Molalla Receives Letters of Support - Applies for Federal Funding for WWTP

For more than a year, members of the City Counsel and City Staff have been turning over every stone to find funding support for the WWTP project that could be forgiven at the end of the project. This 'forgivable' funding would directly benefit rate payers through offset of the debt service currently scheduled to construct the new plant.

Molalla has hosted or been hosted by representatives from the offices of State Rep. Lewis, former Federal Rep. Schraeder, current Federal Rep. Chavez-DeRemer, and Federal Sen. Merkley. Recently, Sen. Merkley's office reached out to the City for a Fiscal Year 2024 Congressional Directed Spending Request Form to make an official request.

To complete the application, the city required 3 letters of support which were quickly provided by Clackamas County Board of Commissioners, and the offices of State Rep Lewis, and State Sen. Girod. You can view the funding request and letters of support in the documents section of the "Improving Molalla's Wastewater System" page.

Here is a direct link to the funding request: https://current.cityofmolalla.com/18362/widgets/57884/documents/40296