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Fort Collins · appropriation · 2026

Enterprise Funds (utilities)

$335,178,732

✓ Sourced

This number is cited to a source document, and its arithmetic re-adds to the dollar (it cross-foots, or it is counted inside a total that does).

Source: Fort Collins FY2026 Annual Appropriations Ordinance (Ord. No. 186, 2025)
Source locator: Not yet pinned — the transcription predates storing the source PDF. Pinning every number to its page or locator is part of Docket #7.
Layer: appropriation — Layer one: what Fort Collins City Council (Mayor + 6 districts) authorized to be spent. What was actually spent is layer two (audit and treasurer reports); which vendor got which check is layer three (check register).
Checked: Cross-foots ✓ — the 6 lines beneath this sum to this total exactly. Full report.
Share: 40% of all county appropriations ($843,306,077)
Retrieved: 2026-08-21

Note on this line

Fort Collins runs its own electric, water, wastewater, stormwater, and broadband utilities — self-supporting from their own rates.

What's inside this number

Line	Amount	Status
Light & Power	$189,156,723	✓ Sourced
Water	$53,185,190	✓ Sourced
Wastewater	$35,230,444	✓ Sourced
Broadband (Connexion)	$26,190,961	✓ Sourced
Stormwater	$25,980,814	✓ Sourced
Golf	$5,434,600	✓ Sourced