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City administrator: wastewater treatment plans filed with state; project to go to bid if permitted
Summary
The city administrator said plans for the wastewater treatment plant were submitted to the state for final permit review; if approved the project will move to bidding and represents the city's largest capital undertaking, with staff urging timely action to limit cost escalation.
City Administrator (speaker 5) told the council that staff submitted plans for the wastewater treatment plant to the state for final permitting today. "It went today," the administrator said, and noted that state review could require revisions but that permit approval would allow the city to proceed to bid the project and begin what staff described as the largest capital undertaking Seward has undertaken (City administrator, SEG 737'SEG 746).
The administrator warned of rapidly rising costs in construction markets and urged the council to move forward to avoid higher prices. He compared recent cost escalations on a regional project to emphasize the risk of delay and framed the wastewater plant timeline as closely tied to the 2027 budget discussions and the city's capital-planning schedule. Staff said they will notify the council when the permit review is complete and will bring bidding documents forward when appropriate.
Provenance: administrator report SEG 737-746 and follow-up discussion in the administrative report section.
