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Town faces $500,000 filter estimate for water plant; housing‑project RFP out to firms
Summary
Town staff reported consultants will inspect the water treatment facility and estimated the filters alone at $500,000; the town has issued an RFP for a housing project to 16 firms with responses due March 27.
Town staff reported that consultant work on the water treatment facility is underway and warned the needed filters are expensive. "The filters alone are 500,000," Joe (speaker 2) said, flagging a high capital cost and noting that such projects are usually financed largely through loans rather than grants.
Separately, staff said the request for proposals for a housing project was sent to 16 engineering firms and the deadline for responses was moved to March 27. Joe said the town expects to compile cost proposals after the consultant completes an in‑depth review of plant filters and the collection system. He and other board members noted that grant funding is limited and many infrastructure projects rely on loans or competitive grants.
