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Burlington shifts capital spending to maintenance, fleet replacement; seeks tools to smooth grant timing
Summary
Clerk Treasurer/Department of Financial Administration staff presented a FY26 general‑fund capital budget focused on existing asset repairs and a major fleet replacement program funded largely by bond proceeds; the team asked for flexible borrowing tools and better capital planning.
Ashley (Clerk Treasurer's Office / Department of Financial Administration) told the Board of Finance on May 21 that this FY26 capital budget refocuses the city's general fund capital spending on deferred maintenance, facilities, sidewalks and fleet replacement.
Ashley said last year’s general‑fund capital budget totaled about $39 million and that this year’s proposed general‑fund capital request is roughly $15.5 million, with a greater share financed…
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