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Council debates $3 million paving bond; councilors and staff diverge on timing and scope

3418058 · May 20, 2025
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Summary

Councilors proposed a $3 million bond to expand paving work, prompting committee referrals and requests for more financial analysis from staff.

Councilors debated a proposal to authorize $3 million in additional bonding for the city’s paving program during May 20 budget deliberations, with supporters urging immediate action and staff and other councilors urging deeper analysis of timing, scope and debt-service impacts.

Councilor Walker made the initial proposal to increase paving bonding by $3 million to supplement the city’s existing $1 million paving program. “I’m recommending that we do… increase the $3,000,000 bond to pump that so we can get some of these bad streets, like Sullivan Farm Road, repaved,” Walker said…

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