Infrastructure Improvements & Recreational Trail Talked About at City Planning Meeting

Madison City Commissioners held a quarterly planning meeting on Monday afternoon. The commission heard from city employees and received updates on the city’s Strategic Plan, Infrastructure Improvement Plan, and the work of the Police Department. 

One item touched on during the meeting was the expansion of trails in the city. City Administrator Jameson Berreth told commissioners that the city was unsuccessful in the application again this year for a grant to build a recreational trail around the city’s fishing pond. 

Berreth said the city could look at funding the trail themselves as a gravel path, and apply for funding to either pave the path in the future, or connect it to other paths in the city. 

As for Infrastructure Improvements, City Engineer Ryan Hegg laid out what he described as an aggressive plan for improvements in 2025. They include 11 total projects, ranging from water and sanitary utility replacement, to flood control channel reconstruction of the Memorial Park creek walls. In total the projects would cost 10-4-million dollars. Hegg said it is possible some of the plan may be pushed to the following year.  

Hegg highlighted one project to be funded by Water and Sanitary Sewer Rate Increases he would like to see done in 2024.

Hegg also laid out a preliminary estimate of water and sewer rate schedule to fund improvements through 2029. You can find those preliminary estimates here.