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Purcellville staff present $9.5M FY26 CIP; utility projects rely heavily on loans and PFAS grant
Summary
Staff presented a five‑year capital plan that lists roughly $9.5 million in FY26 projects, with water/wastewater work dependent on loans and a PFAS grant; council probed project timing, risks, and debt service impacts.
Town staff presented the proposed five‑year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) at the Jan. 28 work session, showing FY26 requests totaling about $9.5 million and a longer four‑year pipeline of roughly $36.8 million in proposed projects.
Finance and engineering staff told the council general fund and parks projects are funded with external sources, but water and wastewater projects will rely substantially on two proposed loans (a near‑term loan around $10 million and a later loan of roughly $24 million). Staff noted the water fund lists three FY26 projects totaling approximately $1.6 million (roughly $580,000 expected from a federal PFAS grant) and projected $27 million in water projects over the next four years that would require about $26 million in loan financing.
Engineering staff described individual water projects and schedule risks: Cooper Springs raw water main (installed 1945), F Street and Holly Lane water main upsizes to improve fire flow and loop the system, rehabilitation of a million‑gallon tank (coating last applied in 1997), and a new finished‑water storage tank at Fields Farm targeted for completion in March 2026. Staff warned that if the Fields Farm schedule slips, work that depends on that tank will shift into the next fiscal year.
On PFAS, staff said the pilot study should conclude in March and that granular activated carbon filters are likely the chosen treatment; they noted EPA‑pass‑through grant funding could be paused by recent federal actions — an outcome that could delay about $580,000 of PFAS treatment funding. Management said drinking‑water PFAS rules would not be enforceable until 2029 but stressed the town is proceeding proactively.
Council members asked detailed questions about timelines, contingencies, debt service impact and alternatives such as using non‑PFAS wells (Aberdeen property wells were sampled and reported to have no PFAS, staff said). Staff presented a conservative planning assumption that each $1 million of borrowing would add roughly $65,000 in annual debt service and estimated near‑term and future loans would add about $650,000 and $1.6 million annually to utility debt service, respectively.
