Denver Mayor Mike Johnston didn’t veto any of the City Council’s 10 amendments to his proposed 2026 budget , according to a letter he wrote to the council Friday.

That effectively means the budget process is complete, pending a final vote from the council on Monday. Even without the elected body’s vote, the city budget will go into effect that day.

“The 2026 budget process has been one of the most challenging our city has faced,” Johnston wrote.

That sentiment echoes comments from City Council members earlier this week, who spent nearly seven hours considering 27 amendments to the budget on Monday. They ultimately approved 10 of them.

Most of those individual amendments made changes of $1 million or less. The council voted to give an additional $2.7 million to restore the Office of

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