2003-370RESOLUTION NO. 2003-370
A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply
for a Wisconsin Safe Drinking Water Fund Loan
WHEREAS, the City of Janesville Water Utility is in need of additional potable water pumping capacity to
meet the future needs of the City; and
WHEREAS, elevated nitrates exist in the groundwater that supplies the City; and
WHEREAS the design and construction of a project to pump additional water was included in the 2001
and 2003 Water Utility Budgets as Capital Improvement Projects; and
WHEREAS these additional pumping facilities will reduce nitrates in the water supply to acceptable
levels; and
WHEREAS the Common Council of the City of Janesville intends to fund the proposed Well and
Pumping Station #12 project which has an estimated construction cost of $2,500,000; and
WHEREAS $1,750,000 of the cost of this project was borrowed as part of the 2001 General Obligation
Note (Resolution #2001-137); and
WHEREAS the balance of said cost ($750,000) will be eligible for a Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources (WDNR) Safe Drinking Water Fund Iow interest loan which will be repaid by user fees; and
WHEREAS the WDNR has required that an authorized representative be designated by adopted
resolution for a Safe Drinking Water Fund loan; and
WHEREAS Thomas O. Rogers, 18 N. Jackson Street, Janesville, Wisconsin 53545, (608) 755-3000, is
the Assistant City Manager of the City of Janesville;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Janesville that the City
Manager be authorized to apply to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for a Safe Drinking
Water Fund Iow interest loan and that it endorses Thomas O. Rogers as the authorized representative in
any actions or for any requirements needed for a Safe Drinking Water Fund loan.
APPROVED:
~Jev~n E. Sheiffer, City Mana~r-
MOTION BY: Steeber
SECOND BY: Murphy
COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT
ADDLE X
MURPHY X
DEGARMO X
STEEBER X
WILLIAMS x
BRIEN X
WELLNITZ X
ADOPTED: April 28, 2003
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney/ v - , -
Proposed by: Utility Director
Prepared by: Utility Director