Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Capital Improvements topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Draft five-year CIP totals about $89.3 million; streets, water and wastewater top the list
Summary
Staff presented a draft 2026–2030 capital improvement program showing approximately $89.3 million in projects, with streets and stormwater, water and wastewater systems comprising the largest shares; timing depends on grants and development revenue.
City staff presented a draft five‑year capital improvement program (CIP) covering 2026–2030 that includes approximately $89.3 million in projects and a range of utility and transportation investments.
"The largest amount of expenditures are going towards streets and stormwater about 31,000,000," staff said, and the draft also shows about $27 million for water, $15.3 million for wastewater, $5.6 million for parks and recreation, $3.6 million for electric and roughly $5.8 million for the airport. The five‑year totals include an estimated $15.4 million in grant funding and debt proceeds.
Staff described new items added after the budget retreat, including a placeholder project to create turf fields at Celebration Park (debt service to be supported by transient guest tax) and a Stone Creek Park playground replacement in 2027. Street improvements highlighted in the draft include design for 170th Street and I‑35 Clarence Road improvements, a Grand Street Poplar-to-Center segment in 2026, and collection of various pavement and overlay projects; funding sources for streets include special highway funds, county sales tax and grants.
Utility projects described include preconstruction for a new water transmission line (construction 2026) and a new intake at Hillsdale Lake (construction 2027). The wastewater program includes Kill Creek interceptor improvements (2026) and other collection-system upgrades; staff noted planned annual rate increases for water (currently 3.7% approved, staff proposing 4.7% through 2031) and wastewater (planned increases of 4.2% through 2031) to help pay for capital needs.
For the airport fund, staff said the fund will temporarily borrow from the electric fund to finance projects before grant proceeds are received; the forecast assumes hangar rates will be adjusted and the airport fund will increase fees by roughly 9% every three years (approximately 3% per year) to compensate for inflation.
Staff cautioned that project timing depends on grant awards and development revenues and that detailed project sheets in the agenda packet contain prior- and post-window costs.
