The SSTA Will Be Dissolved

South Strabane Township will get what they need to formally dissolve the South Strabane Township Sanitary Authority (SSTSA). A hearing on Friday answered debt questions from the Washington-East Washington Joint Authority (WEWJA). In a hearing earlier this week WEWJA made it clear that any further expanded partnership with South Strabane Township would be dependent upon the pay off of all debts from the SSTSA. Township solicitor Dennis Makel presented testimony indicating that a nearly $22,000 loan to PennVest would be paid early next week. Another $600,000 listed as debt is actually two agreements to repay based on sewer tap in fees and not general obligation debts. Makel enlisted testimony from the Washington County Redevelopment Authority’s solicitor to back up that information. Judge Gary Gilman will be granting a permanent injunction against the SSTSA preventing it from any further operation.