COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A Columbus city council member thinks the city won’t be getting enough money from the state for highway maintenance.

Terry Reardon raised his objection at Monday night’s council meeting during a discussion of the newest agreement with the Nebraska Roads Department. Under the annual agreement, the city is paid to seal cracks, fix potholes and do other work along U.S. Highways 81 and 30 in Columbus.

The city will receive a total nearly $38,500 for those services next year, an amount that Reardon says is too low. The per-lane rate has been the same since 2010.

Roads Department engineer Kevin Domogalla says the rate reflects the statewide average for maintenance costs per lane mile and that all communities are paid the same.