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Commission approves $300,000 Kansas Water Office match for Garden City water reuse project
Summary
The commission approved a non‑federal match contract with the Kansas Water Office that provides $300,000 toward the city’s required local match for phase 1 of the Garden City water reuse project; the project has a $19.1 million federal allocation and an estimated phase‑1 completion in late 2027.
The Garden City Commission approved a contract with the Kansas Water Office to provide $300,000 in non‑federal matching funds for Phase 1 of the Garden City water reuse project. The contract was approved by voice vote.
City staff said Congress designated $19,100,000 in federal funds for Phase 1 of the project and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is administering the federal award. Burns & McDonnell is the city’s engineering firm on the project and the commission previously approved Task Order No. 2, a field services and design contract for $1,755,200. Under that task order the city’s required local match is $438,000; the EPA grant will cover the remaining $1,316,400. The Kansas Water Office contract provides $300,000 that will be applied to the city’s $438,000 share.
Staff described the work that has already been completed on pre-award environmental assessment tasks and the requirement that those tasks be finished before federal funds could be released. According to staff, the city estimated completion of the Phase 1 infrastructure in the fourth quarter of 2027 and expects to move to construction after the current task order work is finished.
A commissioner moved approval; there was no recorded roll-call tally in the meeting minutes and the commission adopted the contract. Staff said reimbursement proceeds from the Kansas Water Office agreement will be directed to the water reuse utility fund and coded to the appropriate GL account.
Key numbers provided at the meeting: $19,100,000 (federal congressional designation for Phase 1), $1,755,200 (Burns & McDonnell task order 2), $438,000 (city local match), $1,316,400 (EPA grant portion), and $300,000 (Kansas Water Office non‑federal match). The city expects the Phase 1 infrastructure to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2027.
