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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 key capital packet items in the tentative budget: traffic signal upgrades that add audible devices to meet ADA obligations; continued funding for traffic calming and school flashers; sidewalk/curb/gutter consolidation for flexible frontage improvements; and a proposed match for a WFRC grant to advance environmental work on a dual‑left project at 11400 South and Southeast (the construction footprint sits in Draper).
Kump warned that when the regional transfer station opens projected August 25, the city will face a 28% increase in tipping fees (he estimated a nearly $250,000 increase), though he said contract hauler efficiencies may offset some costs and the department proposes holding residential weekly waste fees flat while awaiting actuals. He also described operational changes in bulk waste routing that could change internal cost allocations between the bulk program and the general fund.
Kump said a capital request in the weekly‑waste fund would enclose the city’s glass recycling dumpster (moved most recently to Alta Canyon as temporary storage) and relocate it to the senior center; he estimated the enclosure at about $100,000 but said bids earlier had returned higher six‑figure estimates and that the figure may be low.
Council members pressed Kump on several items including the status of the public works campus Phase 2 funding gap (Kump and City Administrator Shane Mace said proceeds from a pending sale of the “Triangle” property are earmarked to close a roughly $1.5 million shortfall), road striping shortfalls as Salt Lake County and private costs rise, and temporary consolidations of building operations & maintenance with the city’s Facilities division. Kump said Public Works had trimmed non‑personnel line items and restructured internal codes to reflect current operations.
Kump also previewed the public works fleet facility grand opening planned for July 16 and stressed the department’s intent to continue requests in future years to fully modernize the streets crew indoor space.
