Clint Harris, presenting the street maintenance update, told the PIE Committee the arterial maintenance program receives about $5 million each season from the 2014 levy to fund grind-and-overlay, crack seal, chip seal and ADA ramp work. He said arterial PCI (pavement condition index) is about 70 and crews completed just under 170,000 square yards of work this year compared with a planned 130,000–135,000.

Harris described a cost-saving pilot: a fog-seal with aggregate applied to Indian Trail cost about "$1.72 a square yard" compared with a projected grind-and-overlay at roughly "$28 a square yard," saving substantial funds and reducing public impact because the work was completed in one day. He said staff will evaluate the surface through the winter to determine durability.

Responding to the public comment that some neighborhoods were not being swept, Harris said sweeping is the department's most expensive program (about "$570–$600 a lane mile") and that a 10% budget cut last year plus staffing and sick-leave issues reduced the frequency of sweeping; he estimated the department can realistically sweep about 4,500 lane miles annually under current staffing even though the historical figure cited was about 7,300 lane miles.

On winter operations, Harris said the city stages deicing materials to shorten response times and aims to plow the entire city in about three days during a full-city event. He described priorities (arterials, hills, hospital routes, business districts and schools) and said the city used magnesium chloride (roughly "$1 a gallon") and solids with corrosion inhibitors, estimating busy winters may require roughly 1,000,000–1,200,000 gallons depending on severity.

Council members asked about lane-width standards when resurfacing and whether the complete-streets policy is being applied during restriping; staff said engineering resources and capacity limit changes but said lane-width adjustments are done when project engineering allows. Harris offered maps and project lists to show geographic distribution and balance across council districts.