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Council reviews $42.3 million 2025 Capital Improvement Plan; $10.3M DCIP award for ramps noted with $2.6M shortfall
Summary
Budget staff presented the draft 2025 Capital Improvement Plan totaling $42.3 million across categories, led by water and sewer projects. The city has a $10.3 million DCIP award for ramps; staff and TxDOT agreed to cover a $2.6 million shortfall while other funding is pursued.
Copperas Cove staff on March 4 presented a draft Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) covering projects through 2029 with a 2025 total of about $42.3 million, the majority proposed to be funded with certificates of obligation and with water and sewer projects forming the largest share of the list.
Arianna Beckman, director of budget, said about 69% of the 2025 CIP is proposed to be funded with 2025 COs and that roughly 51% of the total is water and sewer infrastructure. Tax-supported projects identified in the presentation included parks improvements (an athletic storage facility and skate park, roughly $1.1 million) and golf course driving-range and tee-box work totaling about $1 million; staff noted those golf course projects are tax-supported elements.
Ryan Haverlaw, city manager, reminded council that the CIP projects are largely derived from long-range master plans (water model, wastewater plan, drainage master plan, solid waste master plan and street condition assessments). He said the city's financial advisor had previously estimated debt capacity at roughly $7.2'$8.0 million annually (a five-year debt limit of $36'$40 million), but that the advisor will return to council with an updated analysis and that those figures may change.
Staff highlighted a recent federal DCIP (Defense Community Infrastructure Program) award of $10.3 million for construction of access ramps; the project subsequently showed a funding shortfall of roughly $2.6 million. Beckman reported TxDOT agreed to cover the shortfall while the city pursues the remaining funding sources. Council members and staff discussed phasing and utility rate implications for water/sewer projects and the need to coordinate debt issuance timing.
No ordinance adoption was requested March 4; staff asked for direction as the CIP and CO issuance schedule are refined with the financial advisor and included in the FY2026 budget ordinance.
