Borough of Northampton v. Knauss

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The sole issue for our resolution is whether the sewer assessment charged against the Appellees is proper.

*545The Borough of Northampton (Appellant) installed sanitary sewer mains and a sewer system abutting the property owned by the various Appellees. The total cost of the project for the installation was $203,615.96.1 Appellant then received from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania a $50,000 grant which was to be used for the sewer project and for no other. In utilizing this grant, Appellant applied $12,523.08 toward payment of assessable costs and $37,476.92 toward…