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ATTACHMENT A - ORD 8722 - 2026 Budget Adoption Final second reading
Special Meeting, October 23, 2025 · item 4A: Consideration of the following items relating to the 2026 Budget: 1. Second reading and consideration of a motion to adopt Ordinance 8722 ad… · 3 pages
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ORDINANCE 8722
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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026; AND SETTING FORTH RELATED DETAILS
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOULDER, COLORADO:
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Section 1. That estimated expenditures for fiscal year 2026 are as follows (excludes carryover and all General Improvement Districts, Property Authorities, and Metropolitan Districts): General Fund
$194,483,450
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Governmental Capital
$1,646,912
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.25 Cent Sales Tax Fund
$12,744,041
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Affordable Housing Fund
$21,659,649
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Airport Fund
$1,351,463
Arts, Culture, Heritage Fund
$3,201,907
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Boulder Junction Improvement Fund Capital Development Fund
$0 $23,490
Climate Tax Fund
$8,567,623
Community, Culture, Resilience & Safety Tax Fund
$10,953,830
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Community Development Block Grant Fund
$1,820,866
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Community Housing Assistance Program Fund
$7,353,735
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Compensated Absences Fund
$1,345,224
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Enterprise Technology Fund
$11,026,560
Equipment Replacement Fund
$1,589,267
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Eviction Prevention & Rental Assistance Fund
$1,768,929
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Facility Renovation and Replacement Fund
$3,274,270
Fleet Operations and Replacement Fund
$13,056,944
HOME Investment Partnership Grant Fund
$3,306,016
Lottery Fund
$1,500,000
Open Space Fund
$42,609,423
Permanent Park and Recreation Fund
$4,221,134
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Planning and Development Services Fund
$17,735,173
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Property and Casualty Insurance Fund
$6,261,105
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Recreation Activity Fund
$15,464,369
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Stormwater/Flood Management Utility Fund
$34,941,823
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Distribution Tax Fund
$4,356,770
Transportation Fund
$50,083,466
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Transportation Development Fund
$836,660
Wastewater Utility Fund
$40,026,031
Water Utility Fund
$55,942,411
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Workers Compensation Insurance Fund
$5,035,263
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TOTAL
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$578,187,804
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Section 2. The proposed budget as submitted with the expenditures as summarized above be adopted as the budget of the City of Boulder, Colorado, for the 2026 fiscal year.
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Section 3. This Ordinance is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the residents of the city and covers matters of local concern.
Section 4. The City Council deems it appropriate that this Ordinance be published by
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title only and orders that copies of this Ordinance be made available in the office of the city clerk
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for public inspection and acquisition.
4 INTRODUCED, READ ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY
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TITLE ONLY this 9th day of October 2025.
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______________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor
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Attest: ____________________________________ Elesha Johnson, City Clerk
13 READ ON SECOND READING, PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 23rd day of October
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2025. ______________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor
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Attest:
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_________________________________ Elesha Johnson, City Clerk
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