HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2025-148 Approve Plant to Plant and IAWWTF Sewer AgreementsMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
December 8, 2025
TB Resolution 2025 -148: Approval of and Authorization for Supervisor to Sign the Plant to Plant Agreement and Multijurisdictional Pretreatment Agreement between the City of Ithaca,
Town of Ithaca, Town of Dryden and Village of Cayuga Heights relating to Sewer Flows from Cayuga Heights through the Kline Road Bypass.
Whereas, the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility (IAWWTF), which is owned and operated by the three IAWWTF Owners, treats municipal wastewater originating from the City and Town
of Ithaca, as well as portions of the Town of Dryden, pursuant to a Joint Sewer Agreement dated December 31, 2003, as it may be amended; and
Whereas, the Village of Cayuga Heights Wastewater Treatment Plant (VCHWWTP), which is owned and operated by the Village of Cayuga Heights, treats municipal wastewater from the Village
of Cayuga Heights as well as portions of the Towns of Ithaca, Dryden, Lansing, and the Village of Lansing under the terms of individual agreements with the Village of Cayuga Heights
and their respective sewer use laws and ordinances; and
Whereas, the four municipalities believe that it is in their best interests to make full use of existing community assets before building new or expanding existing facilities, provided
any proposed agreement makes allowance for future demands within those municipalities during the agreement period, and that the costs are distributed in accordance with the benefits
received, including avoided costs; and
Whereas, because their mission is to serve the aforementioned municipalities, there is a history of cooperation between the owners of the two wastewater treatment plants focused on protecting
the environment by cooperating in the treatment of sewage; and
Whereas, the municipalities’ Intermunicipal Wastewater Agreement dated December 31, 2003, endorses the concept of the Village of Cayuga Heights’ utilization of excess IAWWTF capacity
to leverage the efficient treatment of waste without causing an environmental emergency and/or to comply with DEC point discharge regulations; and Whereas, the IAWWTF Owners must implement
and enforce a pretreatment program to control discharges from all IAWWTF industrial users pursuant to requirements set out in 40 CFR Part 403; andWhereas, the Village of Cayuga Heights
agrees to adopt a sewer use law that subjects the industrial users within its boundaries, whose wastewater discharges are capable of flowing to the IAWWTF, to the necessary pretreatment
controls, and to implement and enforce that sewer use law; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that the Ithaca Town Board authorizes the Supervisor to sign the (A) Plant to Plant Agreement Between City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca, Town of Dryden and Village of Cayuga Heights,
and (B) Multijurisdictional Pretreatment Agreement Between City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca, Town of Dryden and Village of Cayuga Heights, subject to approval from the Attorney for the
Town, and contingent on approval of both Agreements by the City of Ithaca, Town of Dryden and Village of Cayuga Heights.
Moved: Pamela BleiwasSeconded: Rich DePaolo
Vote: ayes –Bleiwas, DePaolo, Howe, Gutenberger and Johnson