Point: Candace Woods
$6,250. That’s the yearly stipend bestowed upon the people who decide how our city should function. That’s right. Colorado Springs City Council members are paid only $6,250 for developing policy that guides our city’s growth and serving as the board for our publicly owned utilities. By contrast, El Paso County commissioners make upwards of $100,000 a year for similar work, in the same community, with the same cost of living. Why would we continue to allow this devaluing of the people who broker deals with Scheel’s and Amazon, who decide how our utilities will grapple with climate change, who develop the strategic plans that guide our city’s growth?
President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan of 2021 into law on March 11. Shutterstock.com
Colorado Springs will receive $76.77 million and El Paso County about $140 million from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11. Now that the American Rescue Plan Act is final, I will be working with the Mayor and Chief of Staff to put together a plan for the funding, Charae McDaniel, the city s finance officer, tells the
Indy in an email. She did not elaborate.
Colorado Springs City Council President Richard Skorman says he wants the money spent on rental and utility assistance for people who are really desperate, as well as mental health outreach.
Matt Zelenok District 5, central Colorado Springs
Zelenok, 34 and owner of Springs Preferred Realty, grew up in Colorado Springs and would bring a scientific background to council as a biochemistry major who founded a company that built equipment and provided research and development support to the U.S. Energy Department s Sandia National Laboratories. When the contract ended he moved into real estate. Zelenok would prioritize introducing modern technology to increase traffic flow and efficiency, increasing the number of police and firefighters in town and preserving the character of neighborhoods and open spaces, he said.
The city of Glenwood Springs City Council and the management needs your input.
Glenwood Springs City Council is considering reducing the length of the Glenwood Springs airport runway. The City Council is also considering removing a block of hangars, including the aircraft repair hangar/business.
The new proposed runway reduction has some very adverse impacts to the airport. This proposal could shorten the runway by over 500 feet. This would make an already short runway too short.
An environmental assessment (EA) was completed years ago. This EA took a committee years to develop the 32 options and then decide on the current option. That now may be changed in just weeks. South Bridge is a good project, but both the airport and the South Bridge Project can coexist without possible dire consequences to the airport.
The city of Glenwood Springs City Council and the management needs your input.
Glenwood Springs City Council is considering reducing the length of the Glenwood Springs airport runway. The City Council is also considering removing a block of hangars, including the aircraft repair hangar/business.
The new proposed runway reduction has some very adverse impacts to the airport. This proposal could shorten the runway by over 500 feet. This would make an already short runway too short.
An environmental assessment (EA) was completed years ago. This EA took a committee years to develop the 32 options and then decide on the current option. That now may be changed in just weeks. South Bridge is a good project, but both the airport and the South Bridge Project can coexist without possible dire consequences to the airport.