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O'Fallon council hears how voter-approved use tax has funded road repairs and police technology
Summary
City staff told the council the use tax approved in 2020 has funded roughly $13.2 million in pavement work since 2021 and paid for police equipment and technology, while the police chief described upgrades such as license-plate readers, drones and CAD/RMS improvements.
Chris Clerks, the city’s capital improvements manager, told the O'Fallon City Council workshop that the use tax approved by voters in 2020 has provided steady revenues for pavement management since 2021. He said the city has spent about $13.2 million from the use tax on pavement work, which he estimated equates to roughly 6,600 additional concrete panels replaced, about 3.1 lane-miles of asphalt work and approximately 14 lane-miles of targeted joint repairs over recent years.
Clerks outlined how the city has shifted funds among concrete, asphalt and a newer partial-depth repair (PDR) strategy. He described a Bridal Road pilot and residential applications of the PDR product,…
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