent standards, guidelines, and regulations for the compliance and enforcement of proper siting, design, construction, installation, operation, maintenance, repair inspection and permanent abandonment of septic systems in Dakota County; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County Fee Schedule includes an annual Pump Maintenance Fee paid by the cities...
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