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Village hears plan to inventory and replace lead service lines, warns $6–8 million possible cost
Summary
Consultants outlined EPA SRF paperwork and inventory work needed to obtain grant funding for lead service line replacements; village must begin replacing lines in 2027 at 10% per year to meet a 2037 deadline, and full cost estimates remain uncertain.
Ben Spreen of Benton & Associates briefed the Committee of the Whole on the Village’s effort to identify and replace lead service lines.
Spreen said the Village has been inventorying service lines, completed potholing funded by an earlier grant and now needs two engineering agreements plus an amended Killion Construction potholing contract with EPA SRF-required language to secure reimbursement. “This language will enable the Village to obtain the grant funds,” he said. Spreen said funding availability has been favorable but the ultimate project cost remains a moving target.
Spreen warned the Village will have a regulatory timeline to meet. “The Village has to start in 2027 with 10% per year and have all lines changed by 2037,” he said. He added replacement scope is not limited to the public side: “By regulations the Village can not do a partial so when we get into this project it must be from the main to 18" inside the house or the first shut off valve.” The Village is responsible for its portion to the shut-off valve and must offer residents replacement of the private portion, though residents are not required to accept it under current rules.
President Richard Samples said earlier internal estimates he had seen were about $4 million but Spreen said, based on incomplete inventory work, the total is likely higher — “more like $6–8 mil.” Spreen said the village has potholed extensively but cannot yet say how many private-side replacements might be needed.
The board did not vote on funding or sign any contracts at the Feb. 20 meeting; Spreen said the next steps are finalizing inventory maps and executing the engineering agreements required to request SRF reimbursements.
