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Council adopts $11.6 million midyear budget adjustments, including public safety and capital maintenance
Summary
City Council unanimously adopted ordinance 86 99 to approve $11.6 million in carryovers and supplemental appropriations to the 2025 budget, funding public safety needs, traffic signal upgrades, radio shop work and multiple grants.
The City Council unanimously adopted ordinance 86 99, approving $11.6 million in carryovers and supplemental appropriations to the 2025 budget.
Chief Financial Officer Krista Morrison and Budget Officer Charlotte Husky presented the adjustment to base (ATB) package. Husky told council the total ATB‑1 request was $11,600,000, funded by additional unbudgeted revenue ($2,600,000), new grant revenue ($2,600,000) and $6,400,000 drawn from fund balance.
The nut graf: the supplemental appropriations cover a mix of public safety and emergency response needs, capital maintenance and smaller grants for parks, officer wellness and wildfire mitigation; council approved the ordinance after a public hearing and discussion of project cost escalation and community support needs.
Key items included in the package as described in the presentation: $1,950,000 for public safety and emergency response items (including $1,450,000 related to the emergency medical ambulance transport contract and living wage implementation, and vehicle and equipment replacements); police vehicle purchases reappropriation totaling $251,000 to address prior supply‑chain delays; $1,100,000 for capital maintenance and infrastructure including $947,000 for traffic signal upgrades and $115,000 for radio shop relocation and tower electrical upgrades; and a $40,000 appropriation to address Alpine Balsam Garage fire suppression maintenance supported by additional lease revenue.
Husky also summarized grant and donation funding: roughly $91,000 for Primos Park and related Safe Routes to Parks temporary activations ($9,500), $30,000 for a Peace Officer Mental Health Grant to support peer‑support and wellness activities, and $52,000 in Colorado Forest Service wildfire risk mitigation grant funds to develop a fuel break near foothills neighborhoods and open space.
Staff also proposed a technical change to remove two internal service funds (medical and dental self‑insurance) from the budget appropriations ordinance in accordance with a Colorado statute referenced in the presentation; staff described this as an administrative action that will not change underlying operating appropriations.
Council members asked about cost escalation on capital projects, mental‑health and community recovery supports after recent crises, and whether grant funds serve city residents or a wider county population; staff said they would follow up with additional details where needed. Following the public hearing (no remote speaker present), Council member Tina moved to adopt the ordinance, a second was recorded, and a unanimous roll call vote followed.
Ending: Council adopted ordinance 86 99 unanimously and staff said they will provide follow‑up details on specific grant allocations and on capital cost escalation as requested by council.
