Barre City staff told the council they plan to use recently increased paving funds to pave Quarry Street from Main Street to the town line and presented a multi‑year paving map showing planned 2025 work on Berlin, Allen and Prospect streets.

Public Works Director (referred to in the meeting as Brian) and the city manager said Quarry Street was chosen because its pavement condition is poor but the site requires relatively less ancillary utility work to be ready for paving. The presentation emphasized clustering longer stretches of work to reduce contractor mobilization costs and gain more paving per dollar.

Staff noted the city raised the annual paving budget by roughly $130,000 this year to reach approximately $600,000; the mayor and council signaled intent to consider further increases to avoid falling behind on road conditions.

State roads: Staff and council discussed state‑owned routes within city limits, including Route 62 and North Main Street, and noted those repaving schedules are controlled by the state. Councilors asked staff to annotate maps to show which roads are state responsibilities so residents better understand why the city cannot repave those segments.

Stormwater and Prospect Street: Councilors and residents raised persistent drainage problems on Prospect Street and other hills. Public works staff said they are doing targeted sewer work, cutting ditches, installing underdrains and adding drainage features on Prospect Street where problem areas were identified. The manager and public works director said repaving provides an opportunity to pitch roads properly and reset drainage structures, which extends pavement life.

Timeline and follow up: Staff said the contract/paving work is scheduled in coordination with major infrastructure preparation and that smaller patch repairs are not shown on the long‑stretch paving map. Councilors asked for a future version of the map to indicate which segments are state highways and to provide simple year‑to‑year metrics (for example, feet paved) to show progress.

Ending: Council approved the paving selection and encouraged staff to continue work on drainage upgrades and to return with more detailed timelines and a map that clearly shows state versus city paving responsibilities.