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Talent—s pavement program underfunded; committee told city is not collecting enough to maintain preventive maintenance
Summary
Alex Campbell said the city—s current revenues are insufficient to fund the pavement preventive-maintenance plan and that a regional bike-connector project will require city match contributions; the committee discussed state gas-tax changes that could affect street funding.
Budget officer Alex Campbell told the Budget Committee that the city is not taking in enough revenue to keep up with its pavement maintenance plan and that preventive maintenance is falling behind.
Campbell said the city has defined a preventive-maintenance program but currently lacks the revenue to deliver the recommended annual work. He noted a planned small construction contribution next year of roughly $60,000 toward the Bear Creek connector project, whose full construction cost the staff estimated at about $2,000,000; the city share would likely follow the standard nonfederal match of about 10.27%.
Why it matters: Failure to maintain pavement on a preventive schedule typically increases long-term costs and can degrade transportation safety and access. Campbell also said the city—s state-shared gas-tax revenue estimate for the current year is about $450,000 with a proposed increase to $515,000 next year, and that the governor—s transportation proposal in the legislature could produce additional changes that might require a supplemental budget if material.
Committee members asked when the additional $50,000 in state highway gas tax would appear; staff said the $65,000 bump was reflected in the proposed budget line for next year but that the change could be temporary pending state action. Campbell said staff will revisit revenue assumptions if the state action is large enough to warrant a supplemental budget.
Next steps: Campbell suggested the committee consider whether to prioritize street funding in upcoming deliberations and flagged the Bear Creek connector match as a near-term capital ask the city must plan to fund.
