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Orange County authorizes application to Comptroller for Harriman wastewater plant expansion
Summary
The committee directed the Department of Public Works to prepare an application to the New York State Comptroller to expend funds for expanding the Harriman wastewater treatment plant from 6 MGD to 9 MGD and increasing collection-system mains; presenters emphasized grant pursuit and noted rate impacts would affect only Sewer District #1 users.
The Fiscal Services Committee approved a resolution directing the Orange County Department of Public Works to prepare and submit an application to the New York State Comptroller to expend funds to expand the Harriman wastewater treatment plant from 6 million gallons per day (MGD) to 9 MGD and to increase capacity of the collection-system mains (legislative request 14).
Presenters emphasized that Sewer District #1 is a special district and that only district customers (residences and businesses connected to the system) would pay for the project if rate increases are necessary. DPW staff and consultants said they are pursuing multiple grant sources and that receiving grant funds could reduce or eliminate rate increases for users, but they could not yet quantify the final rate impact.
During discussion, a legislator asked whether the county has data on district members who have been paying assessments for decades but remain unconnected because lines were never extended; presenters said those figures were not immediately available but could be researched. The committee approved the resolution to proceed with the Comptroller application to preserve grant opportunities and move the project forward.
Provenance: discussion begins at SEG 1224 and concludes with the vote by SEG 1390.
