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County sets public hearing on sale of NFMIP wastewater plant and files USDA application for Ellisville expansion
Summary
The Columbia County Board voted to set a public hearing on a possible sale of the North Florida Mega Industrial Park wastewater plant to the City of Lake City and authorized staff to file a USDA wastewater funding application for the Ellisville plant. Key issues raised included a roughly $1.591 million county true-up, a $5.5 million loan the city would assume and permit assignability for a deep injection well.
The Columbia County Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday voted to set a public hearing to consider selling the North Florida Mega Industrial Park (NFMIP) wastewater treatment plant to the City of Lake City and authorized staff to file a USDA Rural Development wastewater loan-and-grant application for work at the Ellisville plant.
County staff told commissioners the county’s out-of-pocket exposure related to the NFMIP plant would be about $1,591,000, which primarily repays a loan from the landfill fund and covers certain unreimbursed costs. Staff also said the city would assume an existing Department of Commerce loan of approximately $5,500,000. The…
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