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DPW presents broad budget and operations update; councilors press on engineering capacity, refuse fees and Aquaria desalination
Summary
DPW Commissioner Patrick Hill updated councilors on multiple divisions — engineering, highway, refuse, water, sewer and stormwater — and answered questions about engineering capacity, landfill solar lease revenue, refuse contracts and the Aquaria desalination plant.
DPW Commissioner Patrick Hill briefed the finance committee Wednesday on the department’s divisions and budgets, fielding questions about engineering capacity, landfill lease revenue from a solar array, refuse contracts and the city’s alternative water supply options.
Engineering and staffing: Councilors raised concerns about turnaround and backlog on technical plan reviews. Commissioner Hill said the city had engaged external consultants to clear a backlog of technical stormwater reviews and that the city engineer’s salary is currently split between general government and stormwater work. Councilor Farwell argued charging engineering time to enterprise stormwater fees can look like “double dipping” and urged clearer…
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