2027 Climate Action Budget

At a glance

Based on uploaded (human-made) captions; staff names are garbled, so staff are identified by role.

What: a proposed $500,000 initial climate commitment for 2027 within the Office of Financial Services budget, funded from the renegotiated Xcel Energy franchise agreement.
Where it stands: presented 2026-10-14; no vote.
Next: budget decisions later in the fall.

A climate director position, since the city has embedded climate work in departments and lost its prior program manager role.
A climate response fund (a separate line in an existing special fund) for grant matches and added decarbonization features, with administration and council oversight.
Subscriptions for the climate dashboard, an urban sustainability network and a local governments for sustainability group.
The adopted climate action and resilience plan (unanimously adopted last May) is the basis.

Vice Chair Yang supported a director and response fund and asked how the fund is tracked.
Chair Johnson asked about rumors that the climate director had been cut; staff knew of none.

About 10 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-14 - Budget Committee	10

2026-10-14 - Budget Committee - Climate coordinator presented the $500,000 proposal; Vice Chair Yang and Chair Johnson asked questions.

Staff said a climate proposal will come from the Office of Financial Services; no details were presented.