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Riverdale Ridge class of 2023 graduates show off their newly acquired diplomas at the end of the ceremony May 22 at the University of Colorado Event Center in Boulder. See PHOTO BY BELEN WARD more photos on page 7.
Brighton gets police sales tax update the city’s Police Department, coun- pitch the idea to residents. City survey shows support tocilors were told May 23. Residents were asked to complete Councilors are considering asking a survey at the end of each meeting. for dedicated $2 million tax voters this November if they’d sup- Results are available on the city’s STAFF REPORT
A Brighton survey conducted at public meetings this spring seems to support a sales tax increase dedicated
port a tax – an increase in either sales taxes or property taxes – to help pay police department costs. The city hosted a number of community meetings in April and May that gave the department a chance to
webpage, at www.brightonco.gov/ publicsafetysurveyresults. Police Chief Matthew Domenico presented the results to the City Council at the May 23 meeting. It showed that 78% of people that took
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the survey rate the department as doing a good job. The survey results showed that 63% would support a sales tax increase ballot measure for the Brighton Police Department. According to Domenico, the ballot measure would ask voters to approve SEE UPDATE, P3
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