| City Finances Balanced Once Again |
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| Thursday, 26 July 2012 | |
 On June 19 the Clearfield City Council approved the fiscal year 2012-2013 budget, which went into effect July 1. This is a balanced budget with no tax increases. The $32.5 million budget covers the operations of the city and will allow for the completion of several new water, sewer, storm drain, and streets infrastructure improvements. It also includes approximately $3.87 million worth of economic developmentrelated projects.“The city is aggressively pursuing economic development activities that will result in bringing growth to our city,” said Adam Lenhard, Clearfield City Manager. “Despite challenging economic conditions, we are cautiously optimistic for the future.” Clearfield City encourages public involvement in the budget process. For fiscal year 2013, the city went through a series of public meetings with staff and City Council members to strategically evaluate budget priorities. Lenhard continued, “As in previous years the city has taken a conservative approach to the budgeting process. A number of personnel changes have been made to help the organization be more efficient and all expenses have been carefully vetted to ensure they are both cost-effective and necessary. Some equipment and projects have been delayed until it becomes more financially feasible to consider them.” FY 2013 Capital Projects City staff and elected officials continued to focus on street improvements when identifying capital projects to be completed in fiscal year 2013. The intersection at 700 South 1000 West will be improved with the addition of a left-hand turn lane onto 700 South and a new through-lane on 1000 West. Depot Street will be extended to the south from its current terminus at 700 South, Locust Street will undergo a number of improvements, and an additional $320,000 has been allocated toward street seal coats and crack patching throughout the city. Following is a partial list of other capital projects to be completed in fiscal year 2013: • West Park Village improvements: approximately $160,000 has been budgeted for sidewalk construction, installation of a walking path and irrigation, and planting of either sod or hydro seed for West Park Village Park, located on the corner of South Main Street and Gordon. • For Barlow Park, the northeast corner of the park will be landscaped to make a Clearfield entrance into the park on Jenny Lane. • Legend Hills project: water and transportation improvements to increase the site’s marketability for future commercial development. Projects include a new 10” water transmission line on University Park Blvd., and the replacement of an 18” water line. The city will install curb, gutter and sidewalks, as well as additional pavement on University Park Blvd. • Reservoir roof repair: $275,000 to repair the roof on the city’s 2 million gallon water tank at 700 South. • Sewer line repair: on S.R. 193/700 South from 800 East to State Street; $285,000 budgeted. • Upgrade sewer line: upgrade the sewer line on the west side of Freeport Center to increase the capacity; $275,000 budgeted. • Extension of the 1450 South storm drain: across State to 1000 East, budgeted $209,400. In addition to capital projects, open space maintenance has been identified as another top priority for our city. The city’s Parks Department has concentrated on the city’s open spaces beginning in fiscal year 2012, particularly undeveloped public property, and has been able to complete several projects inhouse, such as the Center Street over pass. In fiscal year 2013, two additional part-time seasonal landscape maintenance positions were added to address this priority. |
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