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Mayor Robert E. Simison
City Council Members:
Luke Cavener, President
Liz Strader, Vice President
Brian Whitlock
Doug Taylor
John Overton
Anne Little Roberts
TO:Mayor Robert E. Simison
Members of the City Council
FROM:Laurelei McVey, Public Works Director
DATE:4/29/25
SUBJECT:FY25 BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $37,000FOR
STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS
I.RECOMMENDED ACTION
A. Move to:
1. Approve the budget amendment for Streetlight Maintenance and Repairs in
the amount of $37,000.
II.DESCRIPTION
The City of Meridian manages, maintains, and repairs over 9,000 streetlights
throughout the City. This number continues to grow as more streetlights are added
with every development and roadway project. Periodically these streetlights have
issues and need repair or replacement. This work is performed via outside vendors
under contract.
The FY25 Streetlight Maintenance and Repair (01-1860-53104) budget was set at
$75,241. As of mid-April, this account has approximately $15,000remaining. At
an average monthly expense rate of approximately $9,400for streetlight repairs,
we anticipate running out of current funding bylate May.
A budget amendment in the amount of $37,000is being requested to allow us to
continue to make necessary streetlight repairs for the remainder of the FY25 fiscal
year.
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The FY24 expenditures from this line itemwas $103,605. However, we also ran
out of funding last year and were past the budget amendment date, so we stopped
and held repairs for several months in FY24. This resulted in a backlog of repairs
at the start of FY25 which consumed a portion of the FY25 budget.
If the FY25 budget amendment is not approved, once our existingFY25funding
is exhausted, we will have to hold on completingany additional streetlight repairs
until October 2025 when the new fiscal year begins.This alternative is not
recommendedas it is important to get our streetlights repaired as quickly as
possible to ensure maximum levels of safety for our community.
The FY25 total budget need is anticipated to be $116,201($75,241 FY25 original
budget + $37,000budget amendment).
FY25 SL Maintenance/Repair Budget$75,241
Expenditures Oct-Mid April (6.5months)($60,706)
Remaining FY25 SL Maintenance/Repair Budget$14,535
Average Monthly Expenditure Rate($9,400)
Expected Remaining Expenses (5.5months)($51,700)
BudgetMinus Expected Remaining Expenses~ ($37,000)
III.TIME CONSTRAINTS
Public Works staff anticipate the existing streetlight maintenance and repair funding
to be fully exhaustedin June.
Approved for Council Agenda:
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