Cleveland, NC Has Some BIG Expenditures Coming up - Town Board 8-9-2021
Town board members unanimously approved getting started on sewer and water projects that have been on the table for months at the monthly board meeting for August 2021. Board member Gerald Osborne has been the lead in looking at current needs and building a multiyear plan for the future. Doug Chapman of McGill Associates was at the meeting to discuss the overall project which includes repairs/improvements as well as major upgrades. The major rehab, he said, would be cost effective (versus starting from scratch in a new location) and based on the old Brevard St. Station which was built 39 years ago. There would be a riser and new pumps added where the current pumps are located and a second chlorine contact basin. A new splitter box would allow the town to close off a basin and work on the extra one as needed. Chapman said that the town needs to look at and consider capacities at this point. For example, Daimler (used to be Freightliner) has a capaci...