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Commission approves street maintenance and lighting assessments; cites state infrastructure funding to avoid assessment increase
Summary
The commission approved assessments for street maintenance (no increase), special lighting district assessments, and a street-light replacement assessment while citing state infrastructure funding and fund balance to hold the assessment flat.
The Livingston City Commission approved a set of assessments for street maintenance and lighting districts for fiscal year 2025–26, keeping the street-maintenance assessment at the prior year level and moving forward with proposed lighting-district assessments and a program to replace streetlights.
Finance staff said the recommended $1,390,903 assessment for Street Maintenance and Improvements District No. 1 is unchanged from the previous year. The staff report notes the city will supplement assessment revenues with state funding from the State Local Infrastructure Partnership Act (HB355, 2023), accumulated fund balance and gas tax revenues to cover planned work including chip sealing and recent paving projects.
The commission approved Resolution 5169 (street maintenance assessment), Resolution 5170 (light-maintenance assessment of $61,993), and Resolution 5171 (an additional $38,000 assessment for replacing streetlights and appurtenances). A staff member said a typographical error in the agenda title overstated one dollar figure but the resolution language in the packet was correct and the commission proceeded.
During discussion, the finance director and public works director explained that using the state infrastructure funding reduced the need to raise the assessment and allowed the city to spread costs over a larger set of properties, offsetting per-property increases that might otherwise occur as new properties are added to the tax roll.
The roll-call votes for each resolution were unanimous in favor. Staff said they will publicize the assessments and continue coordination with public works to implement the approved projects.
