Department heads present supplementals: utilities, police, fire, animal services and IT list major needs

Department heads used the retreat to present one-time and ongoing supplemental requests that staff said they factored into the proposed budget or are presenting for council consideration.

Utilities: Alex, the utilities director, outlined capital and ongoing needs. Staff said they requested roughly $2.3 million in ongoing requests (availability in the materials was close to that amount), and described one-time projects that would draw from available capital. Specific asks mentioned in the presentation included a valve truck (staff cited a cost of about $160,000), interior tank inspection work for the Dawn Tower (staff requested approximately $500,000 to inspect and address interior tank needs), and a recommendation to update the utilities master plan (staff said a master plan update takes about a year and recommended scheduling a work session with consultants).

Police: The police presentation listed facility renovations (lobby, locker rooms and…