Financials
The Kiowa Fire Protection District Board of Directors and Fire Chief pride themselves on being responsible custodians of the taxpayers' dollars. The District works hard to ensure maximum public trust.
2026 Proposed Budget
Notice is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors for the Kiowa Fire Protection District, County of Elbert, State of Colorado, for the ensuing year of 2026. A copy of such budget has been filed in the District’s Administrative Office located at Kiowa Fire Station #1, 403 County Road 45, Kiowa, Colorado 80117, where same is open for public inspection. The final budget is scheduled to be adopted at a regular scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors for the Kiowa Fire Protection District, County of Elbert, State of Colorado, to be held at Kiowa Fire Station #1, 403 County Road 45, Kiowa, Colorado 80117, on December 11, 2025, at the hour of 6:00 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter. Any interested elector of the Kiowa Fire Protection District, County of Elbert, State of Colorado, may inspect
the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.
The District builds a budget at the end of each calendar year to provide a forecast of how the taxpayer's money will be spent. It includes a breakdown of operational costs ranging from staffing, to fire apparatus maintenance.
The District regularly contracts with an unbiased third party firm to perform financial audits. The District consistently scores exceptionally well on these reports. These audits are typically done in the middle of the year and review the financial transactions of the previous calendar year (e.g. 2023's audit was completed mid-2024). Copies of these reports can be found below: