The Butler Area Sewer Authority facility in Butler Township main office and treatment facility on September 13. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle 09/13/22

Only one more vote is needed to send the Butler Area Sewer Authority sale to Harrisburg for final approval.

The Butler City Council members at their Thursday evening meeting voted unanimously to approve selling the authority to Pennsylvania American Water Co. for $231.5 million.

If the Butler Township Commissioners approve the sale at their Monday meeting, the sale will move to the Pennsylvania Utilities Commission for approval.

In a statement from City of Butler officials after the vote, Mayor Bob Dandoy said the authority board, city council and township commissioners left no stone unturned in deciding whether selling the authority is the right move.

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