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Council approves $46,422 school appropriation, hears finance and sewer updates and OKs temporary EMS lease
Summary
Council approved a $46,422 appropriation to meet the school local match, heard first‑quarter finance and sewer plant reports (including ARPA commitments and improved nitrite readings), and approved a two‑year temporary county lease for the Denison Street EMS property to maintain local rescue coverage.
At their Oct. 15 meeting, the Colonial Beach Town Council approved a resolution to appropriate $46,422 to the local match for the school fiscal year 2024–25, accepted town finance and sewer‑plant updates and approved a temporary two‑year lease with the county to keep emergency medical services in town at the Denison Street site.
Finance presenter Lisa (speaker 11) told council the town had collected roughly 16% of budgeted general‑fund revenue in the first quarter and spent 29% of budgeted expenditures; she noted seasonal revenue timing and flagged that a large water debt service payment (~$373,000) accounted for unusually high first‑quarter water fund expenditures. Lisa also said the town had committed ARPA funds for DEQ projects totaling $2,700,000 and that the ARPA fund balance stood at about $2.76 million. She presented cash balances for several funds: General Fund $4,645,251.75; ARPA $2,758,005.58; Water Fund $2,409,759.86; Sewer Fund $936,012.26.
During questions council asked whether DEQ reimbursements would be returned to ARPA; Lisa confirmed earlier DEQ reimbursements had been posted to the ARPA fund and that the projects in question were considered reimbursable under the DEQ ARPA grant.
Sewer plant staff (speaker 13) reported improved nitrite readings after process adjustments: the reporting period average nitrite level dropped to 3.77 and, starting in October samples, the plant’s nitrite samples were below the 3.0 threshold for that month. The presenter said the plant is “well on our way to meeting our WQIF requirement” but noted the annual average requirement of 3.0 would require sustained performance across sampling periods.
On separate business the council approved a resolution to transfer $46,422 to the school system after the Commonwealth’s final numbers increased the required local match; staff presented the resolution, council moved, seconded and approved the appropriation to meet the required local match for FY24‑25.
Town attorney/staff (speaker 18, Duggan) described a draft lease with the county for the Denison Street property where the rescue squad has operated historically. He said the lease is intended as a temporary two‑year holdover to preserve EMS response times while the county plans a longer‑term facility; the lease allows an extension if both parties agree. Council voted to adopt the lease in sync with the county’s expected action.
The meeting closed without further substantive action on these agenda items; staff will follow up on ARPA reimbursements, CIP project scheduling and lease implementation details.
