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Morganton council approves contracts and FEMA-related budget amendments for storm recovery and park projects

Morganton City Council · October 7, 2025
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Summary

Council approved multiple contracts — including a $29,942 booster pump replacement and $259,048.27 equipment purchase for Shoey Park — and adopted budget amendments recognizing about $3.9 million in Hurricane Helene recovery funds and state water-infrastructure assistance.

The Morganton City Council on Oct. 6 approved a series of contracts, budget amendments and funding resolutions tied to storm recovery, water infrastructure and park repairs.

Staff told council the city is using state funding and FEMA and insurance proceeds to repair damage from Hurricane Helene. Council accepted a funding-offer modification from the North Carolina Division of Water Infrastructure and approved a budget amendment of $564,344 to apply remaining state funds to a sedimentation project at the water plant. "We are using a state funding…

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