Top five 2015 capital improvement items
Paving, $300,000
Pipestone irrigation, $250,000
Sidewalks, curb and gutters, $220,000
Administration/police vehicles and equipment, $135,000
Asphalt resurfacing, $100,000
SOURCE: City of Miamisburg
Miamisburg will start 2015 with a capital improvements budget of more than $1.8 million and a new public works director.
Nearly half of the capital improvements are earmarked for infrastructure projects involving roads, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and Pipestone Golf Club.
The city has earmarked $300,000 for road paving; $250,000 for Pipestone’s irrigation system; $200,000 for sidewalks, curbs and gutters; and $100,000 for asphalt resurfacing, records show.
The amount of funds for roads and related improvements should remain consistent for the foreseeable future, said Miamisburg City Manager Keith Johnson.
“For the most part these funding levels are recommended for the next five years,” he said.
Overseeing many of those projects will be Valerie Griffin, the city’s new public works director. Griffin, who was hired earlier this month, has been the assistant public works director in Middletown, where the 34-year-old lives and worked for about 11 years, Johnson said.
She replaces Tim Young, who has been serving as acting director for nearly 20 months. He will resume his position as assistant director, according to the city.
Griffin, whose annual salary will be about $87,500, joins the city at a time when local governments face financial challenges because of dwindling revenue sources, Johnson said.
“This is a very critical position for us,” he said. “The need to seek alternative methods of funding seems to be the theme of the day and we are no different.”
Griffin “is going to be an asset to the community,” said Miamisburg Mayor Dick Church Jr., noting that the city has hired about three workers from Middletown. “And I don’t expect anything less from her.”
Griffin, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Dayton, said she looks forward to the challenge.
“I’m very happy to be a part of the public works department and lead the charge,” she said. “We’ve got some exciting projects on the horizon.”
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