Keokuk, IA – The Keokuk City Council agreed in late 2010 to extend a sewer line to five homes along Fairway Drive.
The extension would assist one of the property owners in selling their home.
Iowa law now requires a home to be connected to a sewer system or feature a quality septic system.
The city council's resolution did not establish a timeline for the project, but it did claim the estimated cost to the city would be $80,000.
The city council has now rescinded that resolution.
The move is based on the recommendation of the sanitation and sewer committee.
The committee says the cost has skyrocketed, there is no money to pay for the work and other residents are now seeking similar deals.
Alderwoman Susan Dunek opposed rescinding the resolution.
"I fear that by rescinding this ordinance," says Dunek, "everyone who has this need will be short-changed because we will not be sticking to the process of getting it solved."
Several city council members said their votes did not mean the project should never be done, but rather, that it should be added to a long-term sewer plan.
No one from Fairway Drive was at the Keokuk City Council meeting to see the resolution rescinded.
The sanitation and sewer subcommittee's membership will leave the city council at the end of the year: Dan Winn, Karole Smith, and Mark Hoyt.
The panel said it wanted to wrap up some loose ends before the calendar reaches 2012.