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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA 2026 BUDGET <br />Function: Public Works Fund # 101 <br />Activity: Street Maintenance Activity # 43100 <br />Activity Scope <br />This department is responsible for maintaining City streets, including snowplowing, minor street repair, street <br />signs, and street sweeping. <br />Objectives <br />1. Maintain street infrastructure utilizing all available techniques including crack sealing, seal coating, patching <br />and overlays. <br />2. Recommend a cost effective program for reconstructing/reclaiming street surfaces when maintenance <br />techniques no longer provide the desired results. <br />3. Maintain and update equipment and vehicles. <br />Issues <br />1. Implement a capital improvement program for City infrastructure. <br />2. Balance the public works department needs with available funds. <br />3. Aging equipment. <br />4. Increased safety regulation for equipment and vehicles. <br />Budget Commentary <br />The 2026 operating budget is an increase of $6,472 from the previous year's budget. Personnel service <br />increases are due to step, COLA and insurance benefit increases, in addition to a 1.0 FTE PW Maintenance <br />staff increase. Adjustments were made to contractual services for Street Maintenance (sealcoating/resurfacing). <br />2023 <br />2024 <br />2025 <br />2026 <br />Budget Summary <br />ACTUAL <br />ACTUAL <br />BUDGET <br />BUDGET <br />Personnel Services <br />$ 337,706 <br />$ 363,274 <br />$ 439,340 <br />$ 471,342 <br />Commodities <br />59,540 <br />26,243 <br />66,000 <br />74,000 <br />Contractual Services <br />285,261 <br />326,621 <br />455,450 <br />421,920 <br />Total <br />$ 682,508 <br />$ 716,138 <br />$ 960,790 <br />$ 967,262 <br />Percent Change <br />4.9% <br />34.2% <br />0.7% <br />Full -Time Equivalent positions <br />2.40 <br />2.45 <br />2.61 <br />2.79 <br />Expenditures by Classification <br />43% <br />49% <br />OPersonnel Services <br />OCommodities <br />i <br />■ OContractual Services <br />8% <br />