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Council hears staff recommendation to issue debt for wastewater upgrades; debate over including public works facility
Summary
City staff told the El Campo City Council that wastewater treatment plant improvements are needed to comply with TCEQ and recommended issuing debt to fund construction; council members debated bundling a new public works facility into the debt issuance and raised questions about cost estimates, oversight and timing.
City staff told El Campo City Council that improvements to the city’s wastewater treatment plant are necessary to remain in compliance with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and recommended the council authorize debt issuance to fund construction.
Staff reported that bids returned higher than earlier estimates and that engineering for the project is already paid. The bid line item presented in the council packet was described by staff as $1.5 million (which includes engineering for that bid package); earlier estimates had been in the $1.329 million range. Staff said the overall wastewater project previously had been expected to be near $3 million; earlier designs would have run as high as $5 million…
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