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50 The Authority | December 2024 Russell F. McIntosh is a Financial Services Analysist for Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc (HRG). He has spent nearly 45 years in the water and wastewater industry as a financial consultant to municipalities, municipality authorities, county and state government, public utilities, land developers, industry associations and law firms relative to utility regulation, financing, and user charge system. HRG, is a consulting engineering firm headquartered in Harrisburg, PA. Prior to his retirement in 2018, he was the Vice President of Financial Services. Lauren Zumbrun serves as Group Manager for HRG’s Strategic Management and Capital Solutions Group. She has nearly 20 years of experience and brings a unique skill set to her position including a decade of community planning and municipal consulting in addition to local government economic development. She has experience with a variety of state and federal funding programs as well as community and corporate foundation grants. Authority Funding Sources For 2025 State Funding Sources Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) PA Small Water and Sewer Program – Next round anticipated to open in early 2025 Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) Sewage Facilities Program – Applications open annually from February 1 to May 31 Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) Local Share Account (LSA) Statewide Program – Applications open annually from September 1 to November 30 Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) H2O PA Program – Next round TBD Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) Watershed Restoration and Protection Program – Applications open annually from February 1 to May 31 Department of Community & Economic Development (DCED) Pennsylvania Strategic Investments to Enhance Sites (PA SITES) Program – Applications accepted on a rolling basis with quarterly approvals Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Growing Greener Plus Grants Program – Next round TBD Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) Drinking Water & Clean Water State Revolving Funds – Applications due quarterly Federal Funding Sources U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Water & Waste Disposal Loan & Grant Program – Applications accepted on a rolling basis Regional Funding Sources Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) Green Revitalization of Our Waterways (GROW) Program – Next round TBD Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (RAAC) Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund (GEDTF) – Next round TBD Appalachian Regional Commission Area Development Program – Applications accepted on a rolling basis Butler County Infrastructure Bank – Next round TBD Dauphin County Infrastructure Bank – Next round TBD Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) Consumptive Use Mitigation Grant Program – Next round TBD Fiscal article continued from page 17. Hopefully, you will be able to put all this aside for the next few weeks and enjoy the holidays. Authorities do a great job operating their systems while doing their best to keep rates low. Taking a closer look at some of the financial elements will help make this easier. S