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City Clerk reports lower election costs, 10 campaign finance complaints and $127,000 in passport revenue

Budget Advisory Committee · February 6, 2026
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City Clerk Stephanie Carlisle told the Budget Advisory Committee that 2025 returned funds to the general balance due to vacancies and lower Arapahoe County election invoices; the office handled 10 campaign finance complaints, digitized 81,000 records and generated $127,000 from passport services.

Stephanie Carlisle, City Clerk, told the Englewood Budget Advisory Committee that the Clerk’s Office returned money to the fund balance in 2025 largely because of salary savings from staffing vacancies and lower-than-expected election invoices from Arapahoe County. "We did pretty well this year," Carlisle said in her presentation, noting fewer licensing hearings and some lost liquor licenses as contributing factors.

Carlisle said the office verified "over 1,500 signatures" on a citizen initiative and that the municipal election produced a larger-than-normal number of campaign finance complaints. "We had 10 of those this year during the election season," she said.…

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