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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Monument Town Council, October 19, 2026: E-Motos Banned from Town Property, Council Backs 2B
Monument’s council voted 7–0 to bar e-motos, electric dirt bikes and off-highway vehicles from the town’s streets, sidewalks, trails and parks, with a fine of up to $250 for a parent who knowingly lets a minor ride one. It also voted 7–0 to support Ballot Issue 2B, the construction use tax on the November 3 […]
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Kenneth Kimple Wants Monument Ready Before It Needs to Be. Now He Is Running for Mayor.
A retired Navy air traffic controller who manages Fort Carson’s airfield, Kenneth Kimple has spent years on the Planning Commission and the council pressing the town to plan ahead: for a wildfire evacuation on the east side, a backup connection for its water, and roads that can carry its growth. As mayor, he says, he […]
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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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Monument Town Council, October 5, 2026: Parkway Bid Moved to December, Conexus Drainage Land Accepted
Monument’s council heard the draft 2027 budget and gave no formal direction on either question it posed, learned that the bid for the northbound lanes of Jackson Creek Parkway has moved from October to December, and accepted five drainage tracts from the Conexus development after staff said two of them may have been taken out […]
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Woodmoor Public Safety’s September: 83 Calls and 2,310 Property Checks
Woodmoor Public Safety logged 83 dispatches in September 2026, with 1,372 business checks and 938 vacation checks. Seven open doors were at one church.
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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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Monument Town Council, September 21, 2026: 7 Brew Approved, Police Fees Rewritten
Monument’s council approved a drive-thru coffee stand it had sent back two weeks earlier, cut most of the police records fees it adopted in August before those fees take effect, moved the town’s employee health benefits to a public-entity trust, and hired a new water attorney to begin replacing one who has represented the town […]
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Monument Town Council, September 8, 2026: An E-Bike Ordinance Ordered, a Drive-Thru Sent Back, a Plan Nobody Could Find
Monument’s council ordered a draft e-bike and e-moto ordinance carrying a $250 fine for parents, sent a Jackson Creek Parkway drive-thru back over its driveways, and approved a shop building that the site’s own well had already shrunk.