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Urbandale staff outline 2026–2031 CIP, target police headquarters referendum for November 2026
Summary
City staff presented a balanced 2026–2031 Capital Improvement Program that leans on local option sales tax while preserving some borrowing capacity for large projects, including a planned police headquarters referendum in November 2026; council pressed staff for clearer public engagement and more precise cost and operating estimates.
Urbandale city staff presented the proposed 2026–2031 Capital Improvement Program and described a financing approach that uses local option sales tax (LOST) to fund much of the plan while reserving limited debt capacity for large projects, including a planned police headquarters referendum next November.
David, a city staff presenter, told the council the draft is “a robust capital improvement program” that shifts several projects earlier in the schedule and seeks “a middle ground” between using LOST and issuing…
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