Author: DANIEL CHACÓN
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Utilities pledges to look at options for downtown power plant
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs Utilities pledged Wednesday to take a hard look at options to decommission the decades-old Martin Drake Power Plant in southwest downtown. “We’re going to begin in earnest,” Utilities CEO Jerry Forte told the…
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Council names new Memorial board
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs City Council on Friday appointed a new seven-member Memorial Health System board of trustees that includes some long-time Colorado Springs businessmen and a well-known local politician. Council also named two alternates. The…
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Memorial trustee resigns over severance fallout
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs City Council received the first resignation letter from a Memorial Health System trustee Wednesday morning, part of the ongoing fallout over Memorial CEO Larry McEvoy’s $1.15 million severance package. Dr. Donald Gazibara…
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Council business likely on hold for junket
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs taxpayers may have to say bon voyage to several City Council members as well as the first two council meetings scheduled in May. A handful of council members are planning to fly off…
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City needs millions for stormwater system, city attorney tells council
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The politically prickly issue of stormwater has resurfaced. More than a year after Colorado Springs ended the Stormwater Enterprise, City Attorney Chris Melcher urged city officials Wednesday to come up with millions of dollars needed…
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VIDEO: Mayor uncomfortable with surveillance cameras
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mayor Steve Bach said he’s not “totally comfortable” with surveillance cameras. But he said other cities have had successes with the cameras, prompting the Police Department to bring forward a recommendation to the City Council.…
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Public sounds off on proposal for surveillance cameras downtown
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The City Council heard both sides of the debate Tuesday during a spirited public hearing on a proposal to install 10 video surveillance cameras in downtown Colorado Springs. Opponents railed against an infringement of civil…
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City Council approves deal for YMCA to operate aquatic centers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region will operate a handful of city-owned pools and recreation centers as well as the manmade beach at Memorial Park under an agreement approved Tuesday by the City Council.…
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Mayor’s office requests private discussion on pools contract
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Bach administration tried to move City Council questions about a decision to award a sole-source contract to the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region behind closed doors Monday. The city’s Parks, Recreation and Cultural…
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Development rises as water tap fees drop
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A recent decision to reduce commercial water tap fees to make Colorado Springs more competitive with other cities along the Front Range and spur development is already having its desired effect. A day after the…