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Broomfield staff and contract lobbyists brief council on 2025 Colorado legislative session, flagging local funding risks
Summary
City staff and Bowditch Castle Public Affairs summarized the 2025 Colorado legislative session, noting a $1.1 billion statewide budget shortfall and potential multi-year reductions to severance tax and multimodal funds that could affect Broomfield projects.
City and County of Broomfield officials and the city's contract lobbyists reported to the council on May 20 about major outcomes from the 2025 Colorado General Assembly and potential local impacts.
Danae Billier, director of Strategic Initiatives and Governmental Affairs, and Bowditch Castle Public Affairs summarized that the session ended with a $1.1 billion general-fund shortfall on roughly a $17 billion base and that the governor has until June 7 to sign or veto bills. The lobbyists said the budget deficit led the legislature and the Joint Budget Committee to use alternative sources, such as severance tax funds, for items like a digital trunked radio system, and that reductions to…
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