2011-2012 Budget
On December 21, 2010 City Council approved the final 2011-2012 Budget on Second Reading. With additional revenue from voter-approved ballot initiative known as Keep Fort Collins Great (KFCG), City Council was able to add several items to the 2011-2012 Budget. Some were restorations of services eliminated in the original recommendation or in past budgets; others were in direct response to the KFCG ballot language.
Items added to the 2011-2012 Budget:,
- Restoration of Dial-A-Ride Night Service
- Restoration of 3 hours of Saturday Transfort service
- Increase in the Pavement Management Program (street maintenance)
- New PFA South Battalion
- Restoration of maintenance of Community Parks (including the water features at Spring Canyon and Fossil Creek)
- Restoration of Mulberry Pool
- Restoration of programming and hours at the Northside Aztlan Community Center
- Restoration of programming and hours at the Senior Center
- Restoration of the Party Patrol and Riot Prevention program
- Restoration of the Affordable Housing Fund to 2008-2009 levels
- Restoration of programs and history archive hours at the Fort Collins Museum
- Restoration of the Human Services Program to 2008-2009 levels
Read the 2011-2012 Biennial Budget
Keep Fort Collins Great Revenue Allocation
The ballot language specifies how revenue from the .85% sales tax increase will be spent:
- 33% for street maintenance and repair
- 17% for other street and transportation needs
- 17% for police services
- 11% for fire protection and other emergency services
- 11% for parks maintenance and recreation services
- 11% for community priorities other than those listed above, as determined by City Council