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Board approves Pikes Peak Regional Building Department budget for 2026 with no fee increases
Summary
El Paso County commissioners approved the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department’s 2026 budget, keeping fees unchanged after two decades. The budget anticipates $22.75 million in revenue, includes a potential cost-of-living adjustment of up to 5%, and budgeted for a worst-case 28% benefits increase while expecting a lower final number.
The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners on Oct. 14, 2025 approved the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department’s 2026 budget, maintaining the department’s fees and authorizing the plan presented by Regional Building Official Roger Lovell.
Roger Lovell, identified as the regional building official for Pikes Peak Regional Building, told commissioners the department is self-funded through plan-review, permit and licensing fees and that the 2026 budget does not propose any fee increases. “We haven’t increased fees in 20 years,” Lovell said, adding that the department aims to preserve affordability while maintaining inspection and plan-review services.
Key figures in the presentation: the budget anticipates $22,749,556 in revenue and the same amount in expenses (a roughly 3% increase over the 2025 budget and 6.8% over 2024). The budget maintains 137 full-time…
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