Borough Manager Keith Truman emphasized during the Oct. 27 meeting that these are department requests and the final capital budget is still being developed. If every request were approved, the total would be $5,209,700. At least $2.77 million is expected to be covered by grants or other funding, and the borough expects about $1.5 million in capital funds to carry over from 2026.
Here’s what departments requested:
FIRE DEPARTMENT: $32,000
• Portable scene lighting: $8,000
• Rope and rigging equipment: $10,000
• Water rescue equipment: $14,000
PARKS & TRAILS: $1,097,000
• Continued Bridgeport Spur Trail design: $80,000
• Front Street Pocket Park: $1,017,000
• The Pocket Park amount is expected to be grant funded.
SEWER: $1.5 MILLION
• Placeholder estimate for rebuilding the primary trickling filter following sinkhole-related damage
• Approximately $528,000 in insurance proceeds is available to offset the eventual cost.
ADMINISTRATION: $63,000
• Borough website redevelopment: $13,000
• Replacement of outdated accounting software
PUBLIC WORKS: $945,000
• Inlet and ramp project: $250,000
• Street paving project: $250,000
• Fallsview Drive Bridge repair: $80,000
• Snow-removal equipment
• Utility-body F-Series truck with snow equipment: $85,000
• F-Series truck with snowplow: $70,000
• Borough Hall/Public Works roof project: $100,000
• $400,000 of the Public Works total is covered by grant funding.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $1,368,000
• Design and feasibility study for the former train station property at 18 Depot Street: $100,000
• 440 Mill Street redevelopment project: $600,000
• Acquisition and demolition of 134 W. Front Street: $668,000
• $1.268 million of these projects is expected to be grant funded.
POLICE: $204,700
• Patrol vehicle: $75,000
• Chief vehicle: $75,000
• Body cameras: $5,500
• Ballistic vests: $2,800
• Drone program: $10,000
• Server/system replacement: $8,300
• Accreditation software: $5,600
• Tasers: $12,000 for 2027
• Possible radio replacements: estimated $10,500 for 2027 under the example discussed at the meeting.
Budget discussions will continue before Bridgeport adopts its final 2027 spending plan.
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