Water board approves $5.2M revenue plan and updates treatment and line repairs

The mayor presented the water and sewer recommended budget and told the board it reflected a recent wave of grant-funded improvements. "We've had 5,000,000 in SRF grants," the mayor said, adding the town had about $6,000,000 in total grants over the past year to two years and projected total revenues of "5,201,700." The board moved, seconded and recorded a unanimous vote to accept the budget.

During the report the mayor said crews have begun dredging accumulated sediment from backwash ponds at the water treatment facility—work funded in part by a grant—and that contractors are close to completing a bore on US Highway 43 in front of the Travelodge. He also described an extensive repair after a ruptured 6-inch PVC main on Highway 5 that required excavating a roughly 20-foot section of pipe. Officials said expanded GIS mapping has located previously unknown manholes and valves to improve asset tracking.