At tonight’s city council meeting, a study session for the American Recovery and Investment Act funds and a review of the city’s 2010-2014 Capital Improvements Plan will be held. The Recovery Act funds of 2009 are planned to go as followed:
- $407,376 for a Community Development Block Grant-R.
- $623,309 for a homelessness prevention fund & rapid re-housing program.
- $768,200 for for an energy efficiency and conservation block grant.
Total: $1,798,885
More details of the Recovery Act funds can be found here on page 1.
Something that stuck out to me in in the capital improvements plan estimated expenditures are on pages 10 and 11 of the same packet. These pages detail estimated water fund expenditures for 2009 through 2014. You’ll notice there is a huge difference between the 2009 and 2010 estimated expenditures. The 2009 expenditure estimate is $1,984,411. The 2010 estimate is $15,111,210. Of the 15 million or so dollars projected for 2010, $5,785,000 is to go towards the lake and $9,326,210 is to go towards the water system. Over $12 million dollars is estimated for 2011. (See the chart below.) I guess I’ll have to tune in tonight to the study session to know what exactly this increase is supposed to cover. Dredging? Lowering intake valves?
Water Fund Chart
Water Fund Estimated Expenditures 2009
Estimated FY 2010 Water Fund Expenditures
Well, the study session wasn’t terribly enlightening. Nothing was said about the water spending. There is a huge packet detailing the spending that’s supposed to be on the city’s website soon.
In other news, Adam Brown requested a study session for a local bidder preference and trying to get Decatur’s sales tax more competitive with nearby villages.
Pat Laegeler also wants to open up the responsible bidder ordinance again and have another vote on it. The RBO was passed shortly before the new council was elected.