The Denver City Council will ask Mayor Mike Johnston for major revisions to his 2026 budget proposal , including restoring rent assistance money he planned to cut and growing the budget for the Office of the Clerk and Recorder by millions of dollars.

Council members considered 35 potential amendments to the mayor’s budget proposal during a meeting Thursday and ultimately agreed to ask him to consider 16 of them. All together, the changes would add about $18.7 million in costs to the proposed $1.7 billion general fund, which is the part of the city budget that covers many day-to-day expenses.

The requests come during a tight budget year for the city. Johnston announced in May that his staff estimated there would be a $200 million revenue shortfall in the coming year. In August, his a

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