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Southlake staff outline five-year capital improvements framework, emphasize cash-first funding and sequencing

Southlake City Council · January 6, 2026
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Summary

City staff presented the Capital Improvements Program framework, describing how projects are scored, funded and sequenced, and said the full CIP will be filed with council by Feb. 1 with adoption targeted for the second February meeting.

City Manager Allison Orkowski and Chief Financial Officer Sharon Jackson presented the City of Southlake's framework for its five-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP), emphasizing a strategy that prioritizes alignment with council policy, objective project scoring, and a balanced use of cash and debt.

“All of the work that you do as a council set the policy direction to provide us the framework and information that we need to build the capital budget,” Orkowski said, describing the ‘translation’ process that converts strategy plans, technical…

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