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Public Works seeks $600,000 for street level‑up program, outlines cemetery policy changes and infrastructure priorities
Summary
Public Works told council the FY26 budget would include a $600,000 level‑up street resurfacing program covering about 22,000 linear feet and described a phased approach to cemetery maintenance that aims to improve mowability and reduce contracted mowing costs.
Public Works presented its FY26 priorities on June 24, centering on continued investment in the city’s level‑up street program and ongoing cemetery maintenance changes designed to reduce long‑term contract costs.
Staff said the level‑up program for FY26 targets roughly 22,000 linear feet (about four miles) and budgeted the work at approximately $27.40 per linear foot, for an estimated $600,000. The department described the program as iterative: crews work from ranked condition lists and continue down that prioritized list each year rather than returning to the same blocks every cycle.
On cemetery maintenance, staff said the city has about 73 acres and roughly 5,000 headstones and that, historically, decorative items on graves (rocks, crosses, candles) have made mowing and contracted maintenance difficult or costly. To ease contracting and reduce annual mowing costs (which staff said could be $250–300k annually if fully contracted), the city is proceeding section by section to remove nonstandard items from mowing zones; staff said the change is intended to allow bidders to estimate work without extraordinary contingencies.
Public Works also described utility and wastewater capacity: the wastewater treatment plant is designed for 4 million gallons per day, with an average current load of about 1.7 million gpd; staff said roughly 1 million gpd of capacity was attributable to Samsung connections. The department listed other capital and operational priorities, including pump spare parts, an insta‑valve program for smaller valve repairs, right‑of‑way vegetation management and possible future investments such as additional sweeper operations.
Ending: Public Works asked council to confirm level‑up funding priorities and signaled continued work on long‑term pavement condition improvements and wastewater‑infrastructure needs.
