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Public Works outlines fleet catch‑up, transfer‑station impacts and $100K proposal to enclose glass recycling
Summary
Public Works presented a tentative 2025–26 budget that boosts fleet replacement funding nearly to $4 million in combined ongoing and one‑time money, flags a 28% transfer station tipping fee increase in August and requests a capital sum to enclose the city’s glass recycling container.
Public Works Director Ryan Kump presented the department’s tentative 2025–26 budget to Sandy City Council on May 20, 2025, highlighting an unprecedented injection of funds toward fleet replacement and several capital requests while describing operational pressures tied to inflation and a new transfer station schedule.
Kump told the council the tentative budget includes $1.7 million in ongoing fleet replacement funds plus roughly $2.0 million in one‑time capital to yield “nearly $4,000,000 in fleet replacements,” which he said will address roughly 40% of the city’s assessed fleet replacement backlog under the department’s APWA‑based scoring criteria.
He outlined…
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