2026-10-21 - Budget Committee

00:00be capitalize, double

00:01construction expenditures and

00:02just to address the question

00:04copper wire theft, that that's

00:04not appropriate. Capitalize

00:10construction expense. So it

00:11goes towards the project sort

00:12of thing. But but we can I

00:14identify that so lighting

00:15improvements doesn't.

00:17>> Wouldn't include copper

00:19wire theft like replacing a

00:20light pole because of that

00:21are.

00:24>> Correct. We're using it on

00:25construction projects.

00:30>> And then time, I'm sure any

00:31any changes that noteworthy

00:33for us from previous plan. I

00:36think Madam Chair Council

00:38president, I think the biggest

00:39change is probably West 7th

00:41Street.

00:41>> And there isn't a. It.

00:45Sometimes it's dangerous to

00:46pinpoint exactly what the

00:47timeline us. Because you know,

00:50there's so many moving parts.

00:51There isn't adequate funding

00:52for that corridor. And so I

00:55kind of look at it and think

00:56it's that's the range, you

00:57know, and we're in the process

00:59now. If we go back and 10

01:01minutes in our discussion here

01:03and and talk about timeline,

01:06that's a consideration to just

01:07had a meeting. I think Monday

01:08about how do we deliver

01:09improvements on 7th Street?

01:11It's a corridor that will have

01:12really have impacts the way

01:15that the project is delivered

01:16is really going matter.

01:20There's you know, how is it

01:22delivered and that sort of

01:23thing that comes into play and

01:24we do have we have pittance of

01:25the money right now. We're

01:28reasonably expecting we're

01:28going to get a lot of money

01:29for that. But you know, we

01:31don't have it all yet. So.

01:36Some of those over here

01:37projects they necessarily are

01:38a little bit squishy just

01:39because we don't know whether

01:40we're going to have all the

01:40funds for 7 streets, but that

01:43is probably the single biggest

01:44because even though I dot will

01:47probably be. And the driver

01:47seat for that projects. It

01:51will be significant.

01:52100 million dollars. Well, us.

02:00>> I think it would be really

02:01helpful to like I know that

02:03will conduct its kind of as we

02:04go along. But it's always nice

02:06to know just like what

02:07changed. Maybe coin that out

02:07specifically could be helpful.

02:09So as a fllow-up, if there's

02:11any other changes that you

02:12want to know for us, if you

02:13could be able to provide about

02:14cranes. Council change. thank

02:20you so much. I have a question

02:23particularly around that

02:26budgetary, but more so than

02:27state you approach just

02:30knowing that we are the

02:32capital city and, you know our

02:33roads, are you the last days?

02:34You know?

02:37>> On even more base, I would

02:37say probably in terms of no

02:40thank really serving the

02:44entire state and I'm just

02:45curious to know, I know we're

02:47going to have a belief in

02:47January and December. The IG

02:51our director giving I

02:52legislative agenda. But had

02:55where have you seen maybe

02:55might be a question for the

02:56director as well. We're at the

02:58scenes like public works,

03:02really taking active approach.

03:03You know, for the request for

03:06more LGA and like has that

03:09like has there ever been like

03:10a bill or even a committee

03:13that council members pie to be

03:13made aware of? Because I do

03:16think know, one of the things

03:18that we as we go into the

03:19budget process public works

03:20has like the largest expense

03:22in the largest budget. And it

03:26seems like every year are

03:27trying to budget for what we

03:28know is going come with our

03:32weather potholes and I seasons

03:33and as with like to know, you

03:36know, what is that ask looking

03:39like to the to the state level

03:40and just how are weighing in

03:41on the policy say?

03:44>> So I'll start.

03:48>> And what I'll offer is that

03:50every year we have a list of

03:53projects where we're seeking

03:55something from the state

03:56Kellogg. Church Street is one

03:57example where we've got tens

03:58of millions of dollars from

03:59the state.

03:59>> To reconstruct this bridge,

04:03we've been asking for money to

04:05reconstruct a part of Kellogg

04:05that looks like a street food

04:07as a bridge down here, Jason,

04:08to the science museum.

04:12>> And as you know, that's

04:13that's tens of millions of

04:13dollars.

04:16>> can't deliver things like

04:18that without bond here. Some

04:21special appropriation from

04:22from the legislature. So I

04:24think that's probably that.

04:25And that's that's every year.

04:27That's probably the most clear

04:27cut for me where we're

04:28pushing. We're bonding

04:30tourism. And, you know, just

04:31that there's a whole lot of of

04:33that that trying to sell those

04:35things. Well, that would offer

04:37Actually. We did get

04:4225 million dollars from the

04:43legislature and actually.

04:45Speaker Hartman one. make sure

04:48that this happened that we got

04:5125 million dollars to

04:51reconstruct or a street. From

04:54university down to jobs so.

04:58There's one example where she

04:58was an absolute champion there

04:60actually for the city to get

05:00that it was like, what do you

05:01need? So which is not a

05:04question custom hearing. So

05:07don't know if you have

05:07anything else offer. Director.

05:10>> And thank you, Madam Chair.

