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Staff tells council $6.9M backlog, reviews 2024 spending and options to close gap
Summary
Staff estimated $6.9 million is needed to bring streets to good condition (including 20% contingency). They reviewed 2024 expenditures, existing budget allocations and sample funding schedules to spread the cost over 5–10 years.
City staff walked council through the numbers underpinning the workshop's scenarios, including recent expenditures and the rationale for the backlog figure.
Patrick Hubbard summarized the city's recent spending and the backlog calculation: "Our original ballot budget was $750,000. We expended $818,713 from the Road Improvement Program Fund," he said, and added that approximately $302,000 was spent through a development agreement on two specific streets (Welborn Lane and Ford Lane). He explained that after counting distresses by linear footage, applying unit-cost estimates and a 20% contingency, staff arrived at roughly $6.9 million to address the identified backlog.
Council members asked how each multi-year schedule affects annual deliverables; staff said a 5-year plan would distribute quantities to get the network back to 'good' condition faster and estimated the hybrid 5-year scenario would average roughly 2.0 miles of overlays per year (mixing overlays and targeted replacements). The council did not vote on funding tonight but directed staff to refine budget figures for the next budget cycle.
