At their special-called meeting on Dec. 19, the Washington County Commission heard a report by Buster Nordmann, real estate agent for Meinhardt Realty, who is handling their purchase of the McIntosh site where the treatment module for Five Points Sewerage Authority will be placed.

The commission has made the land owner an offer of $42,710. After Nordmann's remarks, Commissioner Herman Williams read a list of stipulations that he said must be added to the optionto purchase before the commission can go forward with it. Nordmann will take the list to the seller. The commission passed a resolution to purchase the property if the list of stipulations are adopted.

Booster pumping

station delay

Richard Jay of Speaks and Associates brought the commission an invoice in the amount of $9,844.37 which is the balance the commission owes on a booster pumping station on Beaver Dam Road. This project is part of the Katrina Grant and has been in process more than two years now. It has been subject to many delays and problems. The city of Chatom will own the pumping station and collect from customers added by this Katrina water project.

Commissioners had thought this project would be completed by the end of December and they could collect $35,000 the city of Chatom agreed to put into the project. However, Jay said that a representative from the town of Chatom, the Chatom Water Authority and Probate Judge Charles Singleton agreed to another delay until the middle of January.

Commissioner Williams asked, "So after the middle of January, we can bill the city?"

Jay assented. The commissioners were not aware of this latest delay. They agreed that they would like to know, before the fact, about any future delays and the request was voiced by Williams who said, "Richard, before there are any more delays, would you come back before this commission." The commission passed a resolution to pay the $9,844.37 invoice.

Other resolutions

•The commission agreed to charge a $25 copying and mailing fee to any developer wishing a copy of Washington County's Subdivision Guidelines.

•The University of South Alabama will conduct an archeological survey of the land the commission plans to buy for the sewerage treatment module. The cost will not exceed $5,000 and will be paid out of the ADECA (Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs) grant.