05:12I can remember very much

05:14appreciate the question. Don't

05:15have a perfect answer.

05:19Obviously, answer well about

05:20body and insertions, some

05:21specific projects, but we did

05:23have a working session with

05:25our new

05:26intergovernmental relations

05:27lead and where she met with a

05:29bunch of our senior leadership

05:31team. So we're trying to form

05:32some of these ideas of how how

05:33can we look at things

05:35differently? talk a lot about

05:37copper wire, theft and street

05:38lights. And so even looking at

05:41that, is there some way that

05:42the state can help us in that

05:43space? Because we know it's a

05:44challenge is the city and we

05:45don't have a god long-term

05:48funding source. So having

05:51direct conversations with

05:52legislative proposals that

05:53sometimes takes a couple of

05:54years to get fully dvelop. So

05:56I'm glad we're starting those

05:57conversations now. I'm glad to

05:58hear you guys are gonna have

05:58those conversations as well.

06:00But just know that we're

06:01trying to take a little more

06:02proactive approach with some

06:03of that as we look towards

06:06public works investment for

06:07city of Temple. Thank

06:11>> I know I saw a counselor

06:14Kim's hand and I will

06:16councilmember So council Okay.

06:20Count number thinks chair. I

06:21just wanted to add to the

06:22question that comes we

06:26>> the city's role in

06:30advocating for infrastructure

06:31particularly our streets at

06:32the state legislature. We do

06:35have the Capital Investment

06:36Committee will be having a

06:38new. There will be a new chair

06:40of that at the Senate level

06:41because Senator Pappas share

06:42that for such a time. And she

06:44was really instrumental in

06:45getting a lot also in getting

06:46a lot of those investments

06:46into our city. Our road

06:50reconstruction. And that will

06:51be really important. Moving

06:52forward because we still have,

06:54as you can see, a lot of

06:55really big projects,

06:55especially the West, 7th

07:00corridor projects.

07:02>> Also just add that there

07:02are ways that, you know.

07:05>> Public works mentioned we

07:06have our legislative agenda

07:06and that they partner with

07:08multiple levels of government.

07:09We also have. The

07:13organization. I'm part of the

07:14American Society of Civil

07:17Engineers also the American

07:18Council Engineering Companies

07:19also have a lot of lobbying

07:19effort and they partner with

07:22municipality and counties and

07:23states and things like that.

07:26And I'll just say one more

07:27thing every year we do release

07:30the state does release an

07:30infrastructure report card.

07:34Which we see right now. And

07:36that is not an improvement

07:37from what we got 4 years ago.

07:39It is we are also graded

07:41nationwide. So I think we

07:42probably also have to see and

07:46I say that just to also add

07:48that this is this is not an

07:51issue that specific to

07:51Minnesota. We do have our own

07:52challenges here. But

07:56>> there are challenges that

07:57that states are facing across

07:58the country in terms of

07:59getting additional funding for

08:00their infrastructure. And a

08:01lot of that's from because of

08:02the federal government. But I

08:05do agree that the more that we

08:07can that we can partner

08:08together and especially with

08:09our Saint Paul delegation,

08:11that's going to be important

08:13in making sure that customer

08:15point that we're getting the

08:15funding we need direct into to

08:16our city. And I think just

08:23like overall that there's any

08:23follow-ups to those who have

08:24related to the work, too.

08:27>> As her and you know, the

08:28council I can go to office to

08:30pick certain things. Certain

08:31questions that we should also

08:32be asking. Overall, I think

08:35the support and continued

08:36support and what we're doing

08:37around advocacy. I can't say

08:38enough how often sometimes we

08:42aren't as counlmember

08:44sometimes tapped into that

08:45work, too. So if there's

08:46definitely anything that we

08:47should be thinking about

08:47strategically on some of the

08:50projects and being a partner

08:51and advocate for you all to as

08:52we interact with our state and

08:56congressional and local

08:57leaders, especially with this

08:58transition and new folks

08:59coming in to represent our Don

09:01delegation. But also just in

09:02general just think about the

09:09investment goal of investments

09:10across the country always

09:11competing for are bigger

09:13projects and the more that we

09:14can secure funding for we

09:15could have things like Kellogg

09:19come together rather You know,

09:20quickly is subjective. But

09:22still looking forward to being

09:23at the opening ceremony of the

09:31this weekend.

09:31>> But I think to some of

09:34these projects that we haven't

09:35been working on that are

09:36really testaments to the

09:37multiple.

09:38>> Partnerships that it takes

09:39to make some of these happen.

09:41If we can be supportive

09:42anyway, snow. And thank you,

09:50Mr. Peters and thank you.

09:51Director Fiber and the public

09:52were seen for all the We know

09:52that these plans take a lot of

09:56effort and a lot consideration

09:57and just a lot of

09:59collaboration that we don't

10:01get to see. Always just

10:02embedded in those slides and

10:03show the ending product of

10:04what I'm sure was a robust

10:04process. Happened to give us

10:09few minutes back again. I

10:10mean, this is like 2 for 2 for

10:11the Budget Committee on could

10:12be some credit here.

10:13>> With that trend.