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Council outlines priorities for roughly $20 million in capital improvement funds
Summary
Assistant City Manager Kaye Love told council there are 38 candidate CIP projects and roughly $20.1 million available; council members signaled consensus on a core set of projects while asking staff to reserve funds and return with budget details.
Assistant City Manager Kaye Love presented the council with a one-page discussion worksheet summarizing results from a recent retreat and a prioritized list of capital improvement projects. Love said the city had "approximately $20,100,000 being available from a variety of sources" that the council could consider for allocation and described 18 projects that reached consensus support.
Council members discussed how to handle the remaining funds. The mayor and several members favored keeping a substantial portion in reserve for land acquisition and for the multi-year funding needs of the planned recreation center. Councilmember Bob urged setting aside about $7 million for land acquisition so that smaller, lower-cost projects could be completed next year, arguing that many items on the list were "low-hanging fruit" under $1 million.
Several members emphasized that any earmarks made tonight would still require formal appropriation during the budget process. Love told the council that each project would receive its own project number and that staff would report back with final FY25 audit numbers at the March 30 council meeting to clarify how much surplus is available for allocation.
The council directed staff to proceed with the consensus top projects as guidance and to return with more precise budget and project-scope information during the budget cycle.
