posted on 11/10/2025

The City Council will hold three public hearings on the proposed FY2027-2032 Capital Improvements Program at its Wednesday, Nov. 12 meeting.

One public hearing is on the six-year planning CIP document itself, which does not authorize or appropriate funding. Another is for authorizing and appropriating $4,604,492 for proposed FY2027 non-debt finance projects. The third public hearing is for authorizing $37,093,980 in bonding and appropriating that amount for FY2027 debt-financed projects. The City Council anticipates voting on these resolutions at its Dec. 10 meeting. This week, the City Council held a workshop to review proposed CIP projects.

The City Council will also hold a public hearing on a pending revision to the city’s dog ordinance following a change to state law. The ordinance revision will allow the city to require dogs deemed vicious under state law to be muzzled and/or restrained in public, regardless of whether the dog is leashed.

The City Council will also consider a resolution to forgive interest and late fees for water and sewer billing and miscellaneous service bills for active military and federal employees not receiving paychecks during the federal government shutdown. The waiver does not apply to invoices determined by state statute, such as property tax bills....more