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Queenstown materials show Rauch applied for $8.09 million in state water financing
Summary
Meeting materials indicated Rauch submitted an $8,090,680 application to the Maryland Department of the Environment’s Water Quality Financing Program to support Queenstown's water tank and infrastructure project; the application may be for a loan or other package.
Meeting materials distributed to the Queenstown Commissioners show that Rauch (Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio) applied to the Maryland Department of the Environment Water Quality Financing Program seeking $8,090,680 to support the town’s water tank and infrastructure project.
If approved, the MDE package could include a mix of loan and other funding; the materials asked MDE to consider the best possible funding package and noted the amount requested is $8,090,680. The application was recorded in the project update presented to commissioners during the Feb. 11 meeting.
The request follows ongoing local infrastructure work: contractors were reported back on site to continue an inflow-and-infiltration (I&I) project, and staff noted several ditch repairs that will require engineering scopes and bids. The town is also awaiting a final water/sewer rate study from Rauch, which staff said remains outstanding.
The application’s next steps are administrative: MDE must review the submission and determine the financing terms. Meeting materials did not state a timeline or whether the town would receive grant funds, loans, or a combination; the materials said the package “may include, or be limited to, loan.”
