City staff report heavy winter workload, detail status of major street, trail and bridge projects and planned GO bond uses

City municipal services staff briefed the committee on street operations after a severe winter, reporting higher-than-normal salt use, staff hours and pothole repairs, and provided an update on multiple capital projects that are in construction, design or bidding; staff also described plans to use planned general obligation (GO) bond proceeds for bridges, sidewalks and pavement maintenance.

Charles R. Hardy, administrative services supervisor for the municipal services department, told the committee staff collected 470 cubic yards of street sweepings covering 1,241 lane miles and removed 2,074 cubic yards of illegal dumping from rights-of-way for the reported fiscal year. He said crews repaired or replaced 1,594 signs and completed 14,974 pothole repairs. The report listed 10,009 employee hours on snow operations; snow treatments totaled 3,123 tons of salt and 40,750 gallons of brine. Partial- and full-depth street patching covered about 5,555 square yards.

Zane McKinney, assistant director of municipal services, said the city operates two street sweepers, and staffing limits mean business districts are swept more frequently (about three to four times per year) while many residential streets are on a two- to three‑year cycle. McKinney described the winter as the most severe in four to five years, noting salt use was nearly…