Dave Donelson

Context

Associated municipality: Colorado Springs.

Councilmember, District 1. From the city website (retrieved 2026-10-22); verify.

Issues

• Old Colorado City DDA Dissolution (voted no; would support dissolution only if a mill levy fails or is impermissible)
• Project Taurus Data Center (criticized the postponement to April 13, 2027)
• Utilities Revenue Bond Issuance (seconded Ordinance 26-49)
• Electric Cost Adjustment Rates (seconded adoption)
• Furlough Day Elimination (supported the administration's proposal, opposed an extra paid day)
• 2027 City Budget Planning
• LART Tourism Contract Update
• Ethics Code Revisions
• Homelessness Response Action Plan (said housing and homelessness should be separated)
• Councilmember Out-Of-State Travel
• Net Metering Rate Case
• Ute Valley Park Rezone
• Southern Colorado Railyard Metropolitan Districts Oversight
• City Auditorium Lease Rent Abatement (supported)
• Project Taurus Data Center (asked to move the hearing date)

Log

• 2026-10-24 - September 8 and 21, 2026 work sessions: questions on many items, see Issues.

• 2026-10-24 - Votes and roles added from the September 22, 2026 minutes. Absent for the First Tee lease vote.

• 2026-10-22 - Page created from public sources.

• 2026-10-24 - August 10 and 11, 2026: voted against the Mark Dabling and Buckingham first readings (objecting to deferred rezoning presentations), moved to postpone the claims ordinances, supported the South Nevada security funding and questioned enforcement in the Clean and Safe briefing (2026-08-11 - City Council, 2026-08-10 - City Council Work Session). See South Nevada Corridor Security Funding, Downtown Clean Safe Pilot Program, City Parking Enterprise Overview.

• 2026-10-24 - July 14, 2026: moved to postpone and then pass the ethics ordinance on first reading, moved the boundary correction for the Old Colorado City DDA, voted to postpone its dissolution, and voted to deny the Briargate/Voyager rezoning (2026-07-14 - City Council, Briargate Voyager Multi-Family Rezone, Ethics Code Revisions). July 13: called abuse of City resources in the audit findings (Elected Official Audit Findings).

• 2026-10-24 - June 9, 2026: voted no on the child care center code ordinance and asked for presentations and hearings at first reading (Child Care Center Code Amendments, 2026-06-09 - City Council).

• 2026-10-24 - May 26, 2026: voted no on the Boulder Street vacation (Palmer High School Boulder Street Vacation), the child care ordinance first reading after three failed amendments (Child Care Center Code Amendments) and both Elevate Downtown actions (Elevate Downtown Neighborhood Plan); said he would not support the single stairway ordinance (Single Exit Stairway Code Adoption); won consensus for Huntsville travel (2026-05-26 - City Council Work Session).

• 2026-10-24 - April 28, 2026: voted no on the 750,000 dollar arrest settlement and on the Airport Road rezoning; moved the Law Enforcement Transparency Commission dissolution (Police Arrest Claim Settlement, Airport Road Multi-Family Rezone, Law Enforcement Transparency Commission Dissolution, 2026-04-28 - City Council).