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Boulder council adopts transportation maintenance fee after debate over outreach and timing
Summary
After hours of debate over outreach, equity and budget timing, the Boulder City Council adopted Ordinance 8719 to establish a Transportation Maintenance Fee, voting 6–3 to approve the fee after rejecting a motion to postpone it to early 2026.
The Boulder City Council on Oct. 23 adopted Ordinance 8719 to create a Transportation Maintenance Fee intended to fund pavement, bridge and sidewalk repairs and related safety work.
Council Member Matt Benjamin moved to postpone the ordinance to the first or second quarter of 2026 to allow more outreach to businesses and residents; that motion failed in a 4–5 roll-call vote. A separate motion to adopt the ordinance then passed by roll call, 6–3.
Why it mattered: City staff have programmed $2.25 million in fee revenue into the 2026 budget. Transportation staff told…
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