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Sanitary board flags $12–13M force‑main shortfall, orders tighter budgeting
Summary
Directors pressed SAM staff for clearer accounting and agreed to restrict new infrastructure funding for the Monta force‑main until a May cost estimate is delivered; the board moved to budget a modest $600,000 for ongoing projects and to report project‑level spending monthly.
At a public meeting, the sanitary district board directed staff to tighten budget reporting and to hold off releasing significant infrastructure funds for the Monta force‑main project until the member agencies review a firm cost estimate expected in May.
Board members said the placeholder $3–3.5 million infrastructure line submitted in the SAM budget is likely far too small for the force‑main work and discussed external pricing that staff and some directors described as being in the $12–13 million range. Directors also criticized prior accounting practices in which funds intended for one project were reallocated to other work without clear…
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