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Libby council reviews disaster-recovery paths as reservoir work and sewer study advance
Summary
City staff told the council they are pursuing three funding tracks — a pending presidential disaster declaration, Montana DES emergency funds, and a USDA Rural Development package (described as a $600,000 grant and a $2,000,000 loan option) — while moving ahead with a sewer-system preliminary engineering report and rental flow-meter testing.
City staff told the Libby City Council on Monday that the city is advancing both technical work on its sewer system and contingency plans for financing repairs after flood-related damage revealed sedimentation and structural gaps in a lower reservoir.
The city administrator said engineers have begun a preliminary engineering report and that the city will rent flow meters for about three months to gather baseline data on pipe flows so projects can be broken into grant-sized packages. Staff plan to use the data to prioritize repairs and prepare bids in stages to match available grant funding.
The administrator said the…
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