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Trappe approves two USDA loan resolutions for pumping station upgrades and notes $1.149M federal grant
Summary
Trappe’s council approved two Loan Resolutions (RUS Bulletin 1780-27) totaling $2.517 million to support pumping station upgrades and recorded a separate $1,149,000 Fiscal Year 2026 Congressionally Directed Spending grant for an ENR upgrade; Attorney Lyndsey Ryan said the USDA loan closings are scheduled Feb. 19.
Trappe’s Town Council on Feb. 4 approved two loan resolutions required to close USDA financing for planned pumping station upgrades and noted a separate Congressionally Directed Spending award for an ENR upgrade.
President Newnam read Loan Resolution RUS Bulletin 1780-27 and moved to approve the first resolution in the amount of $1,141,000; Commissioner Walter Chase seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The council approved a second resolution under the same bulletin for $1,376,000 by the same unanimous vote. Town Attorney Lyndsey Ryan said the council had already approved undertaking the loans under Ordinance 5-2024 but that the resolutions were required to close the USDA loans, with closing scheduled for Feb. 19.
Administrator Erin Braband also told the council the Town received notice of a Fiscal Year 2026 Congressionally Directed Spending grant in the amount of $1,149,000 for an ENR upgrade; the announcement and related records were filed with the town.
The resolutions were moved and approved on the record; no roll-call vote breakdown was read into the transcript beyond the motion and unanimous approval. Attorney Ryan framed the resolutions as procedural steps needed for USDA closing rather than new policy decisions. The council did not detail a construction timeline, contractor selection, or how the grant and loan funds will be combined or administered at this meeting.
Next steps: Attorney Ryan said closing on the USDA loans is scheduled for Feb. 19. The council did not set a construction start date or award a construction contract during the meeting.
