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Council committee advances EPA-mandated stormwater study, recommends Wesler contract
Summary
A council committee voted to send an ordinance to full council to start a federally required study of Galion’s stormwater and sanitary system inflow; staff recommended a roughly $297,000 contract with a consulting firm labeled in meeting materials as Wesler.
A Galion City Council committee voted to send an ordinance to the full council to begin a federally required study meant to identify “no feasible alternative” findings for bypasses at the city wastewater plant.
City staff told the committee the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requiring a study to determine whether the city has feasible alternatives to bypassing flow during high-rain events, or whether the city must document there are no feasible alternatives. The first phase will focus on the stormwater system, staff said, because high flows occur during major rainfall events.
The committee’s discussion centered on a staff recommendation to hire Wesler for the stormwater portion of the work. A staff speaker summarized the proposal as roughly $297,000 and said Wesler had provided a responsive proposal and past…
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