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Continued from Page 1 construction grant from the Water Control Board for fiscal year 1984.
“There’s going to be a tremendous demand for money next year,” Wilson emphasized, adding that localities know FY 1984 is the last opportunity to get 75 percent of project costs funded by the federal government. After FY ’84, the federal share will drop to 50 percent, making financing an impossibility for many jurisdictions, he said. “The competition is going to be extremely fierce. You’ve got to keep your project on line so you can stay up there (as the number five priority in the state for an FY ’84 construction grant from the SWCB),” Wilson told the Authority members.
If plans for Sperryville’s project don’t have Health Department approval by the October 1 deadline, “you will be by-passed for funding (in FY ’84) and the money will be re-allocated elsewhere,” Massie cautioned.
In order for the engineers to finish plans for Health Department review, work on the final design must resume April 1, Dennis reported.
Adding and subtracting a long list of figures, both the Water Control Board representatives and WSA members James Leake, Gore and Dennis came up with the same answer: $82,3.35 that will be on hand within two weeks to pay the engineers for that final design.
“I can’t believe that the federal government, the state government and the engineers are all in agreement on the figures. I’ve never seen that happen before,” Dennis announced.
The WSA members voted unanimously to authorize the engineers to begin work. “With the condition that they don’t exceed the available funds — that $82,335,” Leake added.
Although the authority will have money in the bank to pay the engineering bills, the completion of the sewer system still hinges on winning yet another grant.
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