Revel Atlantic City is having trouble with another utility as the Atlantic City Sewerage Co. has gone to court to stop servicing the closed casino tower.
The company wants the site to stop discharging sewage and wastewater into its sewer system, saying Polo North Country Club Inc.—owners of revel—owe $162,000 for back services.
In a lawsuit filed in state court, the company says that Revel’s failure to pay is putting a burden on its residential customers in the city.
Investor Glenn Straub, who heads Polo North, told the Press of Atlantic City the lawsuit was “shenanigans.”
“We don’t use any water for the building because there’s nobody in it,” he told the paper. “It’s all run by computers. Computers don’t take a leak. Computers don’t go to the bathroom.”
A hearing before Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Julio Mendez is set for Oct. 23.
In another matter, Atlantic City’s Fire department has begun fining Polo North for failing to adequately staff Revel’s fire-command center, the Press reported.
The company dismissed a team of unionized workers from the property over a pay dispute, but Straub told the Press that there are still two employees on site at all times, including in the fire command center.
Straub said he will fight the fines in court.
And in yet another matter, attorneys for Straub in a letter told a federal judge hearing the matter that the building’s energy supplier ACR Energy partners is not delivering adequate hot water to the site to protect pipes—including the fire suppression system pipes—from bursting this winter, according to the Press.
Polo North and ACR have been in a months-long bitter fight over power costs at the site. Polo North also contends that ACR has interfered with their efforts to secure another energy provider.
Chief U.S. District Judge Jerome Simandle is deciding whether the dispute between Polo North and ACR should continue to be litigated in federal court
