HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 06-28 Greavu Blames Sewer Board for Problems DISPATCH THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1973
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The Metro Sewer "If they don't start cal of a recent five per Don Wiegert stated in
Board has been blamed doing something pretty cent rate increase voted defending Greavu's posi-
for delivering too little, soon," Gr ea vu coin- by the sewer board. tion.
too late in Maplewood. m e n t e d, "we'll have "They don't hesitate "It's the sewer board's
Councilman John problems all over this for one minute to raise job to provide the metro
Greavu said so in re- village." our rates," he stated, interceptor," he ex-
marks at a Village Coun- He suggested it was "but they sure hesitate plained. "They have told
cil meeting last week. time for local communi- doing their job." us 'Go ahead and devel-
ties to place "more pres- Some Maplewood citi- op. We'll take care of
jvtaoieivagid sure" on the sewer zens have been critical you'."
board. of the village council for Village Manager Mi-
"S i t t in g back and approving commercial chael Miller insisted
He said council-ap- waiting for them to development, including that the sewer board
proved developments in make a decision doesn't a regional shopping cen- wasn't entirely at fault.
the north part of the work."he asserted. ter. without solving sew- He referred to an un-
community were jeop- "We have to force er problems first. expected reduction i n
ardized because the sew- their hand," he added, "The embarrassment federal financing, there-
er board has yet to con- "and make them put it for that should fall on by forcing postponement
struct a new interceptor (interceptor) in." • the Metro Sewel- of some planned pro'-
sewer promised for 1971. Greavu also was criti- Boar d." Councilman ects.