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Council amends green-infrastructure appropriation, increasing project to $800,000 amid state reimbursement plan
Summary
An ordinance to increase funding for the Clinton-Badger green infrastructure sewer project to $800,000 passed after city finance and water utility directors described cost increases driven by inflation and bid responses; state principal forgiveness was cited as the reimbursement path.
The Newark Municipal Council on March 5 amended a prior ordinance to increase the appropriation for the Green Infrastructure sewer project (Clinton and Badger Avenue triangle) to $800,000, citing construction cost increases since an earlier approval.
Benjamin Guzmanak, the city’s finance director, told the council that the project was originally approved for $450,000 but that post-pandemic inflation and cost overruns pushed the lowest responsive bid nearer to $800,000. “Therefore, we're amending…
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