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Commerce City adopts 2026 budget and tax levy, 8–1; some council members seek changes elsewhere
Summary
The council adopted the 2026 budget and the 2025 tax levy (Resolution 2025-053) by an 8–1 vote after a public hearing; discussion highlighted competing priorities including road repairs and a separate pending ordinance to transfer $16.3M for a police substation.
Commerce City’s council adopted the 2026 budget and set the 2025 tax levy by an 8–1 roll-call vote after reopening a public hearing that continued from Oct. 20.
The hearing included public comment calling for prioritizing road repairs and police coverage. Staff told the council that the general fund unassigned balance stood in the range of $24–$25 million. Council members asked whether specific line items—most notably an ordinance to appropriate $16.3 million for a north police substation—were included in the 2026 budget; staff and the city manager confirmed that the police substation appropriation was a separate ordinance measure already in flight and not included in the 2026 operating budget.
Concerns during the hearing focused on whether proposed allocations matched resident priorities such as Colorado Boulevard improvements; staff said design and construction funding for larger road projects may be phased into the CIP (capital improvement program) deliberations for 2027–2031. The budget resolution (Resolution 2025-053) passed 8–1 on the record.
What happens next: With adoption of the budget and levy, council will consider separate ordinances and budget amendments (such as the police substation appropriation) as discrete actions requiring additional votes. Staff said large capital projects like Colorado Boulevard would be evaluated in upcoming CIP deliberations.
