Fort Collins City Council meeting and work session, Sept. 15, 2026
Fort Collins budget proposes 4% wage-adjustment funding, fewer street-sweeping visits; Fort Collins council approves first reading of housing review changes that could lower project fees.
Stories from this meeting
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Bike lane appreciation day proclaimed
The proclamation designates Sept. 24, 2026, as Bette Sears Bike Lane Appreciation Day in Fort Collins, recognizing Sears’ 1970 petition with 1,700 names seeking safe routes for children. The proclamation says the city began work on its first bike lane in the 700 block of Olive…
Fort Collins proclaims Constitution Week
A proclamation designates September 17-23, 2026, as Constitution Week in Fort Collins, citing the two hundred and thirty-ninth anniversary of the drafting of the U.S. Constitution and Public Law 915’s requirement for an annual presidential proclamation. During the presentation,…
Latinx Heritage Month proclaimed
Mayor Emily Francis proclaimed September 15-October 15, 2026, as Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month in Fort Collins. The proclamation celebrates the community’s linguistic and cultural diversity, recognizes that it makes up nearly 12.8% of the local population, and highlights local…
Utility projects get $690,845 and $701,303
The ordinance provides $690,845 in 2026 supplemental funding to extend the Utilities Customer Information System project through 2026, including subscription fees, project management, training, testing, integration support, change requests and communications. It also provides…
About $2 million in housing funds proposed
Two ordinances would appropriate $2,034,779.38 for Fort Collins housing and community development programs and administration. The CDBG ordinance would provide $1,225,785, including $1,131,416 in 2026 entitlement funding and $94,369 in program income; the HOME ordinance would…
$103,500 funds arts master plan
The ordinance appropriates $103,500 from prior-year Arts and Culture Fund reserves for a Community Arts and Art in Public Places Master Plan, including $90,000 for consultant services and $13,500 for a 15% contingency. No General Fund appropriation is requested. The ordinance…
$117,400 to improve Beaver Pond access
The ordinance appropriates $72,700 in Colorado Parks and Wildlife grant revenue and authorizes a $44,700 transfer within the Natural Areas Fund for the Fishing is Fun project at Beaver Pond in the Arapaho Bend Natural Area. The $117,400 project would provide a designated…
$5.5 million for recycling services
The ordinance appropriates $5,525,525 in new General Fund revenue or other funds from the Extended Producer Responsibility Program for recycling education, outreach and residential curbside collection upon the City’s execution of an agreement with the Circular Action Alliance.…
City Manager’s Waste Contract Authority Expanded
The ordinance would remove the restriction barring the City Manager from approving contract amendments that increase the city’s obligations and responsibilities under the residential waste collection program. In consultation with the City Attorney, the City Manager could approve…
Longer contract for North Mason stormwater
The ordinance authorizes the Purchasing Agent to contract with HDR, Inc., for professional services through completion of the North Mason Stormwater Project, despite the contract lasting longer than five years. The project would extend stormwater infrastructure from the Hickory…
$601 easements proposed for sewer work
The ordinance would authorize easements on two Parks Department parcels for Rightside Investments LLC to abandon an existing cesspool partially located on the North City Parcel and install a new sewer line connecting 425 and 429 N. College Avenue to a new sewer system. The North…
Board Residency Rules Would Change
The ordinance would require people appointed or reappointed to city boards and commissions to live within the Fort Collins Growth Management Area while serving. Members who permanently or indefinitely relocate outside the area would have to resign, while temporary relocations of…
$3 million septage facility funded
The ordinance appropriates $500,000 from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Fund and $2,500,000 from prior-year Wastewater Fund reserves for the Septage Receiving Facility Project, which would relocate the septage receiving station at…
$53,200.88 in gifts would fund city services
The ordinance would appropriate $53,200.88 in previously unappropriated philanthropic revenue received through City Give and authorize spending it on donor-designated city programs and services, including arts and culture, public safety, parks and recreation, forestry,…
Police grant would add $17,639
The ordinance would appropriate $17,638.83 in reimbursement-type grant revenue to Fort Collins Police Services for supplemental overtime and investigative resources used by the Northern Colorado Drug Task Force, with no matching funds required. The grant would support…
2026 funds would cover new costs
Three first-reading ordinances would appropriate unanticipated revenue and prior-year reserves for expenses outside the 2026 budget, and authorize transfers among funds and projects. The requests include $2,622,107 in General Fund appropriations, including $1,044,079 for…
Carriage house would leave landmark designation
The ordinance would remove the carriage house as a contributing building from the landmark designation for 718 West Mountain Avenue, remove references to Standard 1 for community planning and development, and rename the property the J.M. Morrison Property. The J.M. Morrison…
Garage removed from landmark designation
The ordinance removes references to the garage from the landmark designation at 1006 Laporte Avenue and renames the property the Walker/Geist Property. The house remains designated under Standard 3, Design/Construction, for its Craftsman architecture; City Code Chapter 14,…
Restitution extended to non-traffic offenses
The ordinance would allow victims of all non-traffic offenses, including petty offenses and civil infractions, to seek restitution. A law enforcement officer, code enforcement officer, the City Attorney or their designee could ask a Municipal Judge to order payment for pecuniary…
Resolution 2026-113 sets public hearings on the proposed 2027 and 2028 biennial city budget for Tuesday, October 6, 2026, and Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may come on for hearing, in the City Council Chambers at City Hall West, 300…
Present Emily Francis (Mayor); Chris Conway (Councilmember); Julie Pignataro (Mayor Pro Tem); Josh Fudge (Councilmember); Melanie Potyondy; Amy Hoeven (Councilmember); Anne Nelsen (Councilmember)