Label
DPU081225EPAENGINEERSBELTFILTERPRESSGRANT
Water Reclamation
Andrew McClure (x7866)
Revised
Title
Repealing Ordinance 235-25 in its entirety; authorizing the Mayor to enter into necessary agreements with the EPA for financial assistance provided under the EPA: State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG), Clean Water SRF, Clean Water CDS for purposes of rebuilding three belt filter presses and related equipment to dewater the digested sludge at the Bay View Water Reclamation Plant; authorizing the acceptance, deposit, appropriation and expenditure of grant proceeds in an amount not to exceed $880,000 in the Sewer Replacement Fund for purposes of rebuilding three belt filter presses and related equipment; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for the purchase of services and other necessary items to carry out the terms of this grant; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Ordinance 235-25 authorized the grant agreement to be entered into with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for financial assistance provided under the Section 594 Environmental Infrastructure (EI) Program however the funding source is actually the EPA.
The EPA authorizes the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG), Clean Water SRF, Clean Water CDS to provide design and/or construction assistance to non-Federal interests for carrying out water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in the State of Ohio. The City of Toledo has been allocated funding through the STAG Grant to enter into Grant with the Federal EPA to be used to rebuild belt filter presses and related equipment.
The STAG Grant requires a 20% cost share from the non-Federal sponsor, and EPA project costs are considered part of the total project cost and subject to cost share. The total project cost is $1,100,000. The total federal share is $880,000. The City's cost share is $220,000. Legislation to appropriate and expend the city share...
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