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Council approves agreement with Army Corps for nearly $10 million in consent-decree sewer assistance
Summary
Meridian’s City Council authorized an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide approximately $9,000,960 in federal support for two sewer pipeline projects required by the city’s consent decree; the city must provide a 25% match from consent-decree bond funds.
The Meridian City Council on March 6 authorized an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to obtain federal design and construction assistance for two sewer pipeline projects required under the city’s consent decree, with a federal share described in meeting discussion as $9,000,960 and a 25% local match to come from the consent-decree bond.
Council members and staff said the city first pursued the funding through repeated meetings in Washington, D.C., and with the Corps’ Mobile district. City staff described an earlier authorization of roughly $10,000,000 and said Corps…
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