Let’s talk about appropriations

The expenses that are allocated within a governmental budget are known as appropriations. Appropriations are decided upon by the legislative body that controls expenditures within a political entity. For example, the Arvada City Council controls appropriations for the city of Arvada. e Colorado General Assembly decides what monies shall be appropriated how and where for the state of Colorado. is is correct because the voters of the state of Colorado elected those legislators to make those decisions on their behalf just as the citizens of Arvada elected their City Council. ey act on behalf of the people who may then vote those o ceholders out if they feel it is necessary.

According to the Form 104 booklet issued by the Colorado Department of Revenue, the two largest appropriations in the Colorado State Budget are grouped together as