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MEMORANDUM
Date: 27 September 2023
To: Mayor and City Councilmembers
Through: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Travis Storin, Chief Financial Officer
From: Lawrence Pollack, Budget Director
Subject: 2024 Budget Revisions
The 2024 Budget Revisions are meant to address priorities, needs and issues not known when the
biennial budget was adopted. The recommended offers had previously been reviewed during the
September Council Finance Committee meeting. After a short presentation, Councilmembers asked
questions with the following items requested for follow-up:
- List of all City programs to help residents pay their utility bills, as well as information on how other
residents can help support others in need.
- What was the driver of the significant increase in 2023 expenses for the Northern Colorado
Regional Airport, requiring a larger use of reserves than in the prior years.
Staff will respond to both of those in memos to Council.
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 5, 2023
TO: Mayor and City Council
THRU: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager
FROM: Sylvia Tatman-Burruss, Sr. Project Manager
Ginny Sawyer, Lead Project Manager
RE: Work Session Summary – September 26, 2023, Occupancy project and
Engagement Plan
Mayor Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Francis and Councilmembers Canonico, Pignataro, Peel, Gutowsky, and
Ohlson were present. Staff presented an overview of a 3-phase project plan that included:
Phase One – October-December 2023: Convene staff team and review all previous work to date
Phase Two – January-March 2024: Outreach to individuals and groups. Schedule work session.
Phase Three – March-June 2024: Additional awareness outreach and draft language for Council
consideration.
Discussion included:
Acknowledgment of difficulty in selecting and utilizing advisory groups and instead
recommended groups to be sure to include (Avery Park, ASCSU, landlords, PSD, Extra-
occupancy permit seekers and neighbors of permitted homes)
Acknowledgement of challenges in using bedrooms as a base for a number.
A desire to continue to look at other communities for possible solutions.
Encouragement for staff to look at “outlier” scenarios and possible accommodations to address.
Next steps:
Staff will begin implementation of the proposed plan.
Will add a work session to the 2024 calendar.
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