I'm here because they're voting on how to spend the rest of Boulder's ARPA money: Just over $11M.
They're also talking about possible upcoming transportation projects. The ones Boulder is seeking regional/federal $$ for.
Since ya'll are SO happy to see me... A reminder that my end-of-year fundraiser is going on RN.
We're still $1,299 away from the match amount, and $6,299 from my personal goal, which would raise my salary to a whopping $40K (before tax). Give if you can! boulderbeat.news/support-local-…
Getting started. I'm ready. Got all my snacks, and each one is noisier than the last.
I forgot how much I love open comment when it's in person.
I mean, I'm still gonna put in my headphones and not tweet them.
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Tonight's finance stuff is a two-parter:
1.) A regular adjustment to the base 2022 budget
2.) Discussion on how to spend the remaining $11M in ARPA funds
There's some interesting stuff in both. Included in routine budget adjustments are:
$4M+ more for ongoing construction projects that are overrunning costs bc of inflation
Boulder does this every year...? Maybe more often. The requests go through the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG). The other acronym you'll hear tonight is TIP: Transportation Improvement Program.
This time, we're asking for $9.04M in requests for $11.4M in projects.
Really hope my math is right here; I didn't see totals in the notes because why would they make it easy on me??
I might also tweet some stuff from the Drought Plan. I don't know much about it, having not read the notes, but I did do an interview with Kim Hutton, water resources manager, not that long ago. And it's interesting.
In fact, we've got Yes and No pieces on (almost) all the local ballot measures. Last couple publishing tonight. Check them out: boulderbeat.news/category/opini…