The Denver city budget will grow only slightly in 2025, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said Thursday, but affordable housing, homelessness and public safety will remain priorities, he said.
Mayor Mike Johnston as he unveiled his first budget at the City and County Building on Thursday, September 14, 2023. On Thursday, Johnston unveiled his 2025 budget for the city which calls for tighter spending including not hiring for many vacant positions. The Denver city budget will grow only slightly in 2025, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston said Thursday as he unveiled a plan with the slowest projected growth rate in more than a decade, outside the pandemic.
The budget letter highlights specific buckets of spending aimed at Johnston’s oft-repeated key priorities — namely making the city more affordable, safer and more culturally vibrant. The allocation comes after Johnston earmarked $8.2 million to grow the police department by 167 officers this year.“You see almost a 30% reduction so far this year in nonfatal shootings,” he said.
“While this decrease is partly due to restructuring how some positions are funded, most of the decrease comes from un‐budgeting vacant positions,” Johnston wrote in the budget letter.
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