Tag: gov-local
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Woodland Park candidates question city budget priorities
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At a candidate forum for Woodland Park’s April 3 municipal election, fiscal policy took center stage. Several candidates for mayor and three City Council positions said Tuesday that the city should trim its budget and…
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Colorado Springs City Council rejects appeal of affordable housing project
The Colorado Springs City Council denied the latest attempt by a Broadmoor Bluffs group to halt construction of a contentious affordable housing project. The council voted 6-to-3 against the Broadmoor Bluffs Neighborhood Association’s appeal of a development plan and final plat for The Ridge apartments, near Colorado 115 and South Academy Boulevard. The decision ended…
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Woodland Park candidates question city budget priorities
At a candidate forum for Woodland Park’s April 3 municipal election, fiscal policy took center stage. Several candidates for mayor and three City Council positions said Tuesday that the city should trim its budget and increase its emergency reserve. The reserve has “reached critical levels,” said council candidate Kellie Case, a former city finance director.…
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Paid parking idea percolates for Garden of the Gods
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Put up a parking lot? That question lingers as Colorado Springs decision-makers contemplate the future of America’s favorite city park. Nobody claims to have a simple remedy for Garden of the Gods’ worsening summer traffic…
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Higher fines for repeat offenders should reel in problematic Colorado Springs landlords, city staff says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As Colorado Springs’ cash-strapped code enforcement staff works to ensure decent housing for renters, it has found that about half of its housing cases and follow-up inspections are with about 3 percent of rental property…
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Monument candidates, trustees discuss lack of transparency, communication
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Several candidates in Monument’s April 3 election expressed disappointment during a public forum Monday in how the town has handled an investigation into two of its highest-paid employees. Town trustees and other leaders could have done more to inform the public after Town Manager Chris Lowe…
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Ambulance company’s track record raises questions as Colorado Springs negotiates contract
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs leaders are negotiating with a company that promises to provide more economical ambulance services, but Priority Ambulance has two leaders who also led three similar companies that went bankrupt in five years. The failed ventures left scores of cities without ambulance services, required…
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Ambulance company’s track record raises questions as Colorado Springs negotiates contract
Colorado Springs leaders are negotiating with a company that promises to provide more economical ambulance services, but Priority Ambulance has two leaders who also led three similar companies that went bankrupt in five years. The failed ventures left scores of cities without ambulance services, required millions of dollars in aid from local governments and left…
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Higher fines for repeat offenders should reel in problematic Colorado Springs landlords, city staff says
As Colorado Springs’ cash-strapped code enforcement staff works to ensure decent housing for renters, it has found that about half of its housing cases and follow-up inspections are with about 3 percent of rental property owners. Now the City Council is considering new laws and higher fees for those few problematic landlords. “This is a…
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Monument candidates, trustees discuss lack of transparency, communication
Several candidates in Monument’s April 3 election expressed disappointment during a public forum Monday in how the town has handled an investigation into two of its highest-paid employees. Town trustees and other leaders could have done more to inform the public after Town Manager Chris Lowe and Police Chief Jacob Shirk were placed on paid administrative…