Palmer Lake’s trustees asked for a 2027 budget with no deficit on Oct. 22, after the administrator said cuts so far leave it about $500,000 short. They adopted rules on bear attractants and snow plowing.
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Palmer Lake Adopts New Board Rules as Its Administrator Warns of a Million-Dollar Shortfall
Palmer Lake’s trustees adopted an ethics code, financial policies and a governance handbook Oct. 8. The administrator then projected a $988,000 shortfall this year and a $573,000 deficit in the 2027 draft budget.
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Palmer Lake Candidate Forum, October 4, 2026: Revenue, Water, Buc-ee’s and the Fire Department
Ten of the twelve candidates for Palmer Lake mayor and trustee answered six questions at a Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce forum at Palmer Lake Town Hall on Sunday, Oct. 4, the day before ballots were mailed. Several kept returning to the town’s finances; the town administrator estimated last month that Palmer Lake could run out […]
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Atis Jurka Wants Palmer Lake Residents Heard First. Now He Is Running for Mayor.
A retired Army officer who has spent two years on Palmer Lake’s board, and cast its lone dissent on some of its biggest decisions, is asking voters to make him mayor. Atis Jurka’s campaign rests on the idea that residents should be heard before decisions are made and able to see how their money is […]
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Palmer Lake Sets Bear Workshop as Administrator Warns of Two-Year Cash Runway
Palmer Lake trustees will hold a special workshop on bears and trash, tentatively Oct. 12, after residents spoke Sept. 24. The town administrator also warned reserves could last about two years at current spending.
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Bears, Trash and a Town Hall: What to Know Before Palmer Lake’s Meeting Tonight
Palmer Lake bears and trash are not on tonight’s Board of Trustees agenda, but the subject is headed for public comment, with a state senator’s testimony and a staff memo asking the board to wait.
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Palmer Lake Candidate Forum Set for Saturday at the EcoSpa Annex
All twelve candidates on Palmer Lake’s November ballot — two for mayor, ten for trustee — have been invited to a public forum on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the EcoSpa Annex, 350 Highway 105. Each candidate gets a three-minute opening statement, all of them answer the same set of questions, […]
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Palmer Lake’s November Ballot Is Set: Two for Mayor, Ten for Five Trustee Seats
Palmer Lake’s clerk certified the November 3 ballot: two candidates for mayor, ten for five trustee seats. The top two winners serve four years, the next three two.
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Kent Hutson Chaired Palmer Lake’s Master Plan. Now He Is Running for Mayor.
A neuroradiologist who chaired the volunteer team behind Palmer Lake’s 2022 community master plan is running for mayor, taking no campaign contributions. He would inherit a water emergency, a Highway 105 sidewalk design due at year’s end, and a budget drawing on reserves.
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Palmer Lake Board of Trustees, August 13, 2026: A New Administrator, a Land Swap and a Legal Bill Past Budget
Palmer Lake hired a permanent town administrator, declared a water emergency, gave a Hermosa Avenue land swap an informal 3-1 blessing the mayor had to recuse himself from, and learned legal spending has passed $174,600 with five months of the year to run.