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Centennial council approves $ multi‑fund budget supplemental covering streetlights, bridges and Potomac Park work
Summary
The council approved Resolution 2026‑R‑07 to amend the 2026 budget, reappropriating unspent 2025 funds and adding new appropriations for street and capital projects including a U.S. Department of Energy grant to convert roughly 130 streetlights to LED, bridge preliminary design work, and Potomac Park trail funding.
The Centennial City Council voted unanimously to approve Resolution 2026‑R‑07, a spring budget supplemental that recognizes new and reappropriated revenues and adds targeted appropriations across several funds.
Finance Director Jeff Cadiz told council the request largely reallocated unspent 2025 funds into 2026 so multi‑year projects can continue, and detailed several new or advanced items. The street fund will recognize a $165,000 Department of Energy grant to support converting approximately 130 city streetlights to LED; the street fund’s expenditure side also includes $956,550 to support several ongoing roadway and infrastructure projects. Cadiz said $400,000 is requested to advance engineering for two bridge structures (Dry Creek Road over Willow Creek and Dry Creek Road over Big Dry Creek) to preliminary design so the city can pursue future state or federal grants.
In the capital and open space funds, the council approved reappropriations and new requests tied to Potomac Park: roughly $2.7 million in requests for trail improvements and related concept design work, including a previously committed $1,000,000 payment for an intergovernmental agreement with Cherry Creek School District now expected in 2026. The open space requests include $826,000 in Arapahoe County Open Space grant revenue to reimburse trail construction costs.
Council members asked project‑level questions (redesign work on Havana & Easter intersections, stormwater issues on Colorado Boulevard, and potential additional design costs on major projects). Cadiz said some items are reappropriations of funds already approved and that the city will leverage designs to position projects for grants.
Mayor Pro Tem Tharp moved approval of the resolution; Council member Dwiggins seconded. The clerk recorded 9 ayes and the resolution carried.
What’s next: staff will continue design and outreach on the listed projects, pursue grant opportunities enabled by the design work, and return with project timelines and any further budget requests as needed.
