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Public hearing lists four CDBG options, including equipment purchases and in-house waterline work
Summary
During the hearing on an INCOG CDBG project, Debra Burch presented four options — in-house waterline replacement for Elgin/Frankfort, outsourcing Elgin, purchase of a hydrovac truck, or a Ditch Witch — with itemized cost estimates the board used to choose the Elgin project.
At the public hearing opened March 26, public commenter Debra Burch laid out four candidate projects for an INCOG CDBG application: in-house waterline replacement for Elgin and Frankfort (materials-only estimate $58,461 for each town), outsourcing the Elgin waterline (estimate $165,000), purchase of a hydrovac truck (estimated $80,000–$140,000), and purchase of a Ditch Witch (estimated $85,000).
The minutes also record an engineering fee estimate of $5,500 and a board discussion about adding three fire hydrants to the Elgin project at approximately $3,100 each. The trustees reviewed those figures before voting to select the Elgin waterline replacement with three hydrants for the grant application.
