Flomaton to spend grant $ on lagoon

Moye says total cost less than $1.1 million

During a special meeting last Wednesday, the Flomaton Town Council approved a resolution to award the low bid of $1,219,575 from L&K Contracting Co., Inc., of Dothan to make repairs and upgrades to the town’s sewer lagoon while Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye said he feels he can negotiate the bid below the $1.1 million grant amount.

Flomaton received the $1.1 million grant through the Alabama Department of Environmental Management through the state’s Clean Water Revolving Fund.

Moye noted the town would be responsible for 20 percent of the grant amount, which will come to the town as a lo...