The City Council Tuesday night will focus on specific items on Longmont’s proposed $398.55 total operating budget including one-time spending for equipment for park rangers and a replacement for the bomb squad robot.
The council work session is scheduled for 7 p.m. Budget reviews are scheduled through September and early October with the planned adoption of the budget slated for Oct. 27.
The 2022 proposed operating budget is balanced with no tax rate increases, according to an annual budget message from City Manager Harold Dominguz. The 2022 budget is $16.61 million more than the budget adopted for 2021, Dominguez states. Also included in the 2022 budget is an average increase of 7% in water rates previously adopted by the council.
About $23.88 million in accumulated fund balances will be drawn down in 2022, primarily to meet capital improvement needs, Dominguez said in his budget message.
Among the one-time capital expenses proposed in the 2022 budget includes $56,000 in equipment for two new fire engines, $76,000 for Zoll Cardiac monitor and autopulse devices, $48,136 for equipment and boat for park rangers monitoring Lake McIntosh and $300,000 to replace the bomb squad robot, according to the budget report to the city council.
Total one-time capital expenses are set at $573,836.
The city proposes spending over $1.49 million for one-time IT equipment or technology improvements and another $177,270 for non-capital small equipment and supplies, according to the city report.
Longmont also plans to spend $500,000 for early childhood education and $3.7 million for the First and Main Street transit project as part of a $6.97 million outlay for one-time services and expenses, according to the city report.
