Tag: city council
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Final redistricting sets new map for next year’s Colorado Springs City Council elections
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs released the new map of City Council districts on Friday, creating the borders that will be used for next year’s slate of council elections. The city charter requires the City Clerk’s Office to create a new map of city districts every four years…
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Council’s tax hike proposal will make Denver’s sales tax highest in metro area
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Councilmembers are pushing for a sales tax hike to help fund Denver Health that, if approved, would make Denver the highest-taxed major city in the wider metro area. The proposed 0.34-point hike would put Denver’s total sales tax rate above the 9% mark — to 9.15%. That would make Denver one of the highest taxed municipalities…
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Redistricting process begins to equalize population of six Colorado Springs City Council seats
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Residents living near the edges of six Colorado Springs City Council districts could find themselves with different representation in future elections. The city’s four-year cycle of redrawing district boundaries based on increasing population, not voter affiliation, kicked off this week. The administrative process is required…
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PRINT Colorado Springs council reaffirms non-sanctuary status, residents rally against ‘political theater’ (copy)
The Colorado Springs City Council on Tuesday passed a symbolic resolution reaffirming it is not a sanctuary city for immigrants crossing U.S. borders after residents who spoke for hours against the document, calling it “political theater.” The resolution additionally asserts the city won’t spend taxpayer money on services “related to this crisis” and calls on…
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Keep City Council in charge of neighborhood zoning | Cronin & Loevy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One of the charms of life and civic traditions in Colorado Springs has been that ordinary citizens can go down to City Hall and speak to City Council, in session, on issues that concern them, especially land use and zoning issues. Citizens can make their…
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Helen Collins, former Colorado Springs councilwoman, dies at 64
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Helen Patrice Collins, a former Colorado Springs city councilwoman who drew attention — and public censure — for her political and personal alliance with anti-tax crusader Douglas Bruce, has died. She was 64. Collins died Wednesday of natural causes while under hospice care, an El Paso County…
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Colorado Springs City Council to vote on collective bargaining ballot item, Mayor Suthers leads opposition
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Holding true to a promise their president made this spring, the Colorado Springs City Council will vote next month whether to place a collective bargaining question on next year’s ballot for city firefighters. Whether a…
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Colorado Springs City Council gives final approval to creekside camping ban
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Countless homeless people across Colorado Springs have two weeks to pick up stakes and move after the City Council gave final approval Tuesday to a crackdown on creekside camping. The deadline comes after the council reaffirmed its decision last month to ban camping within 100…
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Colorado Springs City Council upholds master plan for North Cheyenne Cañon Park
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The last gasp of opposition to Colorado Springs’ master plan for North Cheyenne Cañon Park escaped City Hall on Tuesday as the City Council denied an appeal to the plan. City Council President Richard Skorman and members Bill Murray and Yolanda Avila voted to uphold…