Great Western Metropolitan District

A budget for each special district is required to be submitted to the Division of Local Government on an annual basis. The budget must contain revenues, expenditures, and fund balances. Each budget must also contain a message of significant budget issues for the year, the basis of accounting, and any leases that the district is involved in. A draft budget must be presented to the board of directors by October 15th. A hearing is set for public comment thereafter. The budget document must then be adopted by December 31st (Dec 15th if levying property taxes) and submitted to the Division of Local Government by January 31st of the budget year. Special district budgets are available for review at the office of the special district, or at the Division of Local Government’s Denver office.

Link to DLG website – For comprehensive documentation, please visit DOLA's website and enter the District's Name in the "Local Government Name" box: https://dola.colorado.gov/dlg_lgis_ui_pu/

District No. 1 

Mill Levy: 00 

General Fund: $973,955

Water Enterprise Fund: $91,415

Capital Projects Fund: $5,950,000

District No. 2

Mill Levy: 35.172

General Fund: $153,876

District No. 3

Mill Levy: 35.192

General Fund: $13,658

District No. 4

Mill Levy: 26.058

General Fund: $284,979

District No. 5

Mill Levy: 36.388

General Fund: $474,313

Debt Service Fund: $1,093,559

District No. 6

Mill Levy: 20.788

General Fund: $825,015

District No. 7

Mill Levy: 11.433

General Fund: $81,902

District No. 8

Mill Levy: 49.303

General Fund: $2,753

District No. 9

Mill Levy: 42.824

General Fund: $2,549

District No. 10

Mill Levy: 41.570

General Fund: $2,285

District No. 11

Mill Levy: 41.764

General Fund: $2,129

A Budget Amendment (BA) is the mechanism used to revise the working budget to reflect changes that occur throughout the fiscal year. Once the working budget is completed, it can only be changed by Budget Amendment. Budget amendments are occasionally necessary and should be filed with the Division of Local Government (DLG) when adopted by a local government.

An annual audit of the financial affairs of the district must be completed by every District by June 30 and filed with the Office of the State Auditor by July 31.

A district that has annual revenues or expenditures of less than $750,000 may apply to the Office of the State Auditor for an exemption from audit. The exemption is not automatic, it must be granted, and the request must be filed by March 31.