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DPW outlines revolving accounts, says road-maintenance fund is paying $1.3M of monthly streetlight bills
Summary
Department of Public Works officials told the House committee that the road maintenance revolving account and other restricted accounts underpin operations; DPW said it is using that fund to cover streetlight utility bills and reported account balances for building code and tipping fees.
Department of Public Works officials detailed the department's revolving-account balances and described how the road maintenance account is being tapped for utilities, including streetlights billed by the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC).
"Road maintenance ... we're looking at about 2.5" million, and "I've reserved all of that for the CUC street lights billing," Secretary Ray Yumo told lawmakers, adding DPW expects to pay about $1.3 million for streetlights because the annual budget did not include those utility costs. DPW said it would prefer to reserve road-maintenance funds for striping,…
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