Greenville council approves $16 million SRF application and $203,480.73 change order for wastewater upgrades
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Summary
The Greenville City Council unanimously approved applying for $16 million from the Clean Water State Revolving Funds for Phase 3–4 of the Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion and authorized Change Order No. 4 to Contract 2 for $203,480.73. Both actions followed a public hearing with no public comment.
The Greenville City Council on May 16 unanimously approved submitting a $16,000,000 application to the Clean Water State Revolving Funds program to finance Phases 3 and 4 of the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion and upgrades.
Councilperson Cunliffe moved to approve the SRF application and Councilperson Lehman seconded; the motion passed unanimously. A brief public hearing on the project was opened and closed with no public comment.
The council also approved Change Order Request No. 4 to Contract 2 for the Wastewater Treatment Plant project in the amount of $203,480.73. Councilperson Lehman moved the change order, Councilperson Cunliffe seconded, and the motion was unanimously adopted.
City staff present for the discussion included City Manager Bosanic, Assistant City Manager Feazel, City Engineer Hinken and WWTP Superintendent Wheat. The council did not record individual roll-call votes in the minutes for these motions; the meeting minutes note each motion was “unanimously adopted.” Present, voting members were Mayor Jeff Scoby and Councilpersons Barrus, Johnson, Lehman, Cunliffe and Linton; Councilperson Moss attended virtually in a non-voting capacity.
Why it matters: the SRF program is a major federal-state loan program used by municipalities to finance water-quality infrastructure; approval to apply does not by itself obligate the city to a funding agreement but is a necessary procedural step to seek low-interest financing. The change order increases the contracted work cost to the contractor on Contract 2 by $203,480.73, which will be reflected in project accounting and may affect the total funding package the city seeks.
Next steps: staff will proceed with the SRF application process and administrative steps tied to the approved change order. The project will move forward through design/contract administration and subsequent SRF review; no additional council actions were recorded at the May 16 meeting regarding contract awards or SRF loan acceptance.