Background on the Sale
On July 10, 2020, the City of York issued a request for proposal to solicit bids from investor-owned utilities to purchase the City’s sewage collection system, interceptors and wastewater treatment plant If sold, an investor-owned utility would own, and operate the City’s collection system and bill City residents and business owners for sewer service.
Based on the RFP parameters, the Authority did not meet the requirements to submit a response as bid documents only allowed for the purchase of all assets. When the City was asked to consider an alternative bid scenario that would allow for bids to purchase only part of the assets, this request was denied.