The Tuttle City Council and the Tuttle Public Works Authority on consecutive agendas approved an interagency memorandum of understanding (MOU) committing $453,000 in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to sanitary sewer infrastructure upgrades, including rehabilitation of Lift Station No. 1 and lagoon lift station work.

City staff presented the MOU as the product of prior internal discussions and noted it was discussed at length during the budget workshop. A staff member identified in the meeting as the author of the MOU said the document would obligate SLFRF funds toward bidding, construction and purchase of equipment and materials for the lift station and lagoon rehabilitation project.

On the city agenda the motion to approve the interagency MOU was made and seconded; the council vote was unanimous with Council Member Dixon, Council Member Buck, Council Member Hughes, Council Member Watson and Mayor McLeroy voting yes.

Because the proposed expenditure constitutes an interagency transaction that affects TPWA operations and budgets, the same MOU was brought before the Tuttle Public Works Authority board. TPWA trustees likewise moved, seconded and approved the MOU by unanimous vote during the TPWA meeting.

Staff said the SLFRF dollars obligated by this MOU will be applied to project engineering, bidding and construction procurement; the meeting record did not include a detailed line-item breakdown of the $453,000 allocation. Staff indicated further project-level contracting and procurement will follow usual purchasing procedures and return to boards or staff as required by policy.

Both approvals were recorded as formal votes in the public meetings and will obligate the SLFRF funding for the sewer rehabilitation work.