Public Works proposes $1.7 million pavement maintenance line, asks for $500,000 CIP supplement

Public Works staff told the County Commission at a 4:00 p.m. work session that the county should increase its contracted pavement maintenance line from $1.2 million to $1.7 million and request a $500,000 supplement from the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to keep up with a 2010 pavement-management plan.

The recommendation came from Chad, Public Works staff, who framed the request as part of preparing the 2026 budget. “We want to take the $1,200,000 and go to $1,700,000 in the budget line item for contract and maintenance,” Chad said, describing a proposal to supplement that increase with CIP funds as has been done in past years.

The issue matters because the department’s analysis shows the county has completed a 15-year cycle since adopting the 2010 pavement plan and is now falling behind on the maintenance cadence the plan envisioned. Under that plan, new asphalt would receive a chip seal once after 7–10 years, another chip seal 5–7 years later, and then a mill-and-overlay about five years after the second chip seal. Public Works calculated that maintaining that cycle at 2025 prices would require roughly $2.6…