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Commissioners back applying for state feasibility grant to study regional options for distressed municipal utilities
Summary
Board authorized pursuing a state MRF (merger/regionalization/feasibility) grant to study four distressed municipal water/sewer utilities (Aurora, Bath, Belhaven, Chocowinity); study would examine shared services, interconnects, governance and consolidation options and is the first step before potential larger actions.
Beaufort County commissioners agreed to pursue state merger/regionalization feasibility grant funding (MRF grants) to study options for distressed municipal water and sewer utilities in the county.
Staff told the board that four of the countymunicipal utilities (Aurora, Bath, Belhaven and Chocowinity) are on the North Carolina Department of Environmental Qualitydistressed…
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