Boulder City Council Unveils 2026 Priorities
Boulder, CO — January 31, 2026 — The Boulder City Council has announced six key priorities for 2026, focusing on wildfire preparedness and energy resilience.
Boulder City Council Unveils 2026 Priorities
The Boulder City Council has announced six key priorities for 2026, focusing on wildfire preparedness and energy resilience. This streamlined approach is due to the shorter council term and preparations for hosting the first Sundance Film Festival in Boulder. The council emphasized addressing power outages, particularly those linked to Xcel Energy, which significantly affected local businesses during a December windstorm. Additionally, potential changes to the tipped minimum wage are under consideration, following a new Colorado law delegating that authority to individual cities. Past councils have typically outlined many more priorities, but this year’s council narrowed their list to what staff could realistically achieve within the limited timeframe. Priorities such as commercial vacancies and snowplowing were deferred for future consideration.
