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Public Works Committee recommends 2027 capital budget including roads, water, stormwater and equipment
Summary
Committee members recommended the 2027 capital budget for council review, covering bridge and road construction, water and sewer projects, stormwater basin repairs, LED streetlight conversions, ADA transition planning, terrace-tree replacements and equipment replacements.
The Public Works Committee voted to recommend the 2027 capital budget package to the city council after a multi-hour review of dozens of projects and equipment requests. Staff framed the exercise as setting 2027 priorities within a five-year snapshot the mayor and council expect; members emphasized showing prior design or construction investments so council can prioritize ongoing multi-year projects. "It's where you guys get to spend millions of dollars," a staff presenter said while introducing the budget list.
Major capital requests included construction funding for the Lagoon Denore Bridge (local ask to cover non-participating items despite WisDOT participation), Wallace Avenue construction for watermain replacement, Nichols Road reconstruction work (STBG/MPO-funded segments and local design requests), multiple local street reconstructions, traffic-calming preliminary engineering, a proposed ADA transition plan for public-works infrastructure, and requests to repair three large stormwater basins. The package also included sanitary-sewer force-main replacement and lift-station modernization, equipment replacements (loader, chippers, trucks, pavement-marking machine) and terrace-tree plantings; the committee asked staff to include prior dollars spent in future one-pagers to aid council decision-making.
