City Of Spencer

City of Spencer, a U.S. local government entity based in Spencer, West Virginia, receives federal grants as the prime recipient for municipal water and wastewater infrastructure improvements, with a recent cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency and historical sub-recipient work in hazard mitigation and water-line replacement.

City of Spencer operates as a municipal government—a U.S. local government entity—and does not hold federal contracts as a prime contractor or subcontractor. Its federal footprint consists entirely of grant activity, with twelve of fourteen awards in the source data appearing as prime recipient awards. The City's structure includes a named subsidiary, City of Spencer Waterworks, which reflects the municipal water utility function.

The EPA Region 3 awarded City of Spencer a $2.065 million Cooperative Agreement on July 6, 2026, under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) for comprehensive wastewater system improvements. The project, with ultimate completion in April 2027, addresses stormwater runoff infiltration into the city's sanitary sewer collection and treatment systems through targeted infrastructure rehabilitation and replacement activities. Deliverables include replacement of approximately 4,900 linear feet of existing 8-inch sanitary sewer lines; installation of 1,730 linear feet of 12-inch, 18-inch, and 24-inch storm sewer lines; rehabilitation of 30 sanitary sewer manholes; inspection and cleaning of approximately 2,500 linear feet of existing 18-inch main interceptor line; and construction of additional surge storage capacity at the treatment plant to accommodate excess inflows during wet weather and storm events. This award represents congressionally designated appropriations specifically identified in the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act.

Customer concentration sits heavily with USDA rural development programs. The Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service accounts for four awards across City of Spencer's recent portfolio, and the Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Program accounts for four awards. The EPA, Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service, and Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service Community Facilities round out the seven distinct customer agencies served. Awards per year have been sparse—one award in 2018, two in 2020, one in 2022, one in 2025, and one in 2026—for a combined obligation of $6 million across all fourteen awards since 2007. City of Spencer also received two sub-recipient grant awards: property acquisition and demolition work for hazard mitigation under a Division of Emergency Management award dated January 23, 2025, and a water-line replacement project in the Schoolhouse area (benefiting 63 customers and reducing lead exposure) awarded December 2, 2022. One award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and thus potential recompete exposure.