Repwatcher log
Repwatcher Log
Most notable events across all representatives — 80521, Fort Collins CO
Last updated: 2026-09-05 | Overwritten each update
Top Stories (as of Sept 5, 2026)
Six Poudre School District schools walked out over ICE on Sept 4 — including Poudre High and Fort Collins High — as part of a 200+ school statewide action. PSD's official posture is neutral: it "neither encourages nor discourages." This is the second wave this year; ~2,000 PSD students walked out in February.
The surveillance policy replacing Flock starts public engagement this month, and nobody has announced when. Colorado Humanities is facilitating community conversations "beginning in September." No dates, no locations, no registration published. Contact details below — this is the one worth getting ahead of.
Next week is dense at the county: Administrative Matters Tue Sept 8, 9 AM, then a joint Commissioners/Planning Commission Work Session Wed Sept 9, 6–10 PM on data center regulations, manufactured housing, legislative rezoning, and strategic growth and water supply.
Fire restrictions lapse 11:59 PM Sept 8 in unincorporated Larimer County, with no renewal item on any posted agenda. Sept 8 is the last board meeting before they expire.
Sept 15 is two council meetings, not one — Regular Meeting 6:00 PM (Ordinance 118, votes, public comment) then a Work Session at 7:00 PM. Corrects last run's read of the calendar.
Mail ballots start going out Oct 2. First hard date on the Nov 3 general.
Neguse and Polis are trying to stop a roundup that starts Sept 10 — a Sept 3 letter asking BLM to freeze wild horse helicopter gathers, specifically the Sand Wash Basin operation.
Bennet's disaster declaration came through — federal aid for the Aspen Acres and Gold Mountain fires, announced Sept 4. Open item since Aug 24, now closed.
The 1A roll call is still missing — day thirteen.
Deadlines Board
| Date | What | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Sept 7, 4:30 PM | County phone-comment registration for Sept 8 Admin Matters | Labor Day — offices closed |
| Mon Sept 7, 5:00 PM | PSD Board speaker sign-up for Sept 8 meeting | Diligent portal |
| Tue Sept 8, 11:59 PM | Larimer fire restrictions expire | — |
| Thu Sept 10, 5:00 PM | Sept 15 Council agenda posts; speaker sign-up opens | — |
| Thu Sept 10 | BLM Sand Wash Basin wild horse roundup may begin | — |
| Fri Sept 18, noon | TABOR pro/con statements on Ballot Issue 1A | Larimer Elections |
| Fri Sept 18 | SoS deadline to act on Kipp's deepfake complaint | — |
| Mon Sept 15, 5:30 PM | Council speaker sign-up closes (Ordinance 118) | — |
| Fri Oct 2 | Mail ballots begin going out | — |
New This Window (Sept 4 → Sept 5)
Statewide Student Walkout Reached Fort Collins
Students at more than 200 Colorado schools, from Brush to Grand Junction, walked out at noon Friday Sept 4 demanding federal immigration agents stay away from campuses. Six Poudre School District schools participated, including Poudre High School and Fort Collins High School.
Organized by the Colorado Youth Coalition, co-founded this year by Bre Kennedy, a 16-year-old Grandview High School junior, together with Kids Know Rights.
PSD's response was studiedly neutral. A district spokesperson said PSD was "aware" of the walkouts, which it "neither encourages nor discourages" — the same posture it applies to student demonstrations on any topic. No board statement has been issued, and the board's next meeting is Sept 8.
The Denver gathering at La Alma-Lincoln Park drew hundreds and turned rough: Denver Police logged five assaults or altercations, two graffiti citations, and three hospitalizations, with no arrests. Nothing comparable was reported in Fort Collins.
Elsewhere in the state, some students also protested Flock surveillance — the same technology Fort Collins cancelled in June. Nothing indicates that element was present at the PSD schools.
- Source: KUNC · Colorado Newsline · Colorado Sun · Westword
- See: PSD Board - Jessica Zamora
The Flock Replacement Policy — How to Get Into the Room
This is the item most worth acting on, because the participation window is opening now and unannounced.
After Council voted 6-1 in June to cancel the Flock Safety contract, and all 15 city-owned license plate readers came out in July, the City began drafting a replacement surveillance policy. Two channels are being used: the Citizen Review Board, and a series of community conversations facilitated by Colorado Humanities, expected to begin in September. No dates, locations, or registration links have been published anywhere — not on fcgov.com, not on the City's Engage platform.
Ways in, in rough order of usefulness:
| Channel | Contact |
|---|---|
| Colorado Humanities, Conversations Programs Coordinator | LaNaya Butler — lanaya@coloradohumanities.org, 303-894-7951 x13 |
| Citizen Review Board (schedule + staff liaison) | fcgov.com/cityclerk/boards/citizen-review |
| Written comment to full Council | cityleaders@fortcollins.gov |
| Your councilmember directly | Anne Nelsen — anelsen@fortcollins.gov, 970-817-8784 |
The City is also weighing hiring a technology specialist to vet future public-safety tools for vulnerabilities before adoption. District 5's Amy Hoeven: "We want to make sure that people who do know that ever-changing, rapidly changing technology can really point out any vulnerabilities."
- Source: Rocky Mountain Collegian · KUNC · Colorado Humanities
- See: Fort Collins City Council - Anne Nelsen · Flock Camera Vote — Meeting Attendance Guide
Larimer County: Two Meetings, Four Growth Fights
The commissioners' calendar has populated past Sept 5.
