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Jefferson County manager: board directs $1.5M one-time, $250K ongoing for floodplain mapping in 2026 budget development
Summary
County manager Joe Kirby said the board directed staff to include $1.5 million one-time for updated mapping with the Mile High Flood District and $250,000 ongoing for mapping outside the district; a public commenter had asked for a Kittredge floodplain map update and estimated the cost at about $260,000.
Jefferson County officials on Oct. 7 said the board has directed staff to include funding in the 2026 budget development to update floodplain mapping, both inside and outside the Mile High Flood District.
County manager Joe Kirby told the Board of County Commissioners that, "the board has directed staff to place $1,500,000, one-time, to help upgrade our mapping, in conjunction with the Mile High Flood District." Kirby added the board also directed staff to include $250,000 in ongoing funding dedicated to floodplain mapping outside the Mile High Flood District boundaries. He said both items were requests staff had put forward during the 2026 budget development discussions.
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