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Resident questions rising cost of Mound water treatment project; council outlines funding gap
Summary
A resident pressed the council about escalating cost estimates for the city's proposed water treatment plant; staff said the current estimate is about $42 million, with $10.3 million secured from the state and roughly $2 million federal, leaving a significant funding gap the city must close.
Resident Johan Schuma urged the council to clarify rising estimates for Mound's proposed water treatment plant, telling the panel he had seen figures rise from $10 million and $20 million to as much as $40 million.
"I heard 40 million first; it started at 10 and 20 then 40," said Resident Johan Schuma of 6039 Beachwood Road. He asked which figure was now accurate and warned that, he estimated, the cost would amount to roughly $12,000 per family…
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