MSD approves $13m Eltora wet-weather storage funding

MSD approves $13m Eltora wet-weather storage fundingMetropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has approved $13m of supplemental Sanitary Replacement Fund appropriations for its Eltora Wet Weather Storage Facility project in Pagedale. The funding covers both sanitary sewer construction and additional design work.

Ordinance No. 16885 provides a $11.5m supplemental appropriation from the Sanitary Replacement Fund for sanitary sewer construction at the Eltora Wet Weather Storage Facility.

Ordinance No. 16886 adds $1.5m from the same fund for sanitary sewer design and authorises an amendment to KAI 360 Construction Services' Contract No. 21997.

The board adopted the consent agenda, containing the two Eltora ordinances, without pulling any item for a separate vote.

The two approvals total $13m.

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District's board has approved $13m in supplemental funding for the Eltora Wet Weather Storage Facility in Pagedale, Missouri, advancing both construction and design activity on the sanitary sewer project. The board adopted Ordinance No. 16885 as part of its October 8 consent agenda, providing an $11.5m supplemental appropriation from the Sanitary Replacement Fund for sanitary sewer construction. A second measure, Ordinance No. 16886, provides a further $1.5m supplemental appropriation from the same fund for design of sanitary sewers associated with the facility. The design ordinance also authorises MSD's Executive Director and Secretary-Treasurer to amend Contract No. 21997 with KAI 360 Construction Services for the design work. No trustee requested a separate vote on any of the consent-agenda items, which covered ordinances 16881 through 16896. The agenda was adopted after trustees Carrington, Watson, Evans, Nicholson and Wabi each voted in favour. The Eltora appropriations were the largest disclosed individual funding items in the consent package. Other consent measures included $2.5m for combined sewer construction under the West Florissant 4343 (O'Fallon Park) Sewer Repair and Separation project, $1.1m for a districtwide facility and sewer design services agreement, and $850,000 for wastewater linear sewer design across several St. Louis County municipalities. MSD's action on Eltora separates the $13m commitment into construction and design components, with the latter tied to the existing KAI 360 Construction Services contract.