The Colorado Springs City Council and Mayor Yemi Mobolade continue to split over how to budget the incoming sales tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales.

In 2022, Colorado Springs voters established a 5% sales tax for the future sale of retail marijuana in the city. The approved ballot measure limited the use of the tax revenue to three areas: public safety, mental health services and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for veterans.

Even with only three categories to spend the funds in, the Mayor's Office and the City Council have taken strongly divergent views on how to split the tax revenue. Mobolade has suggested keeping the money with city departments to deal with the current budget shortfalls, while the council voted Tuesday for an approach that leaned more on public-pr

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