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Council reviews November financials as resident raises questions about 2025 budget transparency

2109619 · January 13, 2025
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Deputy City Manager Jason Loveland presented unaudited November 2024 financials showing higher year-to-date revenues and $15.7 million in general fund reserves; a resident questioned where the $85.9 million 2025 budget could be found online and raised concerns about the general fund reserve percentage.

A Northglenn resident urged the City Council to clarify the city’s 2025 budget and said he could not find the adopted $85,900,000 figure on the city’s finance web pages, while Deputy City Manager Jason Loveland presented the council with unaudited November 2024 financial results that staff said were on track.

The resident, Tim Long, used the public-comment period to question budget transparency and reserves. “I cannot find the $85,900,000 budget adopted for 2025 by city council on October 28th. Where is it? It’s not in the northglennorg/finance,” Long said. He also flagged figures in a community paper showing citywide expenditures of $85.9 million and asked whether the…

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