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Council approves WDA invoices and transfers $66,000 in tower revenue to waterworks budget
Summary
Harpers Ferry council authorized payment of water project invoices supported by the West Virginia Water Development Authority (WDA) and voted to move $66,000 of cell-tower revenue from the general fund to the Waterworks Division to support ongoing water projects.
The Harpers Ferry Town Council on June 9 approved a resolution authorizing payment of contractor invoices for the town’s water project and approved a budget revision and transfer of $66,000 in cell-tower rental revenues from the general fund to Harpers Ferry Waterworks.
Council adopted "WDA grant resolution number 8," authorizing payments totaling $579,412.07 toward the water project from combination of WDA funds and local construction trust funds. Town staff reported progress on the water main replacement project and said the construction work was approximately 35% complete and that the project remains on target and may come in under budget.
Finance staff presented fiscal-year 2025 budget revision 6 for the general fund and revision 4 for Waterworks. Council discussed cashflow impacts and timing related to the meter project, bond defeasance and other expenditures. The council approved revision 6 by roll call (7–0). Council then approved Waterworks revision 4 and voted to transfer $66,000 of fiscal-year 2025 cell-tower rents and concessions from the general fund to Harpers Ferry Waterworks to support operations and renew/replace funding.
Town staff also reported that the town’s EPA meter project application remained under agency review, and the town is awaiting final EPA certification required to move to bidding. The mayor’s office and staff said additional grant requests for project phases had been submitted to state and federal offices and that responses would likely arrive in the fall.
Council authorized a change order for the water main replacement project to add curb stop valves to service lines to allow confined shutoffs at individual services. Council approved the change order and related contractor invoice payments by voice vote.
