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Poplar Bluff Council OKs submission of BRIC Notice of Interest for Alice Street backup well
Summary
The City Council gave verbal consent April 20 to submit a BRIC Notice of Interest to drill and install a backup well near the Alice Street water storage tank; estimated cost $1,701,630 with a 75% grant match and a 25% municipal match from Municipal Utilities.
Assistant City Manager Lori J. Phelps told the City Council on April 20 that the city would submit a Notice of Interest to the federal Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program to fund drilling and installing a backup well near the Alice Street water storage tank.
Phelps said the project’s estimated cost is $1,701,630, and that the grant would cover 75% of the project with Municipal Utilities providing the 25% local match. She described the well as a contingency water source “in the event the main water facility is compromised.” The Council gave verbal consent to submit the Notice of Interest, which is the preliminary step used to signal grant interest and eligibility.
Why it matters: the proposed well would provide an alternate water supply if the primary treatment or distribution facility is damaged, improving the city’s resilience to infrastructure outages. The request was informational and the funding application will proceed through normal grant review and approval processes; staff did not seek final contract authority at the April 20 meeting.
Next steps: staff will submit the BRIC Notice of Interest and, if invited, prepare a full grant application that would specify final scope, procurement and the municipal match.
