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Council reviews budget amendment package including Leonardo/Plaza 349 upgrades, pedestrian bridge, equipment and parking wayfinding
Summary
Council heard a large fiscal‑amendment package covering vehicle and trailer replacements, public lands equipment ($163,900), wildland firefighting expansion, a $250,000 emergency repair for a Glendale pedestrian bridge, $195,000 for Leonardo (old library) security and maintenance, $889,000 in general‑fund FF&E for Plaza 349/justice court build‑out, and a $584,495 request for downtown parking wayfinding signage; members debated priorities and the balance between streets maintenance and capital projects.
Council reviewed a multipart budget amendment that repurposes and requests general‑fund dollars across several city departments. Highlights discussed in the work session included:
- Fleet and equipment: replacement of a compliance vehicle ($37,000) and trailers for facilities and streets divisions ($30,000 and $58,000), and a $163,900 transfer from attrition/vacancy savings to buy public‑lands equipment (utility vehicle, trencher, aerator, small excavator) to be used primarily for trail maintenance and other operations.
- Public safety and infrastructure: $88,000 requested for wildland firefighting expansion to…
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