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Hastings in line for MDEQ grant for storm and wastewater treatment system

The City of Hastings has been notified that it is eligible to receive a $791,820 grant, which includes a 10 percent match from the city, from  the MDEQ's  Stormwater, Asset Management and Wastewater (SAW) Program.

 

Following City Manager Jeff Mansfield’s recommendation Monday, the council unanimously accepted the grant. “This is really good news,” he said. The city has some needed equipment already and some of the work can be done by city staff, he added.

 

The city applied for SAW grant back in December of 2013 with the council’s approval, and waited to be selected by a lottery process. Mansfield suggested that the council reaffirm their intent to accept the grant.

 

The city will establish a digital records management system, full field inspection, inventory of the storm and wastewater infrastructure and develop an Asset Management Plan (AMP). The local match would come from the water and sewer fund, Mansfield said.

 

The AMP would center on proactive maintenance and planned improvements and infrastructure replacement, Mansfield said. The city has to start a grant-funded project within three years of the grant acceptance or repay the grant, plus interest. 

Other municipalities in the area that are eligible for SAW grants include Middleville, Nashville, Hopkins, Martin, Allegan, Coopersville, Caledonia, Rockford and Calhoun County.

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