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The authority will oversee the $79 million public-private partnership =
that plans to borrow about $31 million to build a joint treatment plant =
on Freeman Avenue near the Grand Rapids waste water treatment plant at =
1300 Market Ave. SW. A new pipeline will connect Wyoming's plant, at =
2350 Ivanrest Ave. SW.=20
Under the new funding agreement, each municipality will contribute =
$200,000 this year.=20
"This is the start-up money for the Biosolids Authority, and it will be =
paid back with the issuance of bonds for the project," Wyoming Mayor =
Douglas L. Hoekstra Jr. said.=20
An additional $1.2 million would be funded by each of the cities during =
the next two fiscal years.=20
The new authority calls for each city to name two full-time members to =
the board as well as one alternate each. While Wyoming City Manager =
Curtis Holt will serve as a board member, Grand Rapids will send Deputy =
City Manager Eric DeLong as its representative.=20
In Grand Rapids, 1st Ward City Commissioner Roy Schmidt asked the =
authority to submit monthly reports to the City Commission so political =
leaders can track the project's progress. "I think there's got to be =
more input from the elected officials," he said.=20
Currently, Grand Rapids' Wastewater Treatment Plant produces sludge that =
goes primarily to landfills. About 25 percent of the sludge is applied =
to farm fields.=20
Wyoming's Clean Water Plant produces a "Class B" sludge that is applied =
to farmers' fields, a prospect that becomes tougher all the time.=20
Joe Stapf, Wyoming director of utilities, said stricter state =
regulations and neighborhood complaints have taken away about 6,000 =
acres of applicable land in the past 18 months.=20
Officials from both cities agree the "Class-A biosolid" pellet will be =
the most cost-effective in the long run, and the most environmentally =
friendly in the short run.=20
An official signing of the articles of incorporation for the authority =
was to be held today, Earth Day, at Grand Rapids City Hall. The first =
meeting of the new authority is scheduled for April 29.=20
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<P>Funding setup OK'd for biosolids authority </P>
<P>Thursday, April 22, 2004</P>
<P>By Patrick Revere and Jim Harger</P>
<P>The Grand Rapids Press </P>
<P>WYOMING -- The cities of Grand Rapids and Wyoming have approved a new =
Grand=20
Valley Regional Biosolids Authority that will turn sewage from both =
cities into=20
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<P>From Our Advertiser</P>
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<P>The authority will oversee the $79 million public-private partnership =
that=20
plans to borrow about $31 million to build a joint treatment plant on =
Freeman=20
Avenue near the Grand Rapids waste water treatment plant at 1300 Market =
Ave. SW.=20
A new pipeline will connect Wyoming's plant, at 2350 Ivanrest Ave. SW. =
</P>
<P>Under the new funding agreement, each municipality will contribute =
$200,000=20
this year. </P>
<P>"This is the start-up money for the Biosolids Authority, and it will =
be paid=20
back with the issuance of bonds for the project," Wyoming Mayor Douglas =
L.=20
Hoekstra Jr. said. </P>
<P>An additional $1.2 million would be funded by each of the cities =
during the=20
next two fiscal years. </P>
<P>The new authority calls for each city to name two full-time members =
to the=20
board as well as one alternate each. While Wyoming City Manager Curtis =
Holt will=20
serve as a board member, Grand Rapids will send Deputy City Manager Eric =
DeLong=20
as its representative. </P>
<P>In Grand Rapids, 1st Ward City Commissioner Roy Schmidt asked the =
authority=20
to submit monthly reports to the City Commission so political leaders =
can track=20
the project's progress. "I think there's got to be more input from the =
elected=20
officials," he said. </P>
<P>Currently, Grand Rapids' Wastewater Treatment Plant produces sludge =
that goes=20
primarily to landfills. About 25 percent of the sludge is applied to =
farm=20
fields. </P>
<P>Wyoming's Clean Water Plant produces a "Class B" sludge that is =
applied to=20
farmers' fields, a prospect that becomes tougher all the time. </P>
<P>Joe Stapf, Wyoming director of utilities, said stricter state =
regulations and=20
neighborhood complaints have taken away about 6,000 acres of applicable =
land in=20
the past 18 months. </P>
<P>Officials from both cities agree the "Class-A biosolid" pellet will =
be the=20
most cost-effective in the long run, and the most environmentally =
friendly in=20
the short run. </P>
<P>An official signing of the articles of incorporation for the =
authority was to=20
be held today, Earth Day, at Grand Rapids City Hall. The first meeting =
of the=20
new authority is scheduled for April 29. =
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