Englewood schedules study sessions, budget hearing and multiple first readings for September–October meetings

Englewood city leaders used a brief mayor–manager meeting Wednesday to finalize scheduling and agenda items for meetings in September and October, including a Sept. 8 study session on South Broadway, a Sept. 15 public hearing on the proposed 2026 budget and several ordinance first readings and grant acceptances.

The meeting matters because it sets the calendar and time allotments ahead of hearings and first readings that could lead to formal council decisions on infrastructure projects, grants and contracts. The decisions scheduled include budget hearings, a ground-lease termination and title transfer, and multiple contract renewals and first readings that will come before the City Council in the coming weeks.

Deputy City Manager Tim Dodd said, “We have a study session coming up next week on Monday, September 8,” and the group scheduled one hour for a South Broadway presentation with an additional 30 minutes reserved for discussion if needed. Dodd told the mayor and staff the South Broadway presentation could be shortened from an hour-and-a-half to about an hour because the material had been completed the day before.

The Sept. 8 study session will also include an informational presentation and discussion about a proposed ground-lease termination and title transfer for the former Weingarten property to Englewood LLC; staff estimated that presentation could run roughly one to one-and-a-half hours. A separate state land use and housing law update was scheduled as an extension of material covered the prior week, with 20–25 minutes for presentation and about 45 minutes for discussion.

For the Sept. 15 regular meeting, staff listed several items that will appear in study sessions or as agenda items: a 15-minute presentation on the judge’s salary; a 10-minute presentation and 10 minutes of discussion on proposed updates to the Englewood storm drainage criteria manual and related code changes; and a recognition of volunteers involved with the South Broadway revitalization strategy.

Several motions and first readings were placed on the Sept. 15 agenda. Among items mentioned in Wednesday’s meeting were: a utilities on-call water repair contract renewal (staff recommended deciding whether to place it on consent); parks and recreation bond contract approvals; construction contracts for service center and Island Water Treatment Plant space improvements; electrical instrumentation and control contract renewals; an ordinance for first reading on an intergovernmental agreement for a green business program with the City of Sheridan; and a first-reading ordinance to partially terminate a ground lease in advance of a property transfer agreement.

Staff also listed grant-acceptance items to come before the council: acceptance of a Victims of Crime Act grant through the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, and a $500,000 open-space grant for the Centennial Trail Enhancement Project (accepting that grant was listed as an ordinance first reading). The agenda included a first-reading ordinance related to an amendment for the Chick‑fil‑A planned unit development and, on second reading, a CB‑44 compliance agreement tied to a city emergency interconnection project.

The Sept. 15 meeting will include a public hearing on the proposed 2026 budget and an executive session for quarterly attorney–client privileged legal updates to discuss claims and litigation and request direction. Staff estimated the combined meeting on Sept. 8 could run about four hours when full presentations and discussions are counted.

On Sept. 22, council staff placed a study-session backlog list that includes further discussion of the draft proposed 2026 operating and capital budgets, a utilities strategic execution update, an update from the Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce, the Sustainability Commission’s Native Lawn Certification Program, and the August 2025 General Fund monthly financial report.

Looking ahead to October, staff placed a resolution for a ground-lease agreement between Englewood, the Coelhoven Reservoir Foundation and Page West Acquisitions for a vacant property near McClellan Reservoir on the Oct. 6 agenda, along with first reading of the 2026 budget ordinance. An Oct. 13 study session is scheduled to include an update from the director of the Aurora South Metro Small Business Development program.

Council requests recorded during the meeting that staff will follow up on included three items: which boards and commissions typically meet in December and whether those meetings can be moved up; Member Russell’s request for details on the financing of the South Broadway Complete Streets project, including original grant funding and percentages; and Member Russell’s request about pedestrian lights being out on Oxford between Windermere and the Recreation Center. Staff member Tim Dodd confirmed he recorded the requests and planned follow-up.

The mayor closed the meeting after about eight minutes of discussion. Staff and council members will return to the council dais at the scheduled study sessions and regular meetings to consider the items listed and any formal actions.