The fiscal year 2022-23 budget, which begins Oct. 1, totals $318.63 million, $148.25 million of which is for capital projects.
For comparison, the fiscal year 2021-22 budget as it stands today is $252.25 million, $87.03 million of which is for capital projects, according to city documents.
“Capital budget means spending money on better roads, more efficient roads,” resident Chuck DiFalco said during an Aug. 23 League City City Council meeting.
Budget and Project Management Director Angie Steelman shared documents with Community Impact Newspaper detailing the $148 million in projects.
“We have several large projects that are part of the [fiscal year 2023-27 Capital Improvement Plan],” she wrote in an email.
According to city documents, the capital projects budgeted for FY 2022-23 include normal reinvestment, such as sidewalk and street replacements and annual stormwater improvements.
But the budget also includes $74.41 million on new street projects, several of which are from the $145 million bond voters approved in 2019. Additionally, the budget includes spending $24.29 million on drainage projects, which are from the 2019 bond program.
The budget also calls for spending $711,850 on a police academy needs assessment, firearms training facility and a sound wall for the city’s animal adoption center.
Another $250,000 will be spent on an expansion to Fire Station No. 5’s dormitory and bay. In FY 2024-25, the city plans to spend another $9.06 million on the project and the following year plans to spend $150,000 on a study for two future fire station locations in the growing city.
Another $2.1 million is earmarked for generators for city facilities, remodeling the Burd House in League Park, a facility needs assessment and more.
Finally, the city has allocated $10.11 million toward various parks projects, including a mountain bike course in Lynn Gripon Park, renovations to the boat ramp on FM 270, a trail near Gilmore Elementary School and other trails in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, among others.
The second reading and final approval of the budget is scheduled for Sept. 13.
