As it does every year, the city has come up with another five-year capital improvements plan, an extensive list of projects it would like to accomplish by 2006.

Understandably, not all of them will be done between now and then when they carry an $83.8 million price tag. There are 124 projects that either have funding or could be funded, but there are no guarantees the city will have the money to carry them all out.

Cape Girardeans should take a good look at the projects included in the plan to determine which ones they think are the most important. Then, on Feb. 20, they should attend the public hearing the Cape Girardeau City Council will hold on the capital improvements projects.

Citizen input, after all, can go a long way when city officials get down to deciding which among all the projects will be funded.