City council will meet early tonight to take a look at Unalaska’s roadmap for major capital projects.

The city updates its Capital and Major Maintenance Plan, or CMMP, every year as part of the budgeting process. According to a new draft, Unalaska can expect 23 big projects and upgrades worth $85 million between now and fiscal year 2019.

The Unalaska Marine Center dock and the Bobby Storrs Small Boat Harbor are both scheduled for extensive renovations in the next few years. The city is also planning to wrap up a major overhaul of its public utilities.

Council will consider one of the last few contracts related to that work at tonight's meeting. Staff have put together an $8.8 million agreement with Eklutna Services LLC, to upgrade the water treatment plant in Pyramid Valley. The project should bring Unalaska into compliance with federal standards for water sanitation.

In a memo to council, public utilities director Dan Winters says Eklutna Services of Eagle River was the lowest responsive bidder of the three companies that submitted offers. Eklutna Services came in $680,000 below the engineer’s estimate.

Council will also consider a contract to upgrade the powerhouse control system. The design-build agreement is with Electric Power Systems Incorporated of Anchorage. It’s valued at $510,000. Winters, the public utilities director, says the control system must be fixed before the city can install its fourth diesel engine and bring a waste heat recovery generator online.

In addition to those contracts, council will be asked to take a broader look at capital upgrades to two public facilities -- the Aquatics Center and the public library.

Renovating the Aquatics Center has been on the city’s to-do list for the past year. Staff members have come up with three options ranging from basic safety upgrades, to a major expansion of the building. 

Aquatics manager Brina Lynch will recommend that the city take the middle ground and spend $1.8 million to make mmoderate improvements.

Meanwhile, Unalaska’s public library is outgrowing its current space. Tonight, librarian Dan Masoni will ask council for direction on how to expand the facility -- and how to pay for it. The state of Alaska and the Rasmuson Foundation have supported similar projects in the past, but Masoni also wants council to consider what will happen if there's little outside support.

As council delves into the budgeting process for the upcoming fiscal year, they’ll take up grant requests from local non-profits and community organizations.

Nine community groups are asking the city to provide $1.1 million in funding for the new fiscal year. That’s 6 percent more than the last round of awards, and it’s also slightly above the council’s spending cap for local grants.

Council meets early tonight -- at 6 p.m., in their chambers at City Hall.