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City manager outlines busy 2024, stresses debt limits and infrastructure priorities
Summary
City Manager Sylvia delivered a detailed "year in review" on Jan. 28, recapping 2024 initiatives and warning council that large capital needs — especially street rehabilitation and water/wastewater projects — will constrain future borrowing.
City Manager Sylvia delivered a detailed “year in review” on Jan. 28, recapping 2024 initiatives and warning council that large capital needs — especially street rehabilitation and water/wastewater projects — will constrain future borrowing. Sylvia said the city adopted a transportation impact fee in December 2024 and used BEDC sales tax to support streets, and that the city adopted a budget with no tax-rate increase while boosting staff retirement matching.
The review laid out why the council should be cautious about new debt: Sylvia said Bastrop faces a multi‑billion-dollar street backlog and that borrowing alone cannot fix the problem. “You will never borrow your way out of a street program,” she told the council, adding the city must pursue pay‑as‑you‑go…
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