Council reviews three-year Capital Improvement Plan; city outlines street, utility and ERP projects
May 21, 2024 | Victoria City, Victoria County, Texas
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City staff presented an updated Capital Improvement Plan on May 21 that proposes $40.52 million in projects for fiscal year 2025 and outlines funding and project priorities through FY2027.
Highlights for FY25 include an estimated $9.67 million (24%) for residential street improvements and a $9.36 million CDBG-MIT-funded residential street and drainage project at Lone Tree Acres. Staff listed proposed sealcoat, mill-and-overlay and reconstruction locations across the city and noted utility projects such as Dairy Road waterline abandonment, replacement of a vulnerable 15-inch concrete sewer on Mockingbird from Navarro to Lilac, and the Airline Road sewer abandonment with relining/replumbing in Manor Drive.
The presentation also added a $500,000 FY25 allocation for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software replacement (a multi-year $1.5M cloud migration), explaining the city's current SAP system is approaching end-of-life (anticipated December 2025) and that a consultant and RFP process are underway. Staff said the ERP will consolidate accounting, purchasing and asset modules and be implemented over three years.
Council asked detailed questions about project sequencing—particularly whether water or sewer work should precede street reconstruction—and staff said they will adjust priority segments accordingly. Council discussed Tanglewood subdivision phases: staff noted Phase 1 cost roughly $11 million (utilities and streets) and that current debt capacity constrained bringing Phase 2/3 forward without reallocating other projects; options include re-phasing remaining work into smaller segments or shifting future bond issuances, with tradeoffs for the tax rate.
Staff emphasized pursuit of grant funding where possible, including for parks and trail elements such as Guy Grant linear-park improvements. The council offered direction to return with more detailed project-level scopes, funding sources and timing as CIP work continues through the budget process.
Highlights for FY25 include an estimated $9.67 million (24%) for residential street improvements and a $9.36 million CDBG-MIT-funded residential street and drainage project at Lone Tree Acres. Staff listed proposed sealcoat, mill-and-overlay and reconstruction locations across the city and noted utility projects such as Dairy Road waterline abandonment, replacement of a vulnerable 15-inch concrete sewer on Mockingbird from Navarro to Lilac, and the Airline Road sewer abandonment with relining/replumbing in Manor Drive.
The presentation also added a $500,000 FY25 allocation for an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software replacement (a multi-year $1.5M cloud migration), explaining the city's current SAP system is approaching end-of-life (anticipated December 2025) and that a consultant and RFP process are underway. Staff said the ERP will consolidate accounting, purchasing and asset modules and be implemented over three years.
Council asked detailed questions about project sequencing—particularly whether water or sewer work should precede street reconstruction—and staff said they will adjust priority segments accordingly. Council discussed Tanglewood subdivision phases: staff noted Phase 1 cost roughly $11 million (utilities and streets) and that current debt capacity constrained bringing Phase 2/3 forward without reallocating other projects; options include re-phasing remaining work into smaller segments or shifting future bond issuances, with tradeoffs for the tax rate.
Staff emphasized pursuit of grant funding where possible, including for parks and trail elements such as Guy Grant linear-park improvements. The council offered direction to return with more detailed project-level scopes, funding sources and timing as CIP work continues through the budget process.
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