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Council committee hears DPW on massive sign update, orders six-month follow-up

City Council Committees · May 15, 2026
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Summary

City staff told the committee that thousands of parking and traffic signs need replacing and that a backlog of roughly 235 open sign work orders will take months to clear; the council voted to continue the signage resolution for six months so staff can deliver an inventory and cost options.

The City Council committee on public works heard from Department of Public Works staff that an ongoing project to inventory and update parking signage will touch hundreds — and ultimately thousands — of signs across the city.

DPW project staff Melanie told the committee the downtown Central Business District alone includes close to 1,000 parking signs in the meter area and that sign replacement is a large task the department cannot complete…

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