At any time after the formation of any county sewer district, the board of county commissioners may enter into a contract, upon the terms and for the period of time that is mutually agreed upon, with any other public agency to prepare all necessary plans and estimates of cost and to acquire or construct any water supply facilities that are to be used jointly by the contracting parties, and to provide for the furnishing of water and for the maintenance, operation, and joint use by the contracting parties of those water supply facilities or the maintenance, operation, and joint use of any suitable existing water supply or water supply facilities belonging to either of the contracting parties.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 6103.21

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • maintenance: means repairs, replacements, and similar actions that constitute and are payable as current operating expenses and that are required to restore water supply facilities to, or to continue water supply facilities in, good order and working condition, but does not include construction of permanent improvements. See Ohio Code 6103.01
  • Public agency: means a state and any agency or subdivision of a state, including a county, a municipal corporation, or other subdivision. See Ohio Code 6103.01