Florida-based company to upgrade ‘important’ wastewater treatment plant equipment
City hall plans to spend over $1.5 million this year to refurbish lagoons at the wastewater treatment plant and will give the contract to the company that originally installed the waste infrastructure.
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Coun. Dawn Luhning was opposed.
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This request is still within the total S3 wastewater treatment plant budget of $2.09 million and will not affect other initiatives in that area, Harlton added. Also, department staff and the city’s engineering consultant will RYHUVHH WKH SURMHFW ZKLOH 3DUNVRQ HPSOR\HHV FRQGXFW WKH actual construction.
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