Margate city commissioners will consider a $3.1 million amendment to the city’s fiscal year 2027 budget on November 4, with most of the funding directed toward roadway improvements. The proposal also includes money for a pedestrian bridge, building inspections, property improvement grants and changes to city staffing.
The amendment totals $3,095,226 and draws primarily from existing fund balances. City Manager Cale Curtis has recommended approval of the ordinance.
The largest allocation is $1.755 million for roadway projects. Of that amount, $1.505 million would support citywide resurfacing projects identified in Margate’s Comprehensive Plan. Another $200,000 would fund roadway improvements along West River Drive between Northwest 15th Street and Northwest 18th Street. An additional $50,000 is designated for public works capital road projects.
The city’s five-year capital improvement plan projects $5.295 million in roadway resurfacing expenditures through fiscal year 2031. The program is supported by local option gas tax revenue and is intended to improve road surfaces and public safety.
Beyond capital projects, the amendment proposes transferring an existing project manager position from the Department of Environmental and Engineering Services to Public Works. The transfer includes $138,241 in personnel funding and would place the employee under the Public Works administrative structure.
City officials say the transfer would not increase the number of authorized positions. A second project manager position, funded jointly through the General Fund and Margate Community Redevelopment Agency, would remain in the engineering department.