Ludlow manager announces wastewater hire, RFPs and $15M USDA application
Summary
Municipal Manager Penny Wu announced the hiring of a new wastewater operator, plans to issue RFPs for disaster recovery and wastewater facility work, and that the village has applied for $15 million from USDA Rural Development and VEMS to potentially relocate the wastewater treatment facility.
Municipal Manager Penny Wu told the commission that Jeremy Wright has been hired for the wastewater operator position; Wright formerly worked in Springfield and is studying for his certification.
Wu said she is updating the personnel policy manual for regulatory compliance and will issue RFPs for a disaster recovery mitigation consultant and for engineering design and construction for reconstruction of the wastewater treatment facility. She also said the village has applied for $15,000,000 from USDA Rural Development and VEMS that, if awarded, could allow the village to pivot the wastewater treatment facility to a new location.
Wu framed the procurement steps and need for external consultants by saying the village lacks internal capacity to manage large mitigation and reconstruction projects; staff will return with RFP scopes and funding updates as applications and proposals progress.
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