Author: Daniel Chac
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City pools set to open Memorial Day weekend
How does Memorial Day weekend at the beach sound? Thanks to a new partnership between the city of Colorado Springs and the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region, it sounds sure-enough. On May 26, right before the unofficial start of summer, the Y will open the manmade beach at Memorial Park as well as the…
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City Council will review Memorial CEO package in closed session
A review of the city’s options for a $1.15 million severance package for Memorial Health System’s former CEO will be the subject of a closed legal session Wednesday. The City Council asked the City Attorney’s Office to review the controversial separation agreement for Dr. Larry McEvoy on May 1 and report back two weeks later.…
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Bach: Stormwater ‘day of reckoning’ is here
Everyone in town agrees that Colorado Springs has huge stormwater needs. The challenge: Paying for them. Mayor Steve Bach is applying pressure on the City Council to ferret out inefficiencies in Colorado Springs Utilities’ existing budget to help pay for the massive backlog even though stormwater is a municipal obligation. On Tuesday, the mayor reiterated…
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City Council eyes Aug. 28 for special election on Memorial
The Colorado Springs City Council plans to ask city voters to approve leasing Memorial Health System to University of Colorado Health in a special election Aug. 28. The council will hold a special meeting on Wednesday immediately following the Utilities Board meeting to set the date of the election. The terms of the lease are…
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Bach’s calendar reveals talks with Xcel, Sky Sox
Mayor Steve Bach’s vision for downtown Colorado Springs includes more power hitters and one fewer power plant. The mayor, who has been in office nearly a year, has had separate but related conversations with executives from Xcel Energy and the Sky Sox minor league baseball team in what appears to be a larger plan to…
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Group asks Utilities to consider retiring downtown power plant
A group of downtown business leaders is pushing Colorado Springs Utilities to study the possibility of retiring the coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant in southwest downtown. The massive facility, whose billowing clouds of steam can often be seen from miles away, is an impediment to economic development and a plan to turn Fountain Creek into…
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Mayor: Inspectors should have caught overheight townhomes
Could the city or building officials have headed off a trio of ill-fated townhomes that will now have to be moved, modified or torn down? That’s still unclear, as is what will happen next to the nearly completed buildings. Mayor Steve Bach said Tuesday that building inspectors should have noticed that the three structures in…
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Memorial, CEO agreed on severance before telling council
The chairman of Memorial Health System’s Board of Trustees signed an agreement on the terms of a $1.15 million severance package with CEO Larry McEvoy four days before presenting it to the City Council. What was signed and when could be key issues as the council weighs whether to remove the board and attempt to…
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City Council to Memorial Board: Resign or be fired
The Colorado Springs City Council gave Memorial Health System’s board an ultimatum Tuesday: resign or be fired. After meeting in executive session for 1 ½ hours, the council voted 7-0 to ask the city-owned hospital’s Board of Trustees to resign voluntarily by 5 p.m. Wednesday or be removed from office. Council members Bernie Herpin and…
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Bach wants Memorial board out, CEO departure deal undone
Mayor Steve Bach on Friday called for the ouster of Memorial Health System’s Board of Trustees and for the City Council to undo a $1.15 million separation agreement with CEO Larry McEvoy that includes a Toyota Camry and help in finding a new job. The separation agreement has sparked public outrage expressed through various platforms,…