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Council presses staff on roads, sidewalks and how CIP projects are prioritized
Summary
Council members pressed staff about how the FY27'FY32 capital improvement program prioritizes projects, how much the city can actually spend on roads and sidewalks next year, and why some large projects (CityDock, fire stations) are scheduled the way they are.
City staff outlined the FY27'FY32 capital-improvement program on April 30 and answered detailed questions from council members about execution capacity, grant versus bond funding and ward-by-ward project mapping.
Bert Vogel, director of public works, said the capital budget book runs about 130 pages and noted that roughly $6'$7 million in general-fund projects carry forward each year from prior approvals. Vogel described new investments in striping, crosswalk refreshes and increased routine maintenance, and he said the CityDock project was moved forward so FY27 shows $16 million allocated for that effort, of which about $11'$11.5 million would be bond-funded.
"We have a contractor that we work with," Vogel…
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