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Impact of budget reduction on infrastructure maintenance and improvements
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Council Member Marmorato inquires about the $38 million reduction in city funds for DEP and its potential impact on infrastructure maintenance and capital improvement projects. Commissioner Aggarwala explains that the operating budget remains largely stable.
- The $36 million change is relatively small compared to the overall $1.6 billion budget
- The department is focusing on efficiency improvements
- Commissioner Aggarwala expresses confidence in the department's ability to maintain services and projects despite the budget adjustment
Kristy Marmorato
0:53:08
Because I I do have a property that's kind of prime real estate they wanna sell, and they're not they wanna wait to see when the sewer will be the catch basins and sewers will be implemented, and, you know, they want somebody to come and develop on the property.
0:53:23
So alright.
0:53:24
One more question.
0:53:25
And so the budget reflects a $38,000,000 reduction in the city's funds for DEP.
0:53:31
How will this affect infrastructure maintenance and capital improvement projects that my district definitely relies on?
Rohit Aggarwala
0:53:39
You know, again, as I as I said, I think the the operating budget is pretty much the same as it was last year.
0:53:47
So, you know, I think this is a you know, and and of course we'll we'll see what happens in the executive budget.
0:53:55
But in the January budget, is more or less stable.
0:53:59
In the you know, you mentioned it's a $36,000,000 delta on a base of 1,600,000,000.
0:54:05
It's a a pretty small pretty small change.
0:54:09
And, you know, and as I mentioned, we are also genuinely enthusiastic about the opportunity we have to be really efficient.
0:54:16
And and we've done a number of things already that I'm proud of, and and there's a lot more that we will be doing on that score.
Kristy Marmorato
0:54:21
Now I going off topic just a little bit.