Language Page 471, after line 3, insert:This item provides for the initial portion of the Commonwealth's share of the costs of constructing a wastewater treatment plant for the Town of Craigsville. No payment shall be made to the town until the Department of Corrections has entered into a new contract with the Town of Craigsville, which, along with other appropriate terms, shall provide that all charges to be paid for all future wastewater treatment for the Augusta Correctional Center shall be based solely upon the Augusta Correctional Center's actual metered usage and that the Augusta Correctional Center shall be charged at a rate no higher than the lowest rate charged to any other customer of the wastewater treatment plant. The contract shall also provide for an annual payment of $120,000 from the Department of Corrections to the Town of Craigsville for 20 years, representing the reimbursement of debt service on a loan to the town issued by the Department of Environmental Quality funding a portion of the construction costs of the wastewater treatment plant." "C-134.1 Craigsville Wastewater Treatment Plant $0 $2,522,469 Fund Sources: Bond Proceeds $0 $2,522,469"
Explanation(This amendment provides for bond proceeds to be used for the payment of the Commonwealth's share of the costs of the construction of a wastewater treatment plant for the Town of Craigsville. The Augusta Correctional Center will be the largest customer of the wastewater treatment plant once constructed. No payment shall be made, however, until a contract has been established between the town and the Department of Corrections. Two companion amendments capture the general fund dollars previously available to support this project. The first, a caboose bill item, captures a fiscal year 2008 balance. The second, a biennial budget item, captures funding made available in fiscal year 2010 for this purpose. This action was recommended by the Governor in his budget reduction plan issued February 12, 2008.)