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Shelton public works reports TBD revenue and recent paving projects; fund balance noted
Summary
Public Works Director Jay Harris summarized the Transportation Benefit District's role (0.2% sales tax), reported roughly $790,000 in 2025 revenue, expenditures near $1.4M for operations/maintenance/capital, and a TBD fund balance of about $264,000 while outlining completed paving and maintenance projects.
Jay Harris, Public Works Director, presented the Transportation Benefit District (TBD) 2025 annual report and explained the TBD funds street maintenance and operations through a 0.2% sales tax that voters recently renewed for 10 years. "It's a sales tax. is 2/10 of a percent," Harris said, and he described a deliberate strategy of using TBD funds to leverage county, state and federal grants for larger projects.
Harris said 2025 TBD revenue was about $790,000 and that the TBD fund had a balance of roughly $264,000 at year-end. He reported total TBD-related transportation investments of about $6.3 million since inception and noted 2025 expenditures for operations, maintenance and capital approached $1.4 million, meaning the city paired TBD revenue with other funding sources for projects.
Completed or leveraged projects cited in the presentation included Mountain View paving with Mason County, Brockdale Road paving, a 13th Street chip-seal, downtown connector work, sidewalk and ADA-ramp improvements and parking-lot resurfacing. Harris described operations activity—street sweeping, thermoplastic striping, sidewalk repairs, pothole patching, snow response and roadside mowing—and highlighted specialized equipment (vactor truck, patch truck, small paving machine) and the need to plan for equipment replacement through an equipment-maintenance-replacement (EMR) fund; staff will run a rate study to inform EMR allocations.
Council members thanked Public Works staff for improvements to the pavement condition index and the visible results in several neighborhoods; Harris credited crew work and the department's equipment investments. No council votes were held during the study session.
