Longmont agenda lists 2027 budget presentation, annexation and water-service reviews
The Sept. 8 agenda separates the broader proposed annual budget from the five-year capital plan and schedules reviews of Gateway Northwest annexation and Hygiene fire-district water-service applications.
Longmont’s Sept. 8 City Council agenda scheduled a presentation on the broader proposed 2027 budget and listed proposed annexation, water-service and supplemental-appropriation actions.
The separate “2027 Proposed Budget Presentation” covers the city’s annual budget, while the proposed 2027-2031 capital improvement program covers five years of capital projects, including water, electric, transportation and sewer work. The agenda did not revise the capital plan or provide updated project-funding totals.
The agenda lists Ordinance O-2026-57, which would make additional appropriations for city expenses and liabilities, and Resolution R-2026-57 concerning the proposed Gateway Northwest Annexation near U.S. Highway 287 and Park Ridge Avenue. The resolution addresses whether the petition substantially complies with Colorado law; it is not a final annexation decision.
Two other proposed ordinances would direct staff to process applications for extraterritorial water service to the Hygiene Fire Protection District: one to increase the firehouse tap size and another for an additional service serving the district’s fire-suppression system.
Second readings and public hearings for the consent ordinances were scheduled for Sept. 22. The provided record is an agenda, so it does not establish whether the Sept. 8 items were approved or otherwise acted on.
Capital plan and budget context
The capital plan proposes $316.6 million in five-year spending, including $95 million in 2027. It lists the Nelson-Flanders Water Treatment Plant expansion as unfunded, with $30 million proposed for 2027 and $65 million in 2029. The Water Distribution Rehabilitation and Improvements program is funded through 2029 but lists its 2030 and 2031 allocations as unfunded.
The plan also identifies funding gaps for electric-feeder underground conversion, pavement maintenance, a fourth wastewater digester and wastewater-permit improvements. For the Asphalt Pavement Management Program, it lists $12.5 million in 2027, with $7.95 million funded and $4.53 million unfunded.
The 2027 Summary Budget Message projects a combined $40.2 million contribution from fund balances across 15 funds, including projected revenue shortfalls of $8.4 million in the Electric and Broadband Fund and $9.1 million in the Water Fund. A Sept. 1 council communication described the broader budget as balanced after reductions and adjustments while maintaining current service levels.
The Sept. 8 agenda also lists a $91,569 balance in the City Council Contingency Fund. It does not identify a proposed use for that balance.