Members of the Mt. Jewett Regional Sewer Authority discuss sewer business at their meeting Tuesday at the borough building. The group includes, clockwise from left: Mike Wennerstrom, Larry Julian, Patrick McGuire, and Paul Ewing, all board members; Rod Peterson, sewage treatment plant operator; and Dick Danielson, board member. McGuire, chairman of the board, presided at the meeting.

MT. JEWETT – The Mt. Jewett Regional Sewer Authority is planning to inspect a sewer line on the west end of the collection system.

The eight-inch line is expected to be the link with the proposed sewer district in the Lantz Corners area of Hamlin Township.

Rod Peterson, operator of the Mt. Jewett sewage treatment plant and borough maintenance supervisor, proposed the line inspection Tuesday at the authority’s meeting.

Peterson said he would “feel more comfortable” about the condition of the line after the inspection is completed. A company would be hired to use cameras to conduct a video inspection of the interior of the line.

Patrick McGuire, chairman of the authority, agreed with the proposed sewer line inspection.

“We need to know the condition of that line,” he said.

The authority in the past had proposed to hire a company to conduct the camera inspection. However, the line is located within an area that is “difficult to access,” Peterson pointed out.

The sewer line runs west from the intersection of Campbelltown Road and Route 6. The line then crosses Route 6 in the vicinity of Red Barn Hill and runs near the railroad tracks to the sewage treatment ponds off Kushequa Avenue. Gravity carries the sewage in the line to the treatment site.

The Hamlin Township Board of Supervisors has endorsed the sewer district as a way to provide sewage service to the west end of the township, including Lantz Corner. Sewage from the sewer district would be treated at the Mt. Jewett plant.

The supervisors will hold a special meeting at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 27 to discuss financial plans for the project.

In other business at its 40-minute meeting, the authority:

• Received notice that three part-time workers will complete their seasonal schedules at the sewage plant by the end of October. The workers, all retired men, include Jim Nestlerode, Lavern Causer and Pete Thompson.

• Agreed to seek legal advice on the authority’s “right” to cut down trees with roots that clog sewer lines. McGuire plans to contact Dan Hollenbeck, a Bradford attorney who serves as the solicitor for the authority.

• Hired the Haines and Company of Warren to conduct auditing services at a cost not to exceed $3,600.

• Discussed the authority’s list of delinquent accounts. There are 15 current delinquent accounts. Seven other customers have signed agreements to pay off their bills. Three customers “moved out” without paying their sewer bills. The authority agreed to take legal action against one customer with a delinquent bill.

The delinquent accounts total about $2,000.

The authority has 450 customers.

• Agreed to buy one pair of new floatation tubes for the “trash boom” at a treatment pond. The cost is $65. More tubes may be purchased. A total of 12 pairs of tubes are linked with the boom.

• Agreed to hire Tim McClelland of Bloomster Hollow to install a new steel door for a service vault at the treatment ponds.