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Canal maintenance budget: advisory committee backs $1,350 assessment and two maintenance hires, asks staff for detailed progress report
Summary
The advisory committee endorsed staff’s proposed FY26 canal maintenance assessment and supported adding two maintenance positions, while asking staff for a clearer accounting of seawall replacement progress and contractor capacity.
The canal advisory committee reviewed the proposed FY2026 Canal Maintenance (PGI) budget and generally endorsed staff’s proposed assessment schedule and personnel request, but asked staff for clearer accounting on how much seawall replacement remains and how contractor capacity affects production.
Theresa Carlisle, budget and grants manager, presented the fund pro forma and said staff’s proposal was an operating assessment of $13.50 (presented as the proposed assessment figure for the year) based on a plan that increases the annual assessment roughly $150 per year through 2030 to fund an expanded linear-foot replacement program. Carlisle told the committee…
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