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St. Pete City Council committee wants to spend $1.5 million on sewers

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A St. Pete City Council committee voted Monday to spend $1.5 million of the total $6.5 million awarded the city as a result of a settlement in the BP oil spill disaster. St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman had recommended spending $1 million for infrastructure repairs and replacement. Earlier discussions about the BP oil spill award showed some City Council members wanted to spend more of the money on immediate repairs in the wake of 31 million gallons of raw and…

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St. Pete says Clam Bayou is clean; Gulfport council member disagrees

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St. Pete is discontinuing water sampling in areas where wastewater overflow was released in early August as a result of a heavy rain event. According to the city, all of the affected areas have been tested within Safe Beach criteria for at least one week. In some areas the levels of contaminants, particularly fecal coliform, have been within safe levels for three to five weeks. “All of the sample sites have demonstrated a long term consistency of results within the…

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Rick Kriseman’s BP settlement plan tabled until something’s done about sewage problems

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St. Pete City Council will not be immediately voting on Mayor Rick Kriseman’s plan to spend $6.5 million awarded the city through a settlement with BP on a variety of projects. During a Public Services and Infrastructure Committee meeting Thursday morning, council voted to put off allocating the funds. At issue is the raw sewage dump in August that continues to haunt Kriseman. In response to an overburdened system during what the city describes as a 100-year rain event, the…

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Two letters show mounting concerns over the St. Pete’s wastewater infrastructure

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The City of St. Pete continues to face mounting criticism over an early August wastewater dump of 31 million gallons of raw and partially treated sewage into Clam Bayou, Tampa Bay and the Eckerd College campus following a review of the city’s wastewater system. Two separate letters addressed to Mayor Rick Kriseman ask the city to conduct an independent review, not an internal one. “It became clear that this is not the independent inquiry that the City Council requested and…

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St. Pete City Council approves budget amid protests from workers

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St. Pete City Council unanimously approved the $224.3 million 2016 budget during another lengthy meeting Thursday. The city’s millage rate for ad-valorem property taxes will stay the same for the third year in a row. Homeowners will continue to pay $6.77 for every $1,000 in assessed value. It’s worth noting that because property values are on the rise, homeowners may still see an increase on their tax bills, but that is due to higher assessments, not higher tax rates. The…

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Responding to raw sewage dump, St. Pete officials announce fixes to inadequate stormwater system

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St. Pete city officials are working on a handful of fixes to its sometimes overburdened sewage system. Earlier this month above average, consistent rainfall caused the city to divert untreated wastewater into Clam Bayou, one of St. Pete’s estuaries, to the tune of 15 million gallons. The biggest fix to ensuring that doesn’t happen again includes adding an additional 900 horsepower of pumps to the system. There are now five 250 horsepower pumps. Two additional 450 horsepower pumps are planned…

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