(a) Management. The management, operation, and control of the wastewater collection system for the village is vested in the Village Board. All records, minutes, written proceedings, and financial records thereof shall be kept by the Village Clerk.
(b) Operation and control. The Sewer Utility of the village shall have the power to construct sanitary sewer lines for public use, and shall have the power to lay sewer mains in and through the alleys, streets, and public ground of the village and, generally, to do all such work as may be found necessary or convenient in the management of the system. The Approving Authority shall have the power, subject to oversight by the Village Board personally or through other officers, employees, or agents of the village, to enter upon any land for the purpose of making examination or supervise in the performance of their duties under this chapter, without liability therefor, and the Board shall have power to purchase and acquire for the village all real and personal property which may be necessary for construction of the wastewater collection system, or for any repair, remodeling, or additions thereto.
(c) Condemnation of real estate. Whenever any real estate or any easements therein, or use thereof, shall, in the judgment of the Village Board, be necessary to the wastewater collection system, and whenever for any cause, an agreement for the purchase thereof cannot be made with the owner thereof, the Village Board shall proceed with all necessary steps to take such real estate, easement, or use by condemnation in accordance with state statutes and the Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Policy Act of 1970, being 42 U.S.C. §§ 4601 et seq., if federal funds are used.
(d) Title to real estate and personalty. All property, real, personal, and mixed, acquired for the construction of the wastewater collection system, and all plans, specifications, diagrams, papers, books, and records connected with sewer system, and all buildings, machinery, and fixtures pertaining thereto, shall be the property of said village.
(Ord. passed 1-21-2013)