Town is still in deadlock with family over land for sewer project
“Progress on an EPA-mandated sewer lagoon expansion project on Cemetery Rd. hit another log-jam, so the town board hired an eminent domain law firm in a special meeting Wed., Oct. 10. The town has acquired a 20 ft. wide by 304.54 ft. long easement on Cemetery Rd. by eminent domain from Janice E. Waldrop and the Heirs of Will E. Waldrop, deceased.
They need that land to run an underground pipeline to the adjoining Marvin Jones Trust property for irrigation. The town has a 25-year lease on the Jones property at no cost to the town because the property owners will get their land irrigated.
Now the Waldrops are attempting to nullify the town’s arrangement with the Jones Trust by saying they have “adverse possession” (squatter’s rights) to that easement, Tiffany Tillman, town clerk/administrator, told the board last week.
The town retaliated the next night in their regular meeting by approving a resolution to acquire the easement from the Joneses through the condemnation process.”
Hennessey Clipper 18 October 2012.