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Glocester council authorizes extensions for SNEP grants and approves 19 septic cooperative agreements
Summary
The council approved no‑cost extensions for two 2022 SNEP grants and authorized cooperative agreements for 19 homeowners to receive septic system improvement grants under the Chepachet Village program.
The Glocester Town Council authorized the town council president to sign no‑cost extensions for two 2022 Southeast New England Program (SNEP) grants and approved cooperative agreements for 19 recipients in the Chepachet Village Septic Improvement Program on Oct. 2, 2025.
Why it matters: the extensions lengthen the timeline for spending SNEP and EPA funds tied to a local septic replacement program meant to reduce pollution in the Chepachet River and its watershed.
Town planner Karen Scott summarized the grant history and requested signatures. According to the staff memo presented at the meeting, the town received a SNEP watershed implementation grant for $250,000 in 2022 (grant expires 12/31/2025) and a decentralized wastewater grant described in the memo as $465,000 (grant expires 6/30/2026). Scott said the town requested a no‑cost extension for both grants to Oct. 31, 2026, so they align with the implementation schedule for the Chepachet Village Septic Improvement Program.
The council moved and approved authorization for the council president to sign the extension for the 2022 SNEP watershed implementation grant in the amount of $250,000. The council then approved a separate motion to authorize the council president to sign an extension for the 2022 SNEP decentralized wastewater grant. (Transcript includes a later spoken figure during the motion that differs from the staff memo; see clarifying details.)
On the Chepachet Village Septic Improvement Program, Scott said 19 applications were received. An engineering consultant, recorded in the memo as Perr Corporation, scored applications using published criteria including proximity to the Chepachet River, existing wastewater system type, presence of natural resources, lot size, land use and age of the system. Award amounts to applicants were described in the memo as ranging from $19,000 to $39,000 to replace existing wastewater systems. Scott asked the council to authorize the town council president to sign cooperative agreements with all 19 grant recipients; the motion passed.
The cooperative agreement materials were reviewed by the town solicitor, the engineering consultant and the grant managers for the funding agencies, according to Scott.
Next steps: the town will execute cooperative agreements with each of the 19 applicants and proceed with engineering and installation work under the grant terms; the town’s timeline is extended to Oct. 31, 2026 for both SNEP grants. The council did not provide a detailed implementation schedule at the meeting.
