After some significant discussion at the Finance Committee and Common Council meetings last night, Brookfield aldermen approved only slight modifications to the city's capital spending plan for 2010.
The city will spend a little more than $5 million on capital projects in 2010, including work on roads, storm sewers and parks.
Together, all the city's capital improvements for 2010 - including water utility projects, sanitary sewer projects and general city projects - total $9.64 million, but many of those projects are funded via other sources, including grants and developer contributions.
Aldermen proposed two amendments to the spending plan, one of which passed. The council voted, 12-2, to eliminate a $150,000 project to add pedestrian lighting along the southern section of Moorland Road. The project would have been tied in with Waukesha County's planned improvements to the road later this year.
Aldermen Mark Nelson and Jim Garvens voted against pulling the funding.
Another amendment sparked more debate. District 6 Alderman Jerry Mellone wanted the city to take out a $100,000 project to start an environmental impact study looking at the feasibility of another interchange on Interstate 94 between Moorland and Barker roads.
The council split, 7-7, on whether to keep the money in the capital budget. Aldermen Mellone, Nelson, Bill Carnell, Steve Ponto, Chris Blackburn, Lisa Mellone and Renee Lowerr voted to remove the money.
Mayor Jeff Speaker then cast the tiebreaking vote to keep the money in the budget for 2010.
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