(PUEBLO, Colo.) — The Mayor of Pueblo Heather Graham spoke about cuts to nonprofits in the Pueblo 2025 City Budget.

According to the Mayor, the City Council asked Mayor Graham to make budget cuts, and upon further review and consideration of the sales tax reports for each month of 2023, agreed with the City Council.

Mayor Graham said since taking office, she has worked with a nonprofit coordinator to do a deep dive into the requests from non-departmental and nonprofit organizations, which helped guide the 2025 budget proposal.

The Mayor’s Office proposed a return to 2019 or pre-pandemic numbers to give a baseline of how to fund appropriately.

“We greatly value our nonprofit partners, but in the wake of budget cuts the City is making less contributions across the board to ensure essential City services are still delivered and excellent care for our citizens with our everyday obligations as municipal government are still upheld,” said Mayor Graham.

The budget cuts are due to a loss of revenue due to sales tax decreasing in 2024 and a look at projects ahead in 2025.