Fresh faces, progressive vision distinguish Fort Collins new woman-majority city council Jacy Marmaduke, Fort Collins Coloradoan
Get to know your Fort Collins City Council members
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Welcome to a new era for Fort Collins City Council.
If it seems like more new faces than usual, you’re right. If it seems like more women than we’re accustomed to at the upper echelons of municipal government, bingo. And if it seems like a more progressive lineup than the city had before the election wow, you’re really good at this game.
Let’s get introductions out of the way. The new council will be doing the same on April 27, when the council swearing-in ceremony will provide the first opportunity for them all to be in a room together.
Now, how to spend it?
Fort Collins leaders are pursuing a 15/85 model for the American Rescue Plan money, which will total about $28.12 million. That will mean 15% (about $4.2 million) going to address immediate needs, in a staff-directed process similar to how the city spent CARES Act money in 2020. The other 85% (about $23.9 million) will go toward a longer-term Fort Collins Recovery Plan that is being developed now and will involve more community input.
Fort Collins City Council and city staff discussed the funding at a Tuesday work session.
We’ll know more about the short-term funding this summer, as the city plans to start distributing it as soon as July. As for the rest of the funding, staff is working to develop the recovery plan now and will present it to council and the community this fall. The city will seek public input throughout that process.
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Fort Collins election marked by landslides, nail-biters and historic results Jacy Marmaduke, Fort Collins Coloradoan
Follow the ballot counting process in Fort Collins
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The mascot of Fort Collins 2021 election night was the refresh button.
Thanks to the political reality-shifting wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was another election that swapped lively watch parties for Zoom calls and traded intimate gatherings for the internet. After polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday, candidates, local politicos and journalists alike sat in front of their computers or phones and waited for results. And waited. And waited.
Historic turnout more than 41,000 votes, the highest total ever recorded in a Fort Collins municipal election meant a long night for city election workers. The City Clerk s Office switched to a new process in 2019 that involves all unofficial results being released at once. Some election-watchers had hoped for results around 10:30