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Council to consider raising sidewalk reimbursement to $6 per square foot
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Lincoln City Council members agreed to place on the regular agenda a proposal to raise the city’s sidewalk‑replacement reimbursement rate from $2 per square foot to $6 per square foot, a change staff said would cover roughly half of typical replacement costs.
Lincoln City Council members agreed to place on the regular agenda a proposal to raise the city’s sidewalk‑replacement reimbursement rate from $2 per square foot to $6 per square foot, a change staff said would cover roughly half of typical replacement costs.
Public Works staff member Stan Landers said the $2 rate has been in place for more than a decade and that current material and labor costs justify an increase. “We’ve had a rate of $2 per square foot reimbursement for ever since I’ve been here,” Landers said, adding…
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