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Norwich council approves higher bonds, grants to repair two water-storage tanks
Summary
The Norwich City Council approved two ordinances increasing revenue bond authorizations for upgrades to two city water tanks — the Stanley Israelite and Antigua tanks — citing inspection findings, inflation and the opportunity to capture 50% state grants. Norwich Public Utilities said worst-case homeowner impact is minimal and both measures passed unanimously.
Norwich — The Norwich City Council on Dec. 15 approved two separate ordinances increasing the city's revenue-bond authorizations to fund major repairs and upgrades to two municipal water tanks.
Norwich Public Utilities general manager Chris LaRose told the council engineers' inspections and four years of inflation expanded the projects' scope, requiring higher appropriations to cover recoating, aeration/mixing systems and new pH and chlorine analyzers. The first ordinance increased authorization from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 for a tank aeration/mixing system at the Stanley Israelite Business Park; the…
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