Denver Mayor Mike Johnston presented his 2026 budget proposal to city employees on Monday morning before he made the announcement city-wide. CBS Colorado Investigator Brian Maass was able to sit in on the meeting for city employees just about an hour before the public announcement of the budget proposal.
In a slideshow, Johnston reiterated the $200 million budget gap for next year’s city budget but said he will maintain citywide priorities. He said the savings from previously announced layoffs will make up $118 million from the previous estimate of $104 million.
“The $104 million to $118 million shift is a combination of vacancy or staff reductions made by independent agencies or made by other elected officials and some on-call staffing adjustments we made in places like Parks & Rec,” said Johnston…