Trimmed budget focuses on improvements not expansion
By Jennifer Eisenbart
Staff writer
The City of Burlington Common Council approved five different resolutions Tuesday, the most expensive of which involved the funding of final design and construction management of improvements to the Wastewater Treatment Plant.
That item, estimated at $828,427, involved revising the original design by removing all of the plant expansion items, which reduced the project cost by 50 percent. What remains are upgrades to equipment and facilities that have reached the end of their useful lives.
The project will take about three months to design and bid and about 18 months to complete in the construction phase.
The measure was approved unanimously, as were the other four items on the agenda:
• Increasing the park reservation fee schedule. The increase will be to $50 for city residents and $100 for non-residents. The $100 security deposit will remain the same.
Previously, Racine County charged $80 to reserve Bushnell Park, and when the city took over reservations, the $80 cost continued. The city also charged $35 for city residents and $75 for non-residents for its other parks, and wanted to get all charges the same.
• Planned work for the 2012 Street and Sidewalk Improvement Program totaling $17,986. This includes completing the Echo Park bike path, sidewalk improvements – including handicap ramps at Cooper and Waller schools – and inlet repair at Chestnut Street and Bieneman Road.
• A letter of engagement to hire Patrick Romenesko for the 2011 audit of city finances, in the amount of $30,800.
• A letter of agreement between the city and the Racine County Economic Development Corporation for one year. The total costs will be $42,508 – with $40,000 for economic and community development assistance (in the 2012 budget) and $2,508 for administration of the city’s revolving loan fund.
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