Broomfield adopts $632.5 million 2027 budget with 1.5% operating increase
The budget projects modest overall revenue growth and directs about 75% of five-year capital investment to existing infrastructure. Staff said savings would help maintain services.
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Broomfield City Council adopted a $632.5 million 2027 budget Oct. 27, with a 1.5% increase in operating expenses. The budget appropriates $632,512,750 across city and county funds under Resolution 2026-129 and its budget materials. The council approved it 9-0, and staff presented the budget at the meeting..
Staff described about $15.6 million in savings and efficiencies identified over the past two years, including about $4.6 million in ongoing savings and $11 million in one-time reductions. Staff said these efforts helped keep the operating-budget increase to just over 1.5% while maintaining current service levels.
Staff characterized projected revenue growth overall as modest and roughly flat. The budget forecasts $97.3 million in sales-tax revenue and $57 million in property-tax revenue, both above the 2026 revised budget, while anticipating lower intergovernmental revenue as temporary grant funding tapers.
About 75% of the five-year capital plan is for maintaining, repairing, rehabilitating or replacing existing infrastructure; the remaining 25% is for new projects. The budget materials cite roadway asphalt patching as one example. Staff said new projects would be weighed against infrastructure needs, available funds, community priorities and future operating and maintenance costs.
At the same meeting, the council approved a separate 7% increase to water, sewer, reclaimed-water and stormwater rates, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Staff estimated the change would add about $9.30 to a typical single-family household’s monthly bill. The rate increase is separate from the general budget.