Purpose

Provide funding for improvements to the City of Rockford’s wastewater treatment facility and authorize the sale of state bonds to support this work.

Key Provisions

• Appropriation: An amount of 2,000,000 is designated from the bond proceeds fund as a grant to the City of Rockford through the Public Facilities Authority. The grant will be used to design, construct, and equip capital improvements to the city’s wastewater treatment facility, including major projects that preserve or replace control systems, improve preliminary treatment infrastructure, and support ongoing operations.
• Bond Authorization: The commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue state bonds up to 2,000,000 from the bond proceeds fund to finance these improvements, under the terms of Minnesota law (Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675) and the state constitution (Article XI, sections 4 to 7).

Funding and Bond Authority

• Source of funds: Bond proceeds fund.
• Mechanism: Grant to the city funded by bond proceeds; repayment and bond terms governed by existing state statutes and constitutional provisions.
• Financing limit: Up to 2,000,000 in bonds.

Implementation Details

• Eligible project work: Design, construction, and equipping of capital improvements to the wastewater treatment facility, including modernizing control systems, upgrading preliminary treatment infrastructure, and other improvements that support ongoing facility operations.
• Administration: Implemented through the Public Facilities Authority in coordination with the City of Rockford.

Impact and Beneficiaries

• Primary beneficiary: City of Rockford.
• Public facilities partner: Public Facilities Authority acts as the grant recipient and conduit for funds.
• Expected outcome: Improved wastewater treatment capacity and reliability, with updated infrastructure to maintain ongoing operations.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

• Establishes a new capital investment appropriation and bond authorization specifically for Rockford’s wastewater facility improvements, funded via the bond proceeds fund and administered through the Public Facilities Authority, expanding state support for local wastewater infrastructure.

Relevant Terms bond proceeds fund, Public Facilities Authority, Rockford, wastewater treatment facility, design, construct, equip, capital nature, control systems, preliminary treatment infrastructure, ongoing operations, grant, bond sale, Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, Minnesota Constitution article XI sections 4 to 7, up to 2,000,000.