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City Manager outlines public works-related department budgets including airport, street operations and equipment purchases
Summary
City Manager Boyer reviewed multiple public-works budgets for 2026, including airport contract and fuel system work, street operations staffing and equipment, cemetery, forestry, animal control, traffic engineering, street lights and the capital equipment fund.
City Manager Boyer presented the proposed 2026 budgets for public-works functions at a Freeport City Council meeting, covering airport management, street operations, equipment purchases, cemetery and forestry maintenance, animal control and traffic and street-lighting expenses.
The presentation matters because the budgets set year-ahead capital and operating priorities for city infrastructure, safety equipment and contracted services that will affect operations and service levels across multiple departments.
On the airport, Boyer said the budget includes the airport management contract (including an estimated consumer-price-index increase), roughly $100,000 carried forward for contracted building repairs to update hangar roofs, and about $40,000 for fuel-system upgrades and inspection of an in-ground tank. He said the older fuel tank will likely need replacement within a fiscal year or two to meet new regulations and that about $15,000 is budgeted for engineering with Crawford Murphy Tilly (CMT).
Council questioned a $4,000 increase in the low-lead fuel budget; Boyer…
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