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A Public Hearing on the Budget for the Colorado Springs Briargate General Improvement District 2021, Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the Calendar Year Beginning on the First Day of January 2026 and Ending on the Last Day of December 2026
Presenter:
Charae McDaniel, Chief Financial Officer
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Summary:
Districts and is required to conduct a public hearing, fix and certify the mill levy, adopt an annual budget, and appropriate the funding for the district. In accordance with State statute, it is necessary for the Board of Directors of the Briargate General Improvement District 2021 (GID) to conduct a public hearing and, at its conclusion, to pass resolutions to fix and certify the 2025 mill levy, adopt the proposed 2026 budget, and appropriate the funds for the 2026 budget year. Each resolution will be presented separately for a motion by Council as the Board.
The date of the public hearing was established by the Board on October 14, 2025, and legal notice was published on October 25, 2025.
Background:
Council sits as the Board of Directors of the Colorado Springs Briargate General Improvement District 2021 (GID). In November of 2021, voters approved the organization of this GID and the imposition of a not more than 4.409 mill levy.
A copy of the proposed 2026 budget and a boundary map of this GID are attached for reference.
The attached budget appropriates a total of $2,083,911 to provide for the maintenance of certain public improvements of general benefit to the residents of the district. The public improvements may include parks, open space, trails, bicycle paths, landscaping, fencing, pillars, medians, entry islands, utility rights-of-way, irrigation facilities and associated water system improvements, theme areas and neighborhood theme signage located primarily, but not exclusively, on and along primary streets within the district.
Sources of funds for the District are property taxes, specific ownership taxes, interest income...
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