City manager to present State of the City March 15
Golden City Manager Mike Bestor will present State of the City from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, at Three Tomatoes at Fossil Trace Golf Club, 3050 Illinois St.
Bestor’s presentation is part of a luncheon meeting by the Golden Chamber of Commerce. Bestor will recap 2006’s revenues and expenditures and 2007’s revenue projections, capitol improvement projects and economic development updates.
City staff members will be available to answer questions.
The luncheon costs $20 for chamber members and $25 for nonmembers. Reservations can be made by calling the chamber at 303-279-3113.
Two residents elected to county budget review panel
The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners has appointed two local residents to its Citizen Budget Review Panel.
The panel provides a fresh analysis of programs and services that the county provides to citizens, county officials state in a news release.
Marian Olson and Dick Sargent of Golden and five other county residents will review the county’s entire financial picture and providing ideas for increasing efficiency and effectiveness, enhancing revenues and cutting costs.
With declining growth and revenues in the financial forecast, Jefferson County is challenged to look even closer at the way it does business, officials state.
In the past few years, expenses have outpaced the county’s consistent sources of revenue, a trend that the county is working to reverse.
The panel has been meeting weekly and hopes to conclude its work in early spring.
Colorado Garden Show awards two local grants
Two Golden organizations received grants from nonprofit Colorado Garden Show Inc., which produces the annual Colorado Garden and Home Show.
Compass Montessori Golden School received $6,000 for waterwise plants in its farm-learning program; and Golden Pioneer Museum received $2,500 for new planting beds on the museum’s wing.