Council Meeting
Colorado Springs City Council Meeting
Held at City Hall on 11/24/2014
By: Christopher D. Mapps
Student ID # 104715206
I would like to start this report off by saying that I have never been to city council meeting before, even though my father was the mayor, and still serves on city council back in my home town of Kingsford, Michigan. I found this experience both interesting and exhausting to see and understand the scope of the council’s role and responsibilities in keeping this city running. All members of council must have to have a very extensive education and background in finance and public administration even in mid-sized city like Colorado Springs. I couldn’t imagine the business required in a major metropolitan city. The Meeting open with the city accountant presenting a general financials report. She spent most of her time reporting on the expenditures the city is required to pay out to Memorial Health system, which from the way they were speaking I understood there was some sort of legal settlement they have to pay out on. Also discussed the cost of some handicapped access renovations to the hospital and the building codes at certain access points according to the current plans, and the costs to the city to execute these plans. There was also a request asking for a $500,000 increase to fix some required drainage repairs, to install some slip lines to cover failing copper water lines on Powers Avenue. And the last specific Item they discussed during this time was the cost and procedure of doing the mail in ballots for the April 2015 elections.
The Item was 8.B.14-0702, an ordinance to amend ordinance number 13-77 for supplemental appropriations to Memorial health System in the amount of $600,000. The way I understood this was there was a previous appropriation of supplemental funds to the hospital and they were going to fall short $600,000 before the end of the year. So they were requesting an addition supplemental appropriation to get them
Held at City Hall on 11/24/2014
By: Christopher D. Mapps
Student ID # 104715206
I would like to start this report off by saying that I have never been to city council meeting before, even though my father was the mayor, and still serves on city council back in my home town of Kingsford, Michigan. I found this experience both interesting and exhausting to see and understand the scope of the council’s role and responsibilities in keeping this city running. All members of council must have to have a very extensive education and background in finance and public administration even in mid-sized city like Colorado Springs. I couldn’t imagine the business required in a major metropolitan city. The Meeting open with the city accountant presenting a general financials report. She spent most of her time reporting on the expenditures the city is required to pay out to Memorial Health system, which from the way they were speaking I understood there was some sort of legal settlement they have to pay out on. Also discussed the cost of some handicapped access renovations to the hospital and the building codes at certain access points according to the current plans, and the costs to the city to execute these plans. There was also a request asking for a $500,000 increase to fix some required drainage repairs, to install some slip lines to cover failing copper water lines on Powers Avenue. And the last specific Item they discussed during this time was the cost and procedure of doing the mail in ballots for the April 2015 elections.
The Item was 8.B.14-0702, an ordinance to amend ordinance number 13-77 for supplemental appropriations to Memorial health System in the amount of $600,000. The way I understood this was there was a previous appropriation of supplemental funds to the hospital and they were going to fall short $600,000 before the end of the year. So they were requesting an addition supplemental appropriation to get them