St. Francis adopts final resolution for 2025 street-improvement special assessments after public hearing

The St. Francis Common Council voted to adopt the final resolution authorizing public improvements and levying special assessments for the 2025 street-improvement project following a public hearing where residents criticized the notice, cost allocation and the equity of police-power assessments.

City engineering staff described the work and assessment methodology before the hearing. Engineering said most streets would be pulverized and replaced, with Pennsylvania Avenue milled and overlaid; curbs and driveway aprons were replaced where needed. Staff said Americans with Disabilities Act sidewalk work was separate and not included in the assessments, and that special-assessment amounts were calculated from actual measured quantities. City staff stated the ordinance allocates about 70% of the actual cost to benefited property owners and about 30% to the city.

Residents told the council the city’s…