Tuesday Sept 8, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM — Administrative Matters. Hearing Room, 1st Floor, 200 W Oak St. Includes Legal Matters with County Attorney William Ressue. Comment in person, by email, or by phone — phone registration required by 4:30 PM Monday Sept 7, which is Labor Day with county offices closed. bcc-admin@larimer.org / (970) 498-7010.
Wednesday Sept 9, 6:00 – 10:00 PM — joint Commissioners / Planning Commission Work Session. Hybrid, Zoom available. All four topics are growth policy:
| Topic | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Data center regulations | County has no data center definitions or rules at all |
| Manufactured housing preservation | Affordable housing stock protection |
| Legislative rezoning | County-initiated zone changes |
| Strategic growth + water supply elements | Comprehensive plan revision |
On data centers specifically: the Land Use Code contains no definitions or regulations for the use. After a Feb 9 public hearing the Board extended a temporary moratorium to Aug 25, 2026, then on July 13 extended it again to February 25, 2027 while staff draft standards. Open questions are water consumption for cooling, electrical load, noise/aesthetics/heat nuisance, and siting. The formal survey closed June 12, but the comment channel remains open and comments become part of the legal record: datacenter@publicinput.com or voicemail 855-925-2801, project code 6408.
- Source: Commissioners' schedule · Data center moratorium · Data center engagement portal
- See: Larimer County Commissioner - Jody Shadduck McNally · Larimer County Commissioner - John Kefalas
Fire Restrictions Expire Tuesday Night
Restrictions adopted May 6 and extended 2-0 in July run to 11:59 PM Sept 8, 2026 across all three fire management zones. No renewal item has appeared on any posted BOCC agenda. The Sept 8 Administrative Matters meeting is the last board session before they lapse.
Ballot Issue 1A — First Hard Date
Mail ballots go out starting October 2, 2026 for the Nov 3 general. The Clerk describes the measure officially as a 0.3% countywide sales and use tax to support community resilience and community needs — wildfire protection, natural disaster preparedness, road and bridge safety. Exempts groceries for home consumption, gasoline, diapers, prescription drugs and feminine hygiene products. $34.5M/year, no sunset, de-Bruced.
TABOR pro/con statements are due noon Friday Sept 18 — Larimer Elections, (970) 498-7820 / elections@larimer.org.
Roll call still unpublished — day thirteen since the Aug 25 referral.
One caution: a "Vote NO on Larimer County Ballot Issue 1A" piece circulating from the Larimer League of Independent Voters is dated October 2024 and argues against the transportation 1A — a different measure with the same number. No organized campaign on the 2026 measure has surfaced.
Council: Sept 15 Is Two Meetings
The Municode calendar now shows the Regular Meeting at 6:00 PM and a separate Work Session at 7:00 PM on Sept 15 — stacked, not concurrent as last run's entry read. The Work Session page is still bare. Only the Regular Meeting carries votes and public comment.
Ordinance 118 (Land Use Code shift of residential uses to Basic Development Review, postponed 5-1 on Sept 1) remains the item. Agenda posts Thursday Sept 10 at 5:00 PM; speaker sign-up opens the same moment and closes 5:30 PM Sept 15 at fortcollins.gov/Government/City-Council/Council-Meetings. Written comment: cityleaders@fortcollins.gov. Zoom and FCTV 14/881.
The Sept 8 Work Session (Community Survey, E-Moto, EDIP, Safe Parking) is unchanged — discussion only, no public comment period.
- Source: Municode calendar
- See: Fort Collins City Council - Anne Nelsen · Fort Collins Mayor - Emily Francis
Neguse: A Roundup Starting Sept 10
A Sept 3 joint letter from Neguse and Gov. Polis to top federal officials calls for an "immediate freeze on upcoming roundups" of wild horses, and specifically asks BLM to call off a helicopter gather scheduled to begin as soon as September 10 in the Sand Wash Basin herd management area in northern Colorado near the Wyoming line.
800 wild horses were captured and removed from northwestern Colorado public lands in August alone. The summer's roundups are costing roughly $900,000. Rep. Brittany Pettersen's office pushed in parallel.
Separately, Neguse introduced the SMASH 2.0 Act on Sept 2, referred to Energy and Commerce. No press release; text not yet posted. H.R. 10214 (Sept 1, Public Lands Corps cost-sharing) has had no further action. The House remains in recess.
- Source: Colorado Sun (Sept 3) · Neguse press releases · Rep. Pettersen
- See: US Representative - Joe Neguse
Bennet: Disaster Aid Approved
Sept 4 statement welcoming federal disaster aid for the Aspen Acres and Gold Mountain fires — closing an item open since Aug 24, when Bennet led the entire Colorado delegation in backing the state's Major Disaster Declaration request. He commented as a senior Agriculture Committee member.
Also Sept 4: civic-engagement conversations in Denver with young professionals and students.
- Source: Bennet news
- See: US Senator - Michael Bennet
No News This Window
- Cathy Kipp — nothing new. The Secretary of State's Sept 18 deadline to act on her deepfake complaint against the Independence Institute stands.
- Andrew Boesenecker — nothing new. Legislature out of session since May 13.
- John Hickenlooper — nothing since the Sept 3 cost-of-living report.
- PSD Board other than the walkout — Havelda, Schoenbauer, Baise, Ziegler, Spain, Gurkan. Gurkan's District F appointment remains unannounced with no email listed.