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Milton council approves Longleaf Alliance salvage request, awards wastewater clearing contract and adopts floodplain public‑information plan
Summary
Council placed the Longleaf Alliance groundcover salvage request on consent and approved it, awarded the effluent spray‑field clearing contract to Gulf Coast Utility Contractors following staff recommendation, and adopted the floodplain mitigation and public‑information plan tied to Milton’s CRS rating.
The Milton City Council approved several infrastructure, environmental and administrative actions during its March meeting.
Longleaf Alliance director Vernon Compton requested permission to salvage native groundcover at the new wastewater treatment plant site for use in restoration projects. Staff said partners conducting the salvage would need insurance and a hold‑harmless agreement naming the city, and council placed the request on the consent agenda; the item passed unanimously.
On procurement, staff reported nine bids for clearing and pipeline work related to the effluent spray field and recommended awarding the contract to Gulf Coast Utility Contractors as the lowest, responsible bidder. Council voted to accept staff’s recommendation unanimously. The transcript includes a staff statement of per‑acre and total‑contract figures that were difficult to parse in the record; the council’s action authorized the award per staff recommendation.
Council also adopted the floodplain mitigation plan and the Public Information PPI required by FEMA’s Community Rating System. Ethan Brosnan, the city’s CRS coordinator, told council Milton retains a class‑6 CRS rating that provides a 20% insurance premium reduction to residents in the Special Flood Hazard Area; council voted to adopt the plan and the PPI unanimously to maintain CRS documentation.
The meeting included multiple ordinance first readings and a budget‑amendment resolution that were approved on first reading or by motion as noted on the agenda.
