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City manager: $4.1M state grant, water plant pre-bid, DEQ notice among updates to Hamlet council
Summary
The city manager reported the city is finalizing estimates for a $4.1 million state grant, moving the water treatment plant to pre-bid and scheduling wastewater permit public notice, and contracting with CodeRight for the unified development ordinance work.
Hamlet’s city manager (speaker 9) updated the council on a range of operational and grant-funded projects, saying the city is finalizing estimates for a $4,100,000 state grant and preparing procurement steps for engineering and bidding.
On utilities, he said the water treatment plant project will go to pre-bid with an expected advertisement in mid-April and that the wastewater treatment plant permit—pending since 2022—was scheduled for public notice on April 15. The city manager also reported the city received a letter of intent for two AIA grants totaling $300,000 (two awards of $150,000 each) and that he has submitted project estimates to the state to move the grants toward contracting.
Staff will issue a request for qualifications for sanitation services to compare in-house versus contracted options and will solicit engineering firms to support the grant-funded projects. He also thanked staff and singled out Chief Goodwin and Mackenzie Webb for their roles in moving packets and contracts forward. The city has contracted with CodeRight to assist with drafting the unified development ordinance and planned a full-day meeting with the contractor and city attorneys the following day.
Operationally, the manager said VoIP phones were being ported to restore two-way calling and that the water treatment plant staff have been recognized for state certification achievements.
