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LaSalle details nearly $9M in water and $3.8M in sewer projects tied to EPA loan-forgiveness
Summary
City staff outlined a multi-year water and sewer capital program in the draft appropriations: roughly $9.94 million of water improvements and about $3.8 million in sewer projects are included in EPA loan requests; staff expect partial loan forgiveness and budgeted related one-time generator, SCADA and treatment upgrades.
City staff described large water and wastewater capital programs in the draft appropriations ordinance and said those projects are tied to EPA loan-and-forgiveness funding that remains under calculation.
"We are receiving quite a bit of infrastructure work for potentially 50% of the price," Finance Director John Duncan said when discussing the water fund, adding that water projects were expected to receive a higher forgiveness share than sewer projects.
Duncan and public works staff described $9,940,000 of water improvements in the EPA request; they said they expect roughly 50% forgiveness on the water portion and estimated 30–40% forgiveness on the sewer projects. The water fund line items in the draft include tower maintenance ($560,000, consistent with the city's tower maintenance agreement), a $200,000 generator plus a $50,000 transfer switch and SCADA upgrades, and $560,000 budgeted for other capital improvements tied to the EPA package.
On sewer projects, staff listed $3,800,000 in capital improvement projects and a maintenance-service budget of $1,500,000 that covers televising/cleaning (estimated $500,000), sewer lining (about $250,000), an aluminum lining ($50,000), an estimated $400,000 for the Route 6 pipe collapse, a wall-failure repair estimated at $100,000–$150,000, and a $130,000 gate replacement. Staff said a retaining-wall design by a structural engineer is nearly ready to bid.
Public works and utilities staff also discussed operational upgrades: two new water-tower generators, key-fob access for public-works buildings (budgeted at $30,000 under building maintenance), GIS locator equipment and new service bodies for vehicles (one service-body vehicle at $80,000), and a multi-year meter replacement program moving from Aclara meters to Neptune meters. Kevin Fay described the GIS gear as a field locator that will "pinpoint you within a couple inches of that valve lid" and said the meter-conversion program is roughly 60–70% complete and expected to continue another year.
Staff cautioned that the revenue side for loan forgiveness and some grant lines remain incomplete in the draft; final appropriation figures will be updated when the city receives the remaining EPA and grant accounting information.
Ending: The committee took no formal vote on these projects at the meeting; staff asked for direction and will update the final appropriation ordinance once loan-forgiveness and TIF revenue figures are complete.
