2026 Budget for the City of Shakopee

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2026 Annual Budget

Division: Engineering Category: Public Works

Description of Services: Conduct field investigations, collect engineering data and specify the criteria for the investigations. Furnish designs, drawings, specifications, and criteria. Secure bids and oversee and inspect infrastructure construction projects. Approve, inspect, and deliver all sanitary sewer, storm sewer and roadway construction projects. Prepare all reports, studies, and plans required to preserve Municipal State Aid Funding received by the city. Manage the City’s Natural Resources, including wetlands, stormwater management systems, native planting areas and woodlands. Review all public infrastructure proposed in the city, administer Wetland Conservation Act requirements, review building permits, manage public right-of-way and permitting, provide engineering assistance to other Departments, review technical engineering material, and provide engineering liaison to the City Council, other City departments, City Commissions, and Committees.

Employees:

2023

2024

2025

2026

City Engineer

1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1

1 1 1 1 1 2 0

1 1 1 1 0 2 0

1 1 1 1 0 2 0

Assistant City Engineer Project Engineer Project Coordinator

Senior Engineering Technician

Graduate Engineer

Engineering Technician

Water Resources-Environmental Manager Water Resources-Environmental Technician

0.2 0.8

0.2 0.8

0.2 0.8

GIS Coordinator

1 1

1 1

1 1

Administrative Assistant

Total

10

10

9

9

Accomplishments:  Awarded several grants to fund future improvements, including; Safe Routes to School Design Assistance and Infrastructure grants, MnDOT Safe Road Zone Grant to complete a safety study along US Highway169, SS4A grant program to develop a Safety Action Plan, DNR Grants for native vegetation maintenance, MPCA Grant to develop a city-wide stormwater model and LCCMR funding to construct the Riverbank Stabilization improvements  Completed first Engineering/Public Works Annual Report and supported Public Works on APWA Accredidation efforts  Completed several significant improvement projects, including the second phase of the Downtown Lighting Improvements, Arbor Bluff Stream Stabilization Project , partnered with Scott County to construct a roundabout at the intersection of CH78 and CH79, completed the first full year of pavement rejuvenation as part of the City’s Pavement Management Plan, activated the CSAH101 and Shenandoah Drive traffic signal, and completed a substantial number of pavement management projects including the Stagecoach Road Reconstruction and Trail Improvements  Received federal approval and began the first phase of the Marystown Corridor Improvements Project  Retained all full-time staff and successfully trained and developed three seasonal interns Goals/Challenges:  Provide an infrastructure system that supports the community and advances the quality of life for all.  Provide good value for public services and use the tax-payers money in a fiscally responsible manner.  Staff are consistently challenged with being experts in a wide range of tasks including infrastructure management and design, traffic safety, transportation planning, project management, natural resources, contract management, underground utilities, private development and forestry management.