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City of Perry awarded SRF funds for water and wastewater projects; five-year timeline set
Summary
City staff announced a substantial State Revolving Fund (SRF) award for water and wastewater work, saying projects must be completed within five years and staff will return with a prioritized engineering plan and timeline.
City staff told the City of Perry City Council on Dec. 9 that the city has been awarded substantial State Revolving Fund (SRF) assistance to address water and wastewater infrastructure needs and must complete projects within five years.
The SRF award — announced during the council’s agenda item on recent funding announcements — requires the city to submit a planning document and ranked project list after receipt of a 30‑day letter. City staff said the city likely will rank water work first and will prepare engineering and project plans before construction can begin. "You'll get a letter… and then after that, we will put an application together," staff said, describing the next steps and a planning-document requirement.
Council members asked technical questions about which streets and piping would be included. Staff responded that project sequencing will depend on funding availability, engineering reviews and contractor capacity, and cautioned that labor shortages could be an implementation challenge. Staff estimated the program could represent "somewhere between, you know, $50,000,000 plus injection into the economy," though they said exact project dollar amounts and schedules will be developed in the planning document.
The city also reported parallel applications for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and other programs; staff said they would return to the council with a full plan once the SRF and related awards are finalized. The council did not take formal action on the SRF item at this meeting; staff said they will bring project plans and potential engineering schedules back to council once the planning materials are complete.
The next procedural step is receipt of the formal SRF letter and completion of the planning documents; staff said engineering and grant administration steps follow, with construction expected only after those approvals.
