Brooksville council reviews 10-year capital improvement plan, directs staff to prioritize sidewalks, drainage and roads

The Brooksville City Council at a workshop reviewed a draft fiscal-year 2026–2036 capital improvement plan (CIP) and gave staff consensus direction on how to prioritize about $487,000 identified as annual CIP savings from the recently adopted millage and budget.

City procurement administrator Emily Bennett led a short presentation explaining that “CIP does not appropriate funds. It is a plan” and is intended as a long-range list for capital expenditures such as land, buildings and infrastructure that staff can use when pursuing grants or appropriations. Finance director Autumn Sullivan described the $487,000 as a standing CIP savings account to which the city will add the annual allocation and from which council can direct spending or savings for multi-year projects.

Why it matters: The council’s guidance will steer which projects staff seek grant matches for and which projects the city will save toward. Council members repeatedly emphasized sidewalks, drainage (retention/DRAs) and roads as near-term priorities because those address everyday public safety and maintenance needs.

Council discussion and direction - Council members said they want the CIP to be proactive rather than…