Goldsboro council moves nearly $1.9M to design the wastewater treatment upgrade
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Council voted unanimously to transfer about $1.9 million into a capital fund to pay consultants for a 30% basis-of-design report for the wastewater reclamation facility expansion and approved the related capital-projects ordinance to reallocate utility fund reserves.
The Goldsboro City Council approved funding to advance design work for a planned upgrade to the city’s wastewater reclamation facility.
Council authorized staff to move roughly $1.9 million into a capital fund to pay consultants for a 30% basis-of-design report. The report will provide a 30-percent design package and a cost estimate the city can use to scope construction and budget needs. A companion capital-projects ordinance to transfer the funding from capital reserves in the utility fund was adopted at the same meeting.
City staff described the action as the next step to replace and expand aging infrastructure. "We moved 1 point close to $1,900,000 into a fund to go ahead and start working on the basis of design report by our consultants to get our 30% design," a staff member said during the presentation. Council members voted unanimously to approve the funding package and ordinance.
Next steps: staff will retain consultants, begin the 30% design work and return to council with design timelines and updated cost estimates. Any construction or larger capital commitments will require separate council appropriation actions and budget amendments.