City leaders expressed support Tuesday for a new way of prioritizing infrastructure projects and other capital expenses, but some commissioners said they would like to see more emphasis on sustainability.
As part of its regular meeting, the Lawrence City Commission provided feedback to city staff about a new prioritization method for the city’s Capital Improvement Plan that weighs one-time projects based on nine factors. City Manager Craig Owens told the commission that what staff had proposed was a starting point, and it was up to the commissioners to modify the method as they found appropriate.
“You need to build the machine that’s going to produce the priorities of how we spend huge amounts of resources on behalf of this community,” Owens said.
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