FY26 Proposed Budget

Recent Accomplishments: • Patched approximately 4,613 potholes and replaced 223 street panels in fiscal year 2024. • Leaf program picked up 327 loads totaling 818 tons in fiscal year 2024. • Replaced 2,164 street signs in fiscal year 2024 to comply with Federal retro-reflectivity requirements. • Completed four street sweeping passes of the entire street network. • Street sweeping program picked up 86 loads totaling 602 tons in fiscal year 2024. • Sprayed all pavement markings including bike lanes and crosswalks. • Assisted other Divisions and Departments with tasks such as sign installations, water main breaks, traffic control setup, erosion control, tree removal, and concrete projects. • In fiscal year 2022 and 2023, during most snow events Streets staff started applying straight salt and brine to our streets rather than 50% sand 50% salt mix. The decrease in sand in our winter operations reduces the amount of debris needed to be picked up from our streets in the spring and reduces that amount of material that may go down our storm sewers and to the Landfill. Upcoming Challenges: • Limited road use tax revenues inhibit adequate preventive street maintenance and material cost increase. • Current funding is not going as far as it used to due to the rise in cost for street reconstruction projects. • Deferred maintenance will result in poorer pavement quality and increased demand for patching and temporary repairs and reconstruction. • Completing existing work assignments such as pavement repairs, leaf collection, and snow plowing with current revenue and resource levels. • Additional bike lanes, crosswalks, speed humps, and roundabouts to maintain pavement markings. • Supply, demand, and cost for equipment has gone up. This has increased the ongoing cost of replacement for equipment and has made a huge impact on our rental end loader fleet for winter services. • Cold storage for equipment and material when Transit and Equipment move on to the Public Works site. • Signal poles along Highway 6 and Highway 1 are very old and will need to be replaced at some point and are not funded. • Additional specialty lighting, school speed zone, flashing lights, and banners to maintain. • Keep up with replacement and maintenance on all light fixtures. Lots of LED fixtures have been changing to purple in color. Most of ours have not to this point.

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