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Delaware City finance panel hears $17 million-plus capital shortfall; moves to approve prior meeting summary
Summary
Delaware City Finance Committee members reviewed a draft five‑year Capital Improvement Plan on Aug. 13 and were told the city faces more than $17 million in funded shortfalls through 2030, with staff proposing a $1 million parks capital seed transfer and a roughly $2 million note issuance to address urgent facility and infrastructure needs.
Delaware City Finance Committee members reviewed the city’s draft five‑year Capital Improvement Plan on Aug. 13 and were told the plan faces “funding challenges,” including an estimated $17 million gap in funded projects through 2030 and separate unfunded projects that together raise the city’s long‑term needs by tens of millions of dollars.
Alicia, a city finance staff member who presented the CIP overview, said the city’s Charter requires the resolution advancing the CIP to go to council by Aug. 15. “We are required by Charter to get this resolution to Council by August 15 of each year,” Alicia said. She told the committee the Aug. meeting timing will allow the city to complete the budget…
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