Engineering asks for $788K in professional services and additional staff to speed projects
City engineer Luis Vargas told the commission that increased development and grant opportunities have stretched in-house capacity; staff requested roughly $788,000 to $850,000 for outsourced design, surveying and testing and asked to add at least one professional engineer and an EIT to increase in-house capacity.
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Luis Vargas, the city engineer, told the Harlingen City Commission that demand for design packages, grant-ready projects and construction oversight has outpaced in-house capacity and that the department is seeking funding to outsource professional services and to add staff.
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