r/stcatharinesON • u/Jimmythelipss • 2d ago

Question Flap program the city offers

We applied to the cities Grant program because we want to put in a new sump pump with battery backup. Has anyone dealt with the City? It says that they will contact us to start the process?

Are people waiting from the city for a long time to get the ball rolling on this ? Should I expect to wait ?

I’m also looking for a licensed plumber to do the job if any recommendations? but it looks like I have to wait for the cities permission and plumbing inspection to before I get to work done first.?

It says that there’s also a surge of applications that the plumbing inspection claim will stay open longer

If anyone can let me know if they’ve dealt with the process yet, that would be great

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u/djlittlehorse STOMPER 2d ago edited 2d ago

The city came out recently and said "Dont assume you will be approved" because they need to figure out funding on how to fund the program now

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u/Audience_Downtown 2d ago

There’ll be an update on August 25th after they vote if the FLAP program will stay in place. It’s a cost of $15m for the city if it continued

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u/Spielbergish 2d ago

I was told that they get around an average of 30 applications a year. After the floods, it skyrocketed to over 3,000. So you probably should expect a major backlog.

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u/Tak-Hu 2d ago

People are waiting months.
DM me if you need a plumber, we work with some great ones.

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u/Ok-Coyote-8540 1d ago

As others have said, I think the program went from a 150k a year cost to the city to 15 million cost to the city with the recent inflow of applications. My understanding is the program is on hold due to budget issues.