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Officials consider larger one-time street fund after years of small CIP allocations
Summary
Staff included a $300,000 placeholder for street improvements in the preliminary budget but council members discussed moving toward a larger one-time allocation ($500,000 suggested) to address a backlog that $100,000-per-year CIP has not been covering.
Staff told the council they inserted a $300,000 street-improvement placeholder into the preliminary levy to put some funding on the table. "I threw a $300,000 street improvement number in here to levy 4 just to get something in there," the staff member said.
Multiple participants said the standard CIP of $100,000 per year will not address the backlog of needed work. A suggestion to set aside $500,000 as a one-time starter fund drew support as a way to 'give us a good jump start' on larger street projects; staff clarified the city would not necessarily spend the full allocation each year but would create capacity for more substantial projects.
