Lincoln Park authorizes Hennessy Engineers for lead-service and sewer projects; city manager reviews ARPA spending

Lincoln Park — The City Council authorized engineering work needed to pursue state SRF-funded projects aimed at replacing lead water services and rehabilitating sanitary sewers while the city manager updated the council on ARPA spending.

Council authorized Hennessy Engineers to complete design and bidding services for the 2026 DWSRF lead service replacement program covering approximately 450 lead services at a contract cost of $450,126; funding account details were left to the finance department. Council separately authorized Hennessy to perform services for a 2026 CWSRF sanitary sewer rehabilitation program — including cured-in-place pipelining, cleaning, CCTV, and smoke testing — at a cost of $948,250.

City Manager (presenting in his report) provided a high-level ARPA update: Lincoln Park received $19.1 million in federal ARPA funds in 2022, has spent about $1.7 million on City Hall and departmental upgrades, and allocated $16 million to water and sewer projects of which just over $14 million has been spent to date. He reminded council the federal deadline for spending ARPA funds is 12/31/2026.

Why it matters: Replacing lead service lines directly addresses a public-health risk; sanitary sewer rehabilitation improves system reliability and reduces public-health exposure. ARPA funding and SRF programs provide the capital framework that enables replacement and rehabilitation work.

Next steps: Hennessy will proceed with design and bidding for the DWSRF and CWSRF projects; staff will coordinate account assignments with finance and comply with SRF and ARPA reporting and procurement requirements.