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Augusta council approves $430,000 phase 1 design for public works salt-and-sand building

5530821 · August 5, 2025
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The City Council approved a professional services agreement with JEO for phase 1 design of a new salt-and-sand storage building, with expenses not to exceed $430,000 and an authorized funding transfer from electric utility funds; council will consider broader financing during the Sept. 2 budget hearing.

The Augusta City Council on July 30 approved a professional services agreement with JEO for phase 1 of the Augusta Public Works campus project to design a replacement salt-and-sand storage building, authorizing expenditures not to exceed $430,000 and a funding transfer from the electric utility and public works project fund to prepay acquisition of solid-waste facilities for use by the electric distribution system. The council also authorized the City Manager, Joshua, to sign related documents.

City Manager Joshua said the current storage building has been failing for some time: "we do have a building that has been collapsing on us all year, and then it's…

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