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City manager outlines 2026 capital priorities including $7–8M electric conversion and public works projects
Summary
City Manager Josh summarized major capital priorities in the proposed 2026 budget: an $7–8 million electric low-voltage conversion affecting roughly 700–900 homes, a public works complex project with ADA and safety needs, water-tower rehabilitations and bridge and weir projects.
City Manager Josh gave a summary of capital projects underpinning the 2026 proposed budget, highlighting the electric low-voltage system conversion, public works complex needs, water-tower rehabilitation, Santa Fe Lake weir replacement and planned street and sidewalk work.
On the electric grid, Josh told the council the city “essentially operate[s] 2 grids” and that the low-voltage system—serving an estimated “7, 8, 900 homes”—is one of the more unreliable portions. He said staff had applied for grants twice for what he described as an approximately $7–8 million conversion project; the…
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