Council approves Greenwood upgrades, maintenance facility and related wastewater contracts

The City Council on May 1 approved a set of measures advancing wastewater infrastructure: acceptance of a roughly $15 million grant to address flooding and resiliency at the Greenwood and Oso plants, award of a construction contract for the Greenwood Wastewater Treatment Plant, and approval of a new wastewater maintenance building intended to centralize storage, fabrication and training operations.

Council members and staff framed the actions as part of a multi-year effort to meet federal consent-decree obligations and to reduce long-term operating costs by expanding the city’s preventive-maintenance capability. Wesley Nevgan, director of water systems infrastructure, told council the maintenance building will consolidate pumps, blowers, spare parts and workspaces now stored across multiple sites and outdoors, allow more in-house electrical and fabrication work, and provide classroom space for required safety and technical training.

The council discussed cost and timing. Staff said the full project budget for the maintenance building totals about $8.4 million; approximately $6…