New Castle meeting summaries, agendas, and minutes

New Castle agenda lists $760,381.54 in monthly bills; recent meeting outcomes not yet posted

New Castle's Town Council agendas from the past two weeks include a six-figure batch of monthly bills, a 2027 budget discussion and a slate of outside presentations — but no minutes have been published for those meetings, so none of the outcomes are confirmed in the records supplied. The Planning and Zoning Commission's Oct. 14 meeting was cancelled outright. What follows is drawn from agendas, not from approved minutes.

Town Council: $760,381.54 in monthly bills on the consent agenda

The council's regular meeting agenda for Oct. 6, 2026, lists approval of monthly bills totaling $760,381.54 on the consent agenda, along with minutes from the Sept. 15, 2026 meeting. The agenda also schedules a discussion of the 2027 budget. Presentations were listed from the Garfield County RE2 Ballot Issue Committee, area pastors, Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, Garfield Clean Energy and the Maintain Our County Libraries Committee. Most remaining items are staff and commission reports with no decisions listed. Because minutes are not yet published, no vote tally or final outcome is available.

Work session: Police Department tour and council photos

A separate Town Council work session was set for Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, at 6:00 PM. The only listed agenda item was a Police Department tour and Council photos. No decisions, votes, contracts or public hearings were scheduled in the supplied agenda.

Planning and Zoning Commission meeting cancelled

The Planning and Zoning Commission meeting scheduled for Oct. 14, 2026, was cancelled. The next regularly scheduled meeting is set for Oct. 28, 2026.

Climate and Environment Commission: budget and bag fee update

The Climate and Environment Commission was scheduled to meet Oct. 15, 2026, to review the 2026 budget and bag fee update. Listed items also included discussion of an Oct. 10, 2026 trash clean-up, scheduling of a November three-hour worksession, and approval of Sept. 17, 2026 minutes. No minutes have been published, so no outcome is established.

Coming up

• **Monday, Oct. 19 — Historic Preservation Commission:** The meeting was cancelled. A special commission meeting is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 26, 2026.
• **Tuesday, Oct. 20 — Town Council:** The agenda lists discussion of the Comprehensive Plan with the Town Attorney, consideration of EV charging station guidelines, a letter of support for the Garfield County RE2 Ballot Issue Committee, and liquor license renewals for Maverik Group LLC and Pick & Duck LLC.
• **Tuesday, Oct. 20 — Town Council work session:** The agenda lists a discussion of the 2026 budget and an update regarding Mountain Waste & Recycling.

Residents who want the confirmed record rather than the agenda should check for published minutes of the Oct. 6 and Oct. 15 meetings; as of today those minutes were not available in the supplied materials.

New Castle council agenda includes five grant resolutions; several meetings cancelled

The New Castle Town Council's Aug. 18 agenda included resolutions supporting five grant applications for projects ranging from a park safety and wayfinding effort to a new playground and a Main Street sidewalk connection. The council also held a separate work session that day with updates from the Clerk's Office and Public Works, and no decisions were scheduled. Minutes from both meetings have not yet been published, so the outcomes of the resolutions are not yet known.

Town Council

The council's regular meeting on Aug. 18 listed five resolutions, each supporting a grant application:

• Resolution TC 2026-13: Support for a Mini Grant from Garfield County FMLD for the New Castle Park Safety and Wayfinding Project.
• Resolution TC 2026-14: Support for a Traditional Grant from Garfield County FMLD for the purchase of a utility hook truck.
• Resolution TC 2026-15: Support for a joint grant with Riverside Middle School for a new playground.
• Resolution TC 2026-16: Support for an RFTA grant for a solid-surface LOVA Trail segment west of the Elk Creek Pedestrian Bridge.
• Resolution TC 2026-17: Support for an RFTA First and Last Mile Mobility Grant for Main Street sidewalk connection planning and engineering.

The agenda also included executive sessions to evaluate the Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Town Administrator, as well as action on a liquor license renewal and approval of meeting minutes. No vote tallies or dollar amounts were listed in the agenda.

Earlier the same day, the council held a work session with updates from the Clerk's Office and Public Works. That agenda was described as procedural and informational, with no decisions or votes scheduled.

Other meetings

The New Castle Climate and Environment Commission met virtually on Aug. 20. Its agenda included a recycling and compost update from the July 16 meeting, consideration of the Aug. 27 Community Market compost and recycle event, Burning Mountain Festival parade logistics, and the October Fall Clean-up. The commission also planned to approve the July 16 minutes.

Several meetings were cancelled during the period. The Planning and Zoning Commission cancelled its Aug. 12 meeting, and the Historic Preservation Commission cancelled its Aug. 17 meeting. The Historic Preservation Commission's next meeting is scheduled for Sept. 21.

Coming up

The Planning and Zoning Commission's Aug. 26 meeting has also been cancelled. The next regularly scheduled meeting for that commission is set for Sept. 9. The Historic Preservation Commission's next meeting is Sept. 21. No other upcoming meetings were listed in the provided materials.