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Public Works requests planning funds for operations center and accelerates CityWorks asset-management rollout
Summary
Public Works Director Adam Wason told council the department's combined budget for 2025 is roughly $33 million and requested placeholder funds (about $300,000) to begin design work for a new operations center, while describing an interdepartmental rollout of CityWorks asset-management software and a three-year accreditation effort.
Adam Wason, director of Public Works, presented a cross-division 2025 request and emphasized long-term facilities and systems needs Tuesday evening.
Wason told council his department's combined budget across divisions is about $32,981,000 and said the department has identified a strong need to modernize operational facilities. "We have some ideas on what could work for us... but we do want to have resources ready to go when we get there," he said, explaining the budget includes a placeholder of $300,000 for professional design scope and construction services related to an operations center plan.
The director described an asset-management push across City Utilities, Parks & Recreation and Public Works using the CityWorks platform. That shared system is designed to centralize work orders, track costs and help coordinate repairs and maintenance across departments. Wason said the integration enables better cross-department coordination, giving the example of CBU sending work orders into the same platform so Public Works can cost-track concrete and road repairs.
Wason also outlined the department's accreditation work with the American Public Works Association as a multiyear program to document policies and procedures, and noted ongoing investment in LED streetlight upgrades and efforts to identify a site for a consolidated operations center that would co-locate fleet, street maintenance and sanitation functions to realize long-term efficiencies.
Council members asked for additional detail on the $300,000 placeholder and on sidewalks; Wason said some funds from 2024 could be used for outside services until RFPs are issued, and described an interdepartmental sidewalk team that is coordinating a citywide sidewalk master-plan effort.
Next steps: Public Works will continue planning work on the operations center and the CityWorks rollout; the controller and mayor's office will be partners on funding strategies for any future capital ask.
