The El Paso County Assessor’s Office has changed the El Paso County DS056 (Regular Business Form) and DS060 (Lessor Business Form) for the 2008 tax year.
The changes are expected to make it easier for business owners to complete and submit the forms.
Taxpayers owning more than $2,500 in total actual value of personal property per county […]
Read: Assessor’s Office changes personal property declaration forms
The El Paso County Board of Commissioners will discuss proposed mandates and balancing options to the county’s revised 2008 budget when it meets Thursday.
Earlier this month, the board voted to furlough more than 100 county employees during the weeks of Christmas and Thanksgiving after a shortfall forced it to shave $4.1 million to balance its […]
Denver voters recently passed half a billion dollars worth of bond initiatives, including $70 million to pay for reconstruction of Boettcher Concert hall.
So why does Colorado Springs have to moan and groan over even the slightest tax increase?
Everyone around here knows that one of the biggest hurdles to getting any tax increase passed is Doug […]
City Council decided last night to forego a proposal to cut 14,000 hours of municipal bus service, which means, among other things, that the free downtown shuttle will remain in operation.
Officials had planned to cut $1.3 million of expenses from the city’s bus service budget to cover a revenue shortfall. The downtown shuttle service would […]
El Paso County officials are considering a one-week, non-paid furlough of all non-essential employees to help make up an unanticipated $4.1 million budget shortfall.
Such a move could affect about 770 employees who do not work in public safety or health and human services, or 35 percent of the county’s 2,329 full-time workers.
The furlough is only […]
The free downtown shuttle service could come to an end early next year.
The city’s public transportation arm, Mountain Metropolitan Transit, had planned to pay for the shuttle’s operation cost starting in 2008, but proposed 2008 public transportation cuts to cover a $1.3 million budget shortfall include eliminating the shuttle service.
Proponents of the free service say […]
The latest fatal and nonfatal injury figures
Nonfatal injuries and illnesses, private industry
Total recordable cases
4,085,400 in 2006
Cases involving days away from work
1,183,500 in 2006
Cases involving sprains, strains, tears
503,530 in 2005
Cases involving injuries to […]
Gov. Bill Ritter’s administration has begun implementing recommendations from the Government Efficiency and Management Performance Review.
The $750,000 study is expected to pay for itself many times over, thanks to savings that will be realized from hundreds of “common sense suggestions” that came from state employees. Among them:
Provide the Department of Health Care Policy and Financings […]
Read: State efficiency review suggestions to save $90 million
The Pikes Peak region represents a small geographic section of the state – but a proportionally larger share of the state’s population and earnings, according to a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs study.
The report, which was commissioned by the Colorado Association of Realtors, details the statewide and regional economic impact of the real estate […]
Read: Pikes Peak region a big contributor to state’s earnings