City Of Colorado Springs: City Names 12 Individuals To Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee

Press release from the City of Colorado Springs:

2022-01-26

First meeting set for February 2

The City of Colorado Springs has named 12 individuals to the Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee following the November passage of Ballot Issue 2D.

This committee will assist the Colorado Springs Fire Department in allocating funding.

The ballot measure allowed the City to retain and spend up to $20M to create a city-wide and regional wildfire mitigation and prevention program to be managed by the Colorado Springs Fire Department.

The Advisory Board will work in coordination with Mayor John Suthers and Colorado Springs Fire Department Chief Randy Royal, Fire Marshall Brett Lacey and Wildfire Program Administrator Ashely Whitworth to pursue and accomplish the goals and objectives of the project. 

The members named to the committee are as follow:

Councilmembers Dave Donelson and Stephannie Fortune will serve as non-voting Council liaisons.

The first meeting which will take place February 2 at 2 p.m. at 375 Printers Pkwy.

This press release was produced by the City of Colorado Springs. The views expressed here are the author’s own.