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Traffic-signal modernization largely on schedule; auditors recommend better asset tracking and insurance checks
Summary
Auditors reported progress on the $5.8 million traffic-signal modernization program (125 of 203 intersections completed), found contractor invoices and retainage calculations accurate, and recommended documenting contractor-replaced equipment, verifying insurance and reviewing a generic software account.
Auditors told the committee the city's traffic-signal modernization program — initiated as part of the 2019 bond program — is making steady progress but should strengthen documentation and contract oversight.
"There are 203 signalized intersections in the city. They've gone through about 125 of them," Zach said while summarizing program scope and results. Auditors reviewed roughly $4 million in contractor invoices and reported billing accuracy, correct retainage calculations and appropriate mobilization adjustments. They also tested work orders and found 9 of 11 sampled work orders completed on time, with two slightly over schedule for reasonable operational reasons.
The audit recommended that the transportation department work with risk management and procurement to review insurance and bonding language (some contract templates contained bond or professional-liability items the contractor did not carry), consider deactivating a departmental generic software account and begin documenting intersection equipment replaced by the contractor in the city's work-order/asset system to maintain a complete asset record. Management concurred and set implementation dates ranging from August 2026 to April 2027 for the various recommendations.
