Loveland council reverses decision, moves ahead with broadband

LOVELAND — The Loveland City Council will not ask city voters to approve moving forward with a city-operated broadband Internet utility and instead will forge ahead with a plan to issue bonds and build the network.

The decision of the council Tuesday night was a reversal of a preliminary decision made Oct. 23 to refer the issue to the voters.

Tuesday’s decision adopted a resolution to establish a city-owned retail broadband utility with regional collaboration and directed city staff to secure financing instruments to build and operate a broadband network. The 7-1 vote had council…