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Public-works director fields questions on stormwater fee increase and fund condition
Summary
Public-works staff told the Finance Standing Committee that the watershed restoration fund is carrying planned work and that staff will provide more detail on staffing and program specifics; aldermen asked where cuts would fall if the fund needed reductions.
Director Vogel and other public-works staff briefed the Finance Standing Committee on May 5 about the watershed restoration fund and a proposed stormwater fee increase. Vogel said the fund is strained and that some of the watershed-restoration programming and the urban-forestry program are paid from that fund.
Aldermen asked whether any positions within the watershed-restoration program are vacant and where reductions could be made if the fund required cuts. Vogel said he did not believe positions were vacant at that time and suggested the committee follow up with staff for a detailed staffing-level review; staff offered to provide the answer on the question tracker and to post a detailed response in the committee spreadsheet.
Committee members signaled interest in seeing a breakdown of stormwater costs and the program staff plan before final decisions on the fee increase. Staff agreed to provide more detailed responses and follow-up materials.
Ending: Staff promised to provide a more detailed staffing and cost breakdown in follow-up materials to inform deliberations about the stormwater fee increase.
