No more water lines outside of the village, trustees say

By Geri Corey
The Goshen village board approved a policy that rejects all further requests to provide municipal water or sewer services to properties located outside the village's geographic boundaries.
This resolution, passed on May 13, will be in effect until further notice from the board.
Currently, as the owner and operator of its sewer and water systems, the village supplies water and sanitary sewage disposal service to all properties within its boundaries. Additionally, meeting requests from other property owners, the system supplies water and sewer service to certain properties outside village lines.
According to the resolution:
“In order to insure that the municipal water and sewer services owned, operated and maintained by the Village of Goshen remain adequate and sufficient to service the needs of properties located within the Village as well as to serve the needs of those properties outside of the Village currently receiving said services or currently under contract to receive said services, the Village hereby announces its intention to decline all requests to provide municipal water and/or sewer services to any properties located outside of the Village of Goshen until further notice and until further resolution of this Board.”