Council reviews draft 10‑year capital improvement program for streets and utilities

Staff presented a draft capital improvement program that combined a pavement‑condition assessment with a 'criticality' score to prioritize street and utility projects over a 10‑year horizon. The approach grouped streets into contiguous project blocks to reduce contractor mobilization costs and sought to target roughly one mile of pavement work per year to achieve an estimated 30‑year pavement life.

Staff walked council through the spreadsheet model that applies typical unit costs and a 3% inflation factor across a 10‑year forecast, illustrated candidate 2025 projects (e.g., 295th Street and Ackerson), and noted eligible portions are on state aid routes and therefore candidates for MSA funds; storm sewer and water costs would be charged to respective utilities and the remaining local share would be addressed through a combination of cash on hand and a GEO bond. Councilors asked staff to continue refining funding strategies with finance and to present a final cash‑flow approach.