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Weekly Introduction
Fort Collins City Council updates include July salary increases tied to area median income, the planned shutdown of the city’s open data website with migration to a GIS portal, and the appointment of Kristy Volesky as Deputy Police Chief. The city is also developing a surveillance governance policy with a public engagement process and November timeline, while council members prepare for upcoming events and discussions on surveillance data retention, regional rail, and housing planning.
This Week’s Updates
Item #1 – City Councilor Salaries Receive Annual Cost of Living Adjustment
City council member compensation is based on Area Median Income for the Fort Collins and Loveland areas as set by HUD. Salaries are updated every July. New salaries are as follows: Mayor: $68,474.90; Mayor Pro Tem: $54,779.40; Councilmember: $45,650.02.
Tag(s): #2026; #CityCouncil
Source(s): Council Email Dated June 02, 2026
Item #2 – City to Discontinue opendata.fcgov.com
One of City of Fort Collins’ open-source data platforms will be discontinued June 30, 2026. Data will be migrated over to the city GIS open data portal at https://city-of-fort-collins-gis-fcgov.hub.arcgis.com/pages/open-data
The Open Data portal currently provides access to the city’s data catalog, covering data such as water quality data, water demand data, economic health data, environmental data and GIS data, among others.
Fort Colins Report has requested more information from the city about what will happen to the data and what went into the decision to discontinue the site.
Tag(s): #2026; #CityCouncil, #Transparency
Item #3 – Kristy Volesky Named New Deputy Chief
Chief Swoboda has selected Kristy Volesky as the next Deputy Chief. Deputy Chief Greg Yeager was selected as the new Police Chief for Couer d’Alene, Idaho and he starts June 1st.
Tag(s): #2026; #FCPS
Source(s):Kelly DiMartino email dated June 3, 2026; John Feyen email dated May 21, 2026; Yeager accepts CDA police chief job | Coeur d’Alene Press (April 30, 2026).
Item #4 – City Council Surveillance Policy Memo Included with June 9, 2026, Mail Packet
Included in the June 9, 2026, mail packet, is a memo drafted by Assistant City Manager Rupa Venkatesh that provides city council with a timeline for a surveillance governance policy. The projected timeline delivers a resolution to city council by November 2026. The city has entered initial conversations to develop a city hosted dialogue series in which 3-4 community conversation events will be held with 20 to 25 participants in each session.
The proposed policy will define what constitutes surveillance technology, take an inventory of technologies currently employed by the City, create an acceptable use policy for each technology, and establish public reporting mechanisms for each technology.
July 28, 2026 – Council work session to update council on progress.
Tag(s): #2026; #CityCouncil, #Transparency; #Surveillance; #Flock
Source(s): Memo – Mail Packet – 06/09/2026 – Memorandum from Rupa Venkatesh re Surveillance Governance Policy Update: Surveillance Governance Policy Update
Item #5 – SECC Groundbreaking and Upcoming Council Planning
Mayor Francis, Mayor Pro Tem Pignataro, and Councils Conway, and Fudge will attend the Southeast Community Center groundbreaking, held on June 10 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM near Twin Silo Park at Fossil Ridge High School. Similarly, Francis, Conway, and Hoeven will attend the Bloom Groundbreaking – Habitat Homes on June 11 at 4:00 PM.
Per the Council planning calendar, the June 16 meeting will cover data retention of the Flock Surveillance camera network, express support for the Front Range Passenger rail distrct, and discuss the DOLA Housing Planning Grant Program.
Tag(s): #2026; #CityCouncil, #Transparency; #Calendar
Source(s): Mail Packet – 06/09/2026 – City Council Events Calendar for June – December 2026; Mail Packet – 06/09/2026 – City Council Planning Calendar for June 9 – August 25, 2026
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