The Clancy Water & Sewer District board is leaning toward an easement agreement for its new well site while the county attorney reviews protective language for water infrastructure built on private property.
The board faces two options: negotiate a permanent easement with property owner Steve Marks or purchase the property outright. At the Feb. 25 meeting, board members weighed residents’ need for water against concerns about what might happen to its planned wells and treatment facility if the district were to dissolve or the easement face legal challenges.
Envisioning a future scenario, district board member Bob Johnson outlined the group’s key concern. “We’ve got these beautiful wells, we’ve got the treatment facility and the sheds and the fencing and all that other stuff,” he said. “Something happens, that can’t fall back on the property owner because those were made and done with public funds.”
