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Gunnison reviews regional sewer master plan, staff recommends moving forward contingent on funding
Summary
City staff presented a consultant proposal for a regional sewer master plan and treatment-system analysis, outlined a roughly $140,000 study cost with a split by flow between Gunnison and Centerfield, and said the Community Impact Board (CIB) typically provides about half grant/half loan; council will consider formal approval at its next regular meeting.
Gunnison — At a work meeting held Wednesday the 16th (date not specified in the transcript), the Gunnison City Council heard a presentation on a regional sewer master plan and a proposed consultant agreement.
City staff introduced a proposal from a short-list of engineering firms and said Sunrise Engineering (Richfield) and others were interviewed. The study would include a treatment-system analysis (listed in staff materials at $43,500) and a broader water-balance review of the lagoon system to track storage, evaporation and seepage, staff said. Dennis (city staff) flagged seepage in some lagoon cells as a regulatory and operational concern and said Cell 1 is nearly full of sludge and only about 3 feet deep, requiring drying and evaluation.
Staff described a total study cost cited in the packet at about $140,000 and said funding would be sought from the Utah Community Impact Board (CIB). “CIB will usually do 50% grant, 50% loan,” Dennis said; the study’s treatment-system work and testing would be split by flow so Gunnison’s share would be lower than the total. Staff estimated Gunnison’s portion for treatment and related testing at roughly $46,000 plus testing and noted Centerfield’s expected share and an outstanding Centerfield credit of about $25,000 that may be applied to the project.
Staff recommended the council approve moving forward with the contract contingent on funding availability and Centerfield’s approval. The consultant schedule in the packet showed the earliest competitive application window in autumn and a CIB funding meeting in February 2026; the study itself was estimated to take about nine months with phased presentations to the council.
No final contract vote was taken at the work meeting; council members expressed general support but asked for the packet figures to be revisited at the council’s regular meeting before any binding commitment.
