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Current and Future Needs

Police Services

Need: Additional 48 officers & civilians needed to provide the level of service expected by the community
Cost: $4.6 million annually ($5.5 million needed year one).
Impact of Investment:

  • Maintain minimum staffing levels for basic police protection and dispatch
  • More neighborhood patrolling
  • More party and noise enforcement
  • Larger police presence downtown
  • Increased traffic patrol in neighborhoods
  • Shorter response times
  • Shorter investigation turnaround times
  • Less overtime expense
  • Coverage at special events

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Poudre Fire Authority

Need: More firefighters and other resources needed to serve growing demands in south Fort Collins, as well as enhanced Emergency Management
Cost: approximately $3.2 million per year
Impact of Investment:

  • Maintain minimum staffing
  • Improved firefighter safety through better safety oversight and emergency coordination
  • Improved emergency scene management to better protect citizens and their property and businesses
  • Increased ability to respond to simultaneous alarms
  • Reduced response times
  • Enhanced training and knowledge management
  • Increased preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery for emergencies, threats, and disasters

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Transportation

Need: Additional resources needed to maintain streets, fill potholes and make basic repairs
Cost: approximately $6.5 million annually for pavement maintenance to maintain current pavement quality. This cost does not include resources to meet other pressing needs: bridge repair and replacement; new roads, interchanges and other capital improvements; improvements in safety at school zones; neighborhood traffic calming; new bike lanes and sidewalks; transit service
Impact of Investment:

  • Cost-savings on road and bridge repairs. As conditions deteriorate due to delayed maintenance, replacement and repair costs become significantly more expensive.
  • Overall pavement conditions are deteriorating; more potholes are prevalent. Current funding for pavement management has been reduced in recent years.
  • With the current funding available in transportation, there are severe limitations to meet citizens’ desires for safer streets and neighborhoods.
  • Inability to replace capital equipment has meant fewer snow plow trucks on the road and more breakdowns, affecting ability to effectively clear major and secondary roads.

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Parks and Recreation

Need: additional resources for parks maintenance and to preserve recreation services
Cost: approximately $2 million per year ($1 million for parks maintenance and $1 million for recreation)
Impact of Investment:

  • Overall parks are beginning to deteriorate; additional resources are needed to keep our parks clean and well-maintained
  • If General Fund support for Recreation is not restored, service levels will be severely impacted. Either a major facility, like the Senior Center or the Northside Atzlan Center, will need to close entirely, or staffing and programming will need to be drastically cut and hours of operation at facilities dramatically reduced. Cuts would have to be made to programs for lower income residents because these programs receive the greatest General Fund support.

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