On February 6, 2012, at 7:00 p.m., the City Council of the City of North Augusta (the “City Council”), the governing body of the City of North Augusta, South Carolina (the “City”), will hold a public hearing in the City Council’s chambers in the Municipal Building, located at 100 Georgia Avenue, North Augusta, South Carolina 29841, to discuss and confirm the entry by the City into (1) a wastewater capacity transfer agreement (the “Wastewater Capacity Transfer Agreement”) with Aiken County, South Carolina (the “County”), and (2) a new wastewater services agreement (the “New Wastewater Services Agreement”) with the County.

 

The purpose of the Wastewater Capacity Transfer Agreement is to: (a) settle the disputed amounts billed by the County for sewer treatment services provided by the County to the City; (b) provide for the transfer and sale of additional capacity in the County’s wastewater treatment facility (the “Facility”) to the City and Aiken; and (c) memorialize the overall capacity allocation rights in the Facility, both prior to and following such transfers and sales. The purpose of the New Wastewater Services Agreement is to set forth the terms governing the provision of wastewater treatment services to the City and Aiken by the County. The City of Aiken, South Carolina (“Aiken”) is also a party to the agreements.

 

The City Council is enacting an ordinance entitled “AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING UNDER THE TERMS OF SECTION 5-31-920 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, AS AMENDED, THE ENTRY INTO A WASTEWATER CAPACITY TRANSFER AGREEMENT AND WASTEWATER SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, THE CITY OF AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA AND AIKEN COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA d/b/a AIKEN COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE AUTHORITY; AND OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO” (the “Ordinance”). The above-referenced agreements will be considered with specific reference to the terms of Section 5-31-920 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended.

 

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing.  A copy of the Ordinance is available for review at the administrative offices of the City during normal business hours.