2022 is decision time for City of Yuma – Yuma Pioneer
The year 2022 will be shaped more by decisions than by major projects for the city of Yuma.
Given the tight funding of the General Fund, city officials and councilors will be looking at ways to reduce services, with the impact going into effect in 2023, City Manager Scott Moore said.
The city will also make a decision on what to do with the Yuma Ambulance Service. Two options are being explored – the creation of an “authority” for an ambulance or a “district” for an ambulance. The ambulance service has been included in the city’s general fund, but Moore said something must be done to generate revenue.
Moore said he wasn’t sure which direction the city and possibly neighboring units could go, but a decision would have to be made in 2022 for 2023.
The city has $ 874,000 in American rescue funds to spend through April 2024. Moore said the council will decide how to spend those funds in 2022, some of which could be spent in 2022.
As for the General Fund’s revenue, Moore said the council might decide to put a question on VAT to voters in November.
Speaking of new elections: municipal council elections are due in April. There is a choice of four seats. The seats are currently occupied by Daniel Ebersole, Terri Frame, Marc Shay and Marylu Smith-Dischner. The council elections will be rescheduled to November from 2025, leaving three seats for that election, while the fourth is for a two-year term. The last municipal council election in April will take place in 2024.
Some projects will still be carried out in the city of Yuma in 2022.
The water tower at the northern end of the city is being coated and painted.
The replacement of water and sewer pipes will continue this year.
The water pipeline project includes crossing under the railroad tracks with a 12-inch section that connects the new main line on the S. Main with the new one on the N. Main. A four-inch line currently supplies the new 12-inch models.
The sewer replacement includes two blocks in the alley between S. Main and Ash St.
Moore said this year the city will finally be able to make changes to its backup system so that many customers are not affected by outages. He said it was a project that had been in the works for three years.
The city also has a large-scale Total Dissolved Solids project that needs to be done at the sewage treatment plant. Moore said the city isn’t sure yet if it will complete the project this year, but the city will have to complete it sometime in the coming years to comply with regulations.
There will be no chip sealing of city streets in 2022.
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