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Council weighs restoring annual paving, boosting drainage funds and adding street staff
Summary
Council and street-department staff discussed restoring a $200,000 annual paving allocation, raising stormwater funding from $35,000 to $100,000 and adding one or two full-time positions to the street crew; staff cautioned that funding without additional equipment or personnel could create delivery bottlenecks.
At a May 8 special meeting, Santa Fe council members reviewed the street department’s preliminary budget requests, including restoring the annual paving allocation to $200,000 and increasing stormwater/drainage funding to $100,000.
Street supervisor Billy described the requests as largely capital and maintenance driven and cautioned that adding more paving or drainage dollars without commensurate staff or equipment would create a backlog. He told council that “if you give me a bunch of money in roads or a…
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