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Commerce moves from buying equipment to doing street maintenance as street-fee revenue starts flowing
Summary
After years of saving for equipment, the city plans to deploy its street-maintenance fund revenue (about $250,000/year) to perform real street projects rather than saving for capital purchases; staff said equipment purchases were made with cash and the fund will now pay for materials and operations.
City staff told the council the street-maintenance fund—supported by a fee on utility bills—now has the equipment on hand to perform meaningful street maintenance work and that FY27 spending will shift from equipment purchases to on-the-ground projects.
"We've spent the past couple of years, getting dedicated revenue from the street maintenance fund, and we've built up a savings account, if you will, so that we could buy the equipment needed to do real maintenance," the staff member said. The fund is projected to generate about $250,000 annually and staff said about $223,000 is budgeted for expenditures in FY27; asphalt and material costs will be paid from the street fund rather than the general fund. Councilors asked operational questions about diesel-supply lines and potential budget adjustments as the program ramps up.
