Comment Period - May 14 to May 25
Mayor's working draft, released for public review and comment before final delivery to City Council.
Mayor's working draft, released for public review and comment before final delivery to City Council.
On April 28, the City Council asked me to come back on June 1 with a plan to fund the operational piece of the pool — about $500,000 a year — without new taxes or new fees. This document is my best attempt.
It is a draft.
There are three honest choices in front of us:
If you see a fourth, I want to hear it.
Read the document. Tell me what is wrong, what is missing, and what is worth strengthening. Every comment between May 14 and May 25 will be read and considered.
(This is an abbreviated message. To read the whole, click below).
Phil Lund
This is a quick reference, not a separate document. Comments are being collected on the full Realignment Analysis, which is the version going to City Council on May 27. If something here sparks a thought, please open the full analysis at canoncitybudgetreview.com — it has the underlying data, methodology, and detail, and the comment form lives right beside it. Every comment received between May 14 and May 25 will be read and considered.
Thank you for taking the time to read..
I am aware of the post by Dan Francis this day (5/11/26). We have communicated and will be meeting soon. If there is a private sector option, that needs to be fully explored. If it has legs that absolutely would be where I would land and get behind it. At present though, I have an obligation to deliver a plan to the city council so this needs to continue moving forward. And that includes citizen input. Questions being raised are good ones. I am receiving several ideas. My goal is to see us get consensus and get this to a go/no go position. Staying in the middle is frustrating for all. It needs to get off the dead stop and go one way or another. To do that, the whole thing needs to be laid out and the consequences of each explored and a decision made.
May 14 Working draft released for public review
May 25 Public comment period closes
May 27 Final document delivered to City Council
June 1 City Council meeting
Comments on this draft come to the Mayor directly — by email or through the form on this site. They are read and considered as the document is finalized. They are not posted publicly during the comment window.
When the final document goes to City Council on May 27, an appendix will summarize what was heard, what changed because of it, and what did not.
This is one of the most consequential financial decisions the city will make this year — a 25-year commitment with tens of millions of dollars in scope. The comment process is built to produce the best possible document for that decision.
Open public debate is happening on Facebook, in the Daily Record, in neighborhood conversations, and at public meetings. That is where broad public debate belongs and it should keep happening. This site is a structured channel for substantive input on the document itself.
(Shortened Version)
PL
Cañon City, Colorado, USA
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