Northglenn council hears 2026 budget proposal as leaders flag flat sales tax and $56 million wastewater upgrade

Deputy City Manager Jason Loveland presented the City of Northglenn’s proposed 2026 operating and capital budget at the Sept. 8 council meeting, telling council the total recommended expenditures across all funds are nearly $106 million and the general fund budget is about $39.9 million.

Loveland said the city is projecting modest revenue, with sales-and-use tax forecast down roughly 2% from earlier projections and the 2026 budget assuming no growth in sales tax. “The total revenue forecast is down, about 2% from what we had projected for the budget at the start of the year,” Loveland said. He noted an ending general-fund balance projection of about $14.5 million for 2026 and a forecasted decline in fund balance in 2025 driven in part by weaker revenues.

The presentation flagged two large capital efforts. Loveland…