Tag: 2026 Budget
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El Paso County avoids cuts in preliminary 2026 budget
El Paso County will not cut positions or services in what Chief Financial Officer Nikki Simmons called a “recession-resistant” preliminary budget for next year. “We have sufficient reserves to weather us through several years of uncertain economic activity,” she said at the first presentation on the budget last week. The budget does not call for…
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El Paso County avoids cuts in preliminary 2026 budget
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El Paso County will not cut positions or services in what Chief Financial Officer Nikki Simmons called a “recession-resistant” preliminary budget for next year. “We have sufficient reserves to weather us through several years of uncertain economic activity,” she said at the first presentation on the budget last week. The budget does not call for…
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Pikes Peak Regional Building Department sets a stable budget for 2026
While Colorado Springs and many other cities are dealing with tumultuous local budgets, the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department is expecting a fairly stable run into 2026. Building official Roger Lovell presented the department’s proposed budget to the Colorado Springs City Council during a Monday morning work session, which was very similar to its 2025…
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Colorado Springs Fire Department cancels training academy for 2026 to meet budget cuts
The Colorado Springs Fire Department has canceled training academies for new hires in 2026, a move expected to save the city about $1.6 million as officials try to plug a more than $30 million budget hole. “We had some significant cuts we had to make and to do that, we had to find those bigger…
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Colorado Springs seeks partners for future uses of Meadows Park Community Center
Meadows Park Community Center will close its doors on Friday, but efforts are underway to find options that might help Colorado Springs reopen the doors with new operators. Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced in September that Meadows Park would close, one of the biggest casualties of the city’s $31 million budget shortfall. City officials chose to…
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Meadows Park Community Center will close Friday. City is looking for partners that could help reopen it
Meadows Park Community Center will close its doors Friday, but efforts are underway to find options that might help Colorado Springs reopen the center. Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced in September that Meadows Park would close, one of the biggest casualties of the city’s $31 million budget shortfall. City officials chose to close it because they…
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Meadows Park Community Center will close Friday. City is looking for partners that could help reopen it
Meadows Park Community Center will close its doors Friday, but efforts are underway to find options that might help Colorado Springs reopen the center. Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced in September that Meadows Park would close, one of the biggest casualties of the city’s $31 million budget shortfall. City officials chose to close it because they…
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Meadows Park Community Center will close Friday. City is looking for partners that could help reopen it
Meadows Park Community Center will close its doors Friday, but efforts are underway to find options that might help Colorado Springs reopen the center. Mayor Yemi Mobolade announced in September that Meadows Park would close, one of the biggest casualties of the city’s $31 million budget shortfall. City officials chose to close it because they…
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Colorado Springs looking for solutions as proposed 2026 city budget drops to $907 million
Colorado Springs is heading into 2026 expecting an $11 million drop in its general fund and $33 million less in the full budget, a sign of the economic uncertainty and constrictions facing the city. Mayor Yemi Mobolade handed the hundreds of pages of his proposed 2026 budget details over to the Colorado Springs City Council…