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Brighton pitches structurally balanced 2026 budget, creates Budget & Innovation department
Summary
City Manager Michael Martinez and budget staff presented a structurally balanced 2026 proposal that emphasizes long‑term stability, creates a new Budget & Innovation department combining budgeting, grants and sustainability work, funds new municipal facilities, and plans additional staff for the RecPlex and water treatment plant openings.
Brighton’s city manager and budget team presented a proposed 2026 budget to the City Council Aug. 26 that the city described as structurally balanced for the next 10 years, includes operating costs for new city facilities and creates a separate Budget & Innovation department to centralize budgeting, grants and sustainability work.
“What's the most important thing that you as a council can do? ... approving the budget,” City Manager Michael Martinez told the council, describing the budget as the city’s “roadmap.” Martinez said the administration had worked to produce a 10‑year outlook without the previously…
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