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Rochester Hills considers larger pathway millage to accelerate repairs
Summary
City officials reviewed the pathway millage funding, current shortfalls and ballot timing after a presentation showed existing revenue covers roughly one mile of pathway rehabilitation per year; options include renewing, shortening or increasing the millage to fund 4–5 miles per year.
At the July 7 Rochester Hills City Council meeting, Finance Director Joe Snyder presented options for renewing and possibly increasing the voter-approved pathway millage that funds pathway maintenance and construction across the city.
Snyder said the current voter-approved pathway millage (approved in 2006 for 20 years) is in its 19th year and "there is no official vote at the end of this presentation" but the council needed direction for whether to place a renewal or increase on an upcoming ballot. He told the council the existing levy (0.1715 mill, as presented) generates roughly $875,000 a year for pathway funds, of which about $400,000 is available annually for pathway construction and rehabilitation. "The city has 100 miles of pathways throughout the whole city," Snyder said, noting at the current pace of about one mile of major rehabilitation per year "it would take a hundred years" to cycle the system.
The presentation outlined options: renew the existing millage at the same…
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