Director of Public Works Amber Beard and Assistant City Manager Mark Wood discussed the CIP plans, which is part of the annual city budget, during a work session prior to the July 16 meeting. According to the presentation, the CIP focuses on preserving the city's infrastructure while efficiently using public funds.
City Council will review the proposed budget during the Aug. 6 meeting before ultimately voting on the budget during the Sept. 17 meeting, according to city officials. The proposed CIP would total a little more than $32.5 million, according to city documents.
Current situation
According to Wood, the city saved $979,000 last year on CIP projects due to in-house work from city staff rather than bidding out the work. The largest savings came at the Colleyville Recreation Center, where the city spent $47,000 for the front office compared to the estimated project cost of nearly $700,000. He said the city saved $664,800 doing it in-house.
Other in-house projects included pedestrian enhancement at the Colleyville Nature Center, Old Grove Pond and the voting center, located next to the Colleyville Recreation Center.
“We try to get help from all departments,” City Manager Jerry Ducay said. “So there's a lot more of these little things going on, and it's a great credit to Mark. Mark's managing all these people and all these projects and doing a great job.”
A closer look
The FY 2024-25 projects cover nine different funds. This upcoming list of projects will still have the city trying to utilize skillsets and save money, Ducay said.
Improvements in the CIP include:
- Drainage
- Information technology
- Facilities
- Master plans/studies
- Streets
- Sidewalk/trails
- Utilities
- Parks and recreation
- Vehicle and equipment
Three of those funds—utilities, parks and recreation, and streets—make up more than $23 million of the $32.5 million, according to city documents. Parks and recreation includes $7 million for the Heroes Park renovation and construction. That is the largest single item among the nine different funds.
Other projects that are $1 million or more include:
- City Park playground/splash pad
- Cheek-Sparger Road design
- Robert Roads construction
- General street maintenance
- Bransford Road Trail from Field Street to Cotton Belt Trail
- Montclair Drive sidewalk construction
- Woodbriar and Quail Crest subdivisions water/wastewater construction
- Tinker Road water/drainage/road reconstruction
- Pecan Park Estates water project
