Fort Lupton council spends, and spends and spends

Golf carts, software among items on city’s shopping list

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton City Council agreed to spend $1.25 million.

In one night.

“A million and a quarter isn’t that much for two months,” said Councilman Carlos Barron before the voting began during the council’s Feb. 21 meeting.

e outlays were part of both the consent agenda (items the city considers “routine”) and on the “action agenda,” which is a formal approval and discussion of matters brought up during a previous week’s study session.

Among the expenses:

A $9,000 commitment with Neogov for new onboarding software that is part of the 2023 city budget;

A $278,000 payment to the Northern Colorado Water Conservation District for a carriage assessment on the Windy Gap project. It’s in Grand County and includes a diversion dam on the Colorado River, a 445-acre-foot reservoir and a pump plant. Six cities formed the Northern Water Municipal Subdistrict 50 years ago to nance and build the plant. Fort Lupton is one of the participating municipalities; Two Coyote Creek Golf Course requests (one for a tractor, one for a utility cart) totaling $63,000. Course Manager Tyler Tarpley said the tractor “was small and fairly old.”

“We don’t have enough carts,” he told the council. “We need more carts to drive people around.” e winning bid was $600 higher than the next-highest bid. But Tarpley said Masek, which secured the

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