The committee heard a technical and financing briefing on the Richardson Park pump station replacement project, introduced by the chair as Ordinance 25-140 to establish a revolving fund and support financing for the project.

Jason Zern, Senior Manager with the Department of Public Works, said the original pump station was constructed around 1968 and serves about 30,000 sewer customers. Phase 1 (below-grade piping and wet well) completed around 2019 at a cost of about $5.5 million. Phase 2 covers above-grade work (building, equipment and systems) and the project relocates key equipment outside the Little Mill Creek floodplain to reduce flooding risk at the station.

Zern said the county estimates about $17,000,000 for the remaining work and indicated the loan being sought would be roughly $17,700,000 to provide contingency funds. He described the operational benefits: once the new pump station is fully operational, sewer flow will be diverted to the new location outside the floodplain and the system will be modernized.

No formal vote on the ordinance was recorded in committee minutes provided in the meeting transcript.