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Warrenton wins state and federal grants for sewer work, stormwater and community projects
Summary
The board reviewed a series of awards and applications: DEQ and federal grants totaling several million dollars to rehabilitate wastewater infrastructure, CDBG program additions, a Golden Leaf award for Brehon Street stormwater work (construction underway) and other grants; related engineering and budget amendments were approved.
At its May 12 meeting, the Town of Warrenton Board of Commissioners reviewed a package of awarded and pending grants intended to fund wastewater rehabilitation, water-system improvements, stormwater planning and neighborhood revitalization.
Town Administrator Robert Davie reported the town received multiple awards from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NC DEQ): a $1,000,000 wastewater award and a $2,000,000 WWTP award intended to replace 44-year-old rotors, clean out oxidation ditch #1, and bring oxidation ditch #2 back online. The town also received $1,564,600 through NC DEQ Water Infrastructure Rehabilitation for town-wide water-system improvements and $400,000 for stormwater planning (NC DEQ Water AIA Stormwater Planning). Separately, NC Commerce increased the town’s Neighborhood Revitalization CDBG allocation by $200,000. A Golden Leaf Storm Water Grant of $196,447.50 will fund stormwater repairs on Brehon Street; the survey of the affected area is complete, bids were awarded and construction began May 5, 2025.
Davie said the town was using a FEMA State and Local Cybersecurity Grant award of $48,982 and has applied for a North Carolina Department of Air Quality grant (approximately $145,000) for EV-charging infrastructure. The Southern Crescent Regional Commission grant (total budget $100,000, $20,000 in-kind match) is supporting an entrepreneurial cohort, and the North Carolina League of Municipalities (NCLM), funded by ARP, engaged the law firm Parker Poe to assist with zoning-code compliance, sign-ordinance review and driveway-size recommendations for the town.
Related board actions recorded in the minutes included unanimous approval of an engineering agreement with MESCO for WWTP sewer rehabilitation and a unanimous Budget Amendment #10 to increase the CDBG Neighborhood Revitalization award from $950,000 to $970,000; Budget Amendment #11 increased expense lines in the Water Department (Fund 38).
