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El Dorado manager reviews 2024 accomplishments, outlines 2025 projects
Summary
City staff presented a 2024 annual report that highlighted a transportation master plan, $12.4 million in building permit valuation, utility upgrades and several capital projects; officials also outlined priority street, sewer and online transition work for 2025.
City Manager David presented the city’s 2024 annual report and a list of priorities for 2025 to the El Dorado City Commission during the Feb. 3 meeting.
David said the city completed a Transportation Master Plan in 2024 that includes a road condition index the city will use to schedule street maintenance. He reported a new building permit valuation of $12,400,000 for the year, driven in part by 26 new residential building permits, and said the police, public works and utilities departments launched or expanded several programs.
The report listed several infrastructure and operational highlights: installation of about 5,500 automated water meters, a cured-in-place pipe project replacing roughly 2,150 feet of sanitary sewer main between Lawndale and Arizona, traffic signal upgrades including battery backups and new sensors, and continued work on ballfield restroom and scoreboard projects. The police department also began a drone program, and the fire department logged 1,747 calls with an average response time of a little more than 5½ minutes.
City Manager David described 2025 priorities as finishing the Central Avenue reconstruction, completing a sanitary sewer interceptor project, testing lower-cost surface treatments to extend street life, installing a novice disc golf course at Graham Park, continuing ballfield improvements and launching a sewer-flushing program that would rotate through roughly one-third of the city per year.
David said the city will transition its public website from a commercial domain to a .gov domain this year so residents can better identify it as an official government site; he added work remains to complete the email migration. He also said the city will develop a capital improvement plan to implement Transportation Master Plan recommendations and examine a debt-management plan to support planned projects.
The manager noted several grants that funded 2024 work, including the Safe Streets and Roads for All award and assistance from the City Connecting Link Improvement Program for Central Avenue maintenance. He said the city continues to use excess sales-tax funds for equipment purchases such as a sewer-inspection camera and some police programs.
The presentation concluded with an announcement that the city’s annual report will be posted to the city website and social media and that printed copies will be distributed when available.
