Repairs to city infrastructure are among the city’s priorities according to the capital improvement program, approved by the Council Bluffs City Council during the Nov. 27 meeting.
The plan for fiscal years 2025 to2029 lists proposed projects, the years in which each project will begin, the estimated cost of each project and how the city intends to pay for them.
“The capital improvement program is kind of a budgeting document for our big capital projects,” Council Bluffs Chief of Staff Brandon Garrett told The Nonpareil. “It’s a five year outlook of what we’re going to be working on.”
The first year of the plan, Fiscal Year 25, is part of the city’s yearly budget, meaning they can be funded, while the other four years are more aspirational.
“Some things have to happen before others, so there’s timing issues, and as we open up the CIP for next…