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Council approves revenue bonds and updates sewer ordinance to meet state deadlines
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 24-20-24 to issue revenue bonds for sewage-works improvements and Ordinance 34-20-24 to update the sewer-use code; Utility Director Dave Henderson said the long-term control plan must be complete by July under IDEM requirements. Both measures passed by roll call.
The West Lafayette City Council voted to approve two wastewater-related measures on Oct. 7: Ordinance 24-20-24 authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund construction for sewage-works improvements and Ordinance 34-20-24 updating the City Code's sewer-use provisions to align with current state and federal requirements.
Dave Henderson, the city's utility director, summed up the need for the bond ordinance: "This bond is to pay for the improvements to the wastewater plant." He described the project as the final wet-weather facility in the city's combined-sewer overflow (CSO) long-term control plan and said, "Our long term control plan that was approved by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management has to be absolutely positively complete by July." Henderson added the timing urgency stems from construction lead times and past procurement delays for materials.
Dennis Otten, bond counsel with Bose, McKinney & Evans, was present to answer legal and bond-issuance questions. Council members asked for public comment; a resident questioned starting a third phase while earlier phases remain financed. Henderson said bonding would not increase user fees for this project.
Both Ordinance 24 (revenue bonds for sewage works) and Ordinance 34 (sewer-use ordinance update) were approved by roll-call votes recorded in the meeting and will move forward to implementation steps coordinated by the utility department.
