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Caribou council authorizes manager to sign Brownfields loan paperwork for Birds Eye PCB cleanup
Summary
The council voted to let the city manager execute loan/grant paperwork under a DECD Brownfields revolving loan program to remove PCB soils at the Birds Eye site; attorney review was reported and council members said city reserves could cover loan repayment if needed.
The Caribou City Council authorized City Manager Penny Thompson on Jan. 27 to sign loan paperwork tied to a Brownfields revolving loan fund program (DECDRLF) that will fund removal of PCB‑contaminated soils at the Birds Eye property.
The city applied earlier for a combination grant-and-loan package: roughly half of eligible costs come as a grant and half as a low‑interest loan that the municipality must document and accept before work can proceed. Thompson told the council the project estimate has risen from about $33,000 (2017) to roughly…
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