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Klamath County public works outlines capital pipeline, asks staff to start dissolving road service district
Summary
Public Works presented a multi-year capital plan and asked commissioners to direct staff to begin the process of moving road service district funds back into operating/federal accounts; projects include bridge and signal work, a Shasta–Homedale roundabout and a request for ODOT chargers for fleet electrification.
Public Works briefed the Klamath County Board of Commissioners on March 2 on the department’s operating and capital priorities, and asked the board to direct staff to begin dissolving the county’s road service district and return those funds to the federal/operating accounts.
The department said the road service district experiment did not meet revenue goals and recommended the county transition the money back to the county’s operating/federal funds. Public Works also warned that “we get every year we get a million dollar surprise,” referring to recurring emergency repairs that routinely consume substantial unplanned funding and can delay planned capital projects.
In the coming year the…
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