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Newport administrator to apply for $60,000 package for wastewater plant Phase 1 upgrade
Summary
City Administrator Abby Gribi told the council she will apply for $60,000 (50% grant, 50% loan) to fund Phase 1 of the wastewater treatment plant upgrade; the local share would be roughly $30,000 if awarded. Plant staff also reported problems with BOD testing and recurring sewer callouts on 8th Street.
City Administrator Abby Gribi told the Newport City Council on Feb. 2 that she will apply for $60,000 to complete Phase 1 of a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) upgrade, a package the city expects to be structured as a 50/50 grant and loan that would require about $30,000 in local repayment if awarded.
Gribi said the council expressed no objection to her filing the application. The funding request follows continued…
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