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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Joe Dolinsky</p><p>jdolinsky@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><style>
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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; The city will form a five-member sewer authority, believed to be the first in Wilkes-Barre&#8217;s recent history, Mayor Tom Leighton said Thursday.</p><p>A resolution authorizing the board&#8217;s formation will appear on city council&#8217;s voting agenda during Tuesday&#8217;s work session.</p><p>At its crux, Leighton said water runoff flowing through the city puts a burden on the city&#8217;s sanitary system.</p><p>&#8220;This will allow us to tag a fee onto that,&#8221; Leighton said of instituting a service fee. &#8220;Something we probably should have did awhile ago.&#8221;</p><p>Leighton said more information on the proposed sewer board will be available early next week.</p><p>Council&#8217;s work session, closed to public comment, will occur Tuesday at 6 p.m. in council chambers on the fourth floor of City Hall.</p><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Joe Dolinsky can be reached at 570-991-6110 or on Twitter @JoeDolinskyTL</shirttailMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre to form five-member sewer board