Fiscal Note
In 2024, the City Traffic Engineering Division was awarded two federally-funded grants though the Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) for Traffic Signal Controller and LED Traffic Signal projects. The grant is administered by the State of Wisconsin Department of Transportation and requires a 20% local match to federal funding. Legistar File 83918 authorized approval of the grant agreements for the awards.
Project ID# Project Name Fed Award City Share City Project
5992-11-38 Traffic Signal Cont $4,195,200.00 $1,048,800 15372
5992-11-39 LED Traffic Signal $706,800.00 $176,700 15373
Total $4,902,000 $1,225,500
Traffic Engineering originally planned to distribute the grant award evenly across five (5) years, from 2024 - 2028. Legistar File 84378 amended Traffic Engineering’s 2024 Capital Budget to recognize a portion of federal funding ($980,400), with the agency covering the local match ($245,100) with existing budget authority. The 2025 Adopted Capital Budget included an appropriation of $980,400 in federal funding and $245,100 in GO Borrowing for 2025, and projected that level of funding for each year from 2026 - 2028 in the CIP.
The proposed resolution would amend the 2025 budget to appropriate the remaining federal funding ($2,941,200) and local match ($735,300) planned for 2026 - 2028 in 2025. This would allow Traffic Engineering to rapidly spend down the award while funding is available through the Wisconsin DOT. The local match will not be expended if federal funds cannot be accessed.
Project ID # 5992-11-38:
Additional City Share (GO Borrowing): $629,280
Additional Federal Funding: $2,517,120
Total: $3,146,400
Project ID # 5992-11-39:
Additional City Share (GO Borrowing): $106,020
Additional Federal Funding: $424,080
Total: $530,100
Title
Amending Traffic Engineering’s 2025 Capital Budget to appropriate additional funding in 2025 relating to the City Share and federal share for two Carbon Reduction Program (CRP) Grants for Traffic ...
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