The Cody City Council held a public hearing on a loan application the city submitted to the state revolving fund to investigate lead service lines.

City staff member Philip Bowman said the council previously approved a resolution authorizing staff to submit the loan application. Bowman said the application is being reviewed by the State Loan and Investment Board and will be considered at that board's December meeting. “The loan amount that we applied for was for $1,000,000,” Bowman told the council.

Bowman said the city intends to purchase a vacuum truck with the loan proceeds to allow staff to perform investigations of treated water service lines to determine whether lead is present. He also said “there would be some amount of that $1,000,000 approximately 1 to 200000 that could be available to reimburse staff time, for those investigations,” as part of the application.

Bowman told the council that the public hearing was required to occur within 45 days of the State Loan and Investment Board's consideration of the city's application. No vote on the loan was taken at the meeting; the public hearing satisfied the local notice requirement for the application process.

No substantive public comments were recorded during the hearing. Council members asked no substantive questions on the record.

The application remains under review by the state; the council will be notified of the state board's decision when it is available.