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Ways and Means committee approves $11.7M pump-station budget, $5M drainage award and multiple grants and contracts
Summary
The City of Charleston Ways and Means Committee on April 15 approved a new $11.7 million budget for the MUSC Courtney Street pump station, accepted a $5 million resiliency award for the Cooper Jackson drainage project with a $1 million city contribution, and approved several other grants and contracts, while deferring action on an executive special adviser contract pending more expense detail.
The City of Charleston Committee on Ways and Means voted on April 15 to approve an $11.7 million project budget for the MUSC Courtney Street pump station and to execute a $5 million resiliency award agreement for the Cooper Jackson drainage improvement project, along with several other grants, contracts and budget actions.
The committee’s most substantial vote raised the pump-station project budget to $11,700,000 and increased the city’s commitment under an existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers design and construction agreement from $1,000,000 to $8,100,000 — an additional $7,100,000 in city funds — while the Army Corps’ pledge would rise from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. The chair described the item as “a crazy project” and noted the pump station’s location behind the hospital district. Funding sources cited included the city’s drainage fund and the stormwater utility fund.
The committee also approved executing a…
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