Emily Tracy, City Council of Cañon City

09/13/2025

COMMUNITY AGENCY FUNDING

The City of Cañon City is accepting applications for Community Agency Funding for 2026.

The purpose of this program is to support charitable groups and organizations to directly benefit the health and well-being of Cañon City residents and neighborhoods. Available funds will be considered based on the following categories: Community Service, Youth Education, and Quality of Life.

To be eligible for funding, the organization must be an established 501(c)(3) at the time of application.

Applications and supporting documentation must be received by the Finance Director no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.

For more information and to download an application, visit https://www.canoncity.org/329/Community-Agency-Funding.

09/05/2025

Starting Monday, September 8, 2025, 3 Rocks Engineering crew will be going door to door on the 700-1100 blocks of Macon Avenue, asking residents to either self-identify their water service line material or request that the 3 Rocks staff identify the water service line material where it enters the building foundation. All 3 Rocks Staff will have City-issued badges that can be used for identification. If unable to contact a resident, the next step will be to pothole or dig three feet from the property’s meter pit or curbstop.

This is being done in partnership with the City to identify the remaining water service lines that have an unknown material. This project is to comply with the State’s Lead and Copper Rule as it has become priority to remove lead service lines in the area.

If you have any questions about the project, please contact Travis Payne, Canon City Water Superintendent at [email protected] or call (719)269-9019.

09/04/2025

09/03/2025

Good info about the proposed excise tax that would help fund operations at the community pool. City Council will discuss the proposed ordinance in committee at 6 tonight. The excise tax only goes into effect if City voters say “yes” in November.

08/28/2025

Community members got their first look at what a proposed new public swimming pool could look like, and what it could cost to use it, during a community presentation and open house Tuesday night at…

08/27/2025

News release sent to local media outlets today:

"Due to a medical emergency and continuing hospitalization of a family member, Emily Tracy has announced that she will not seek re-election to the City Council of Cañon City in November and will not appear on the ballot.

“I regret that I cannot continue my campaign for re-election. I wish the best to continuing Council members, to those who will be elected in November, and to City staff,” Tracy said. “I will complete my current term through December 2025.”

08/26/2025

The Cañon City Recreation and Park District's Community Pool Design Workshop will be held today, Tuesday, August 26 at 6pm at the Cañon City Middle School (CCMS) Auditorium.

08/22/2025

UPDATED: Felines now included in Cañon City's animal cruelty ordinances

The Cañon City Council approved a municipal ordinance regarding cruelty to cats. At the July 21st meeting, Council Members approved on second reading the new ordinance. Part of it includes language that "it is unlawful for any person to knowingly, recklessly, or negligently torment, torture, needlessly mutilate, needlessly kill, deprive of necessary sustenance, unnecessarily or cruelly beat,
allow to be housed in a manner that results in or may reasonably result in physical harm, carry or confine in or upon any vehicles in a cruel or reckless manner or otherwise mistreat or neglect any cat, or causes or procures it to be done or, having the charge or custody of any cat, fail to provide it with proper food, drink, or protection from weather, or abandon a cat within the City.” The ordinance also makes it illegal to poison or attempt to poison a cat. If there is reasonable suspicion to believe there has been a violation of the ordinance, the cat may be taken by a Community Services
Officer (Animal Control) and impounded at the Humane Society.

This post serves as notice of a 30 day "educational" period to advise citizens of this ordinance. Enforcement will begin September 17th.

Questions or requests for more information concerning this new ordinance may be directed to the Community Services Unit at 719-276-5600, Option #3

08/19/2025

"Chat with the Chief" coming soon!

The Cañon City Police Department is excited to share another opportunity to interact with our community! We are launching a new Facebook Live broadcast with CCPD Police Chief John Schick. The premiere airing will be on Thursday, August 28th at 6pm. Chief Schick will be joined by CCPD Crime Analyst Sterling Jenkins. They will be discussing criminal activity in the community, crime statistics and how that information is obtained.

Residents may submit questions prior to the event by emailing them to: [email protected] or by adding the question to the comment section of this post. Additionally, you may send us questions during the broadcast.

We will be rolling out more Chat with the Chief live broadcasts soon! Be watching for them and share your thoughts for future topics 😃

08/17/2025

City Council meets tomorrow, Monday, August 18th at 6 p.m.

Items to be discussed include:
Employee Recognitions, Excise Tax Ordinance Referral, Water Rate Structure Ordinance Referral, Drinking Water Revolving Fund Loan Agreement, Excise Tax Ballot Language, Title 17 Amendments, Title 9 Amendments, 2024 Budget Amendments.

View the agenda:
https://www.canoncity.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_08182025-994

Join via Zoom:
https://zoom.us/j/86741179850