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Boulder staff outline long‑term financial strategy, plan community outreach for potential 2025–26 measures
Summary
City budget staff reviewed a multi‑year long‑term financial strategy that aims to increase revenue diversity and flexibility, address underfunded capital needs and prepare a multiyear ballot strategy. Staff proposed community engagement called 'Fund Our Future' and estimated potential revenue from proposed measures.
Charlotte Husky, the City of Boulder budget officer, briefed the Water Resources Advisory Board on the city’s long‑term financial strategy, an organization‑wide effort to identify funding gaps, increase flexibility across city funds and plan possible ballot measures in 2025 and 2026.
Husky said sales and use tax and property tax remain the city’s primary general‑purpose revenues; she estimated sales and use tax accounts for about 40% of general‑purpose revenues and property tax about 12–15%. She told the board that Boulder has a high share of dedicated and restricted sales‑tax revenue — about 56% of current…
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