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Council adopts 2026 budget with amendments; approves tax levies and multiple resolutions

PuebloNov 24, 20254 min read

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At the November 24, 2025 Pueblo City Council regular meeting, the Council approved the 2026 budget ordinance with multiple amendments, adopted city and special-district mill levies, approved consent-agenda contract amendments (including Riverwalk remodel and fire-station design services), authorized small contingency payments to local nonprofit programs, and removed a major engineering services item from the agenda. Public forum speakers raised concerns about squatters and council decorum; two speakers opposed an annexation during its public hearing.

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Agenda approved as amended, with Q1 (engineering services to Bolton & Menk) removed from the agenda (Vote: 7-0).
Minutes of the November 10, 2025 regular meeting approved (Vote: 7-0).
Consent agenda approved in bulk, including: Resolution M1 approving a $233,549 contract amendment to H.W. Houston Construction for Riverwalk remodel, and Resolution M2 approving a $21,300 amendment with Allred and Associates for fire station design (Vote: 7-0).
Q2: Authorized payment of $1,400 from Council Contingencies to Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County for the Santa’s Helper program (Vote: 7-0).
Q3: Authorized payment (amended) of $1,500 from Council Contingencies to Southern Colorado Harm Reduction Association for a Thanksgiving event (Vote: 7-0).
R1: Ordinance levying and certifying the City of Pueblo property tax mill levy for the 2026 budget year approved (Vote: 7-0; Ordinance No. 11074).
R2: 2026 budget ordinance adopted after amendments. Council approved a decrease in overall 2026 expenditures by $2,650,681 and enacted the following amendments: increase Pueblo Zoo Operations by $176,344 to total $944,000 (Vote: 6-1); allocate $50,000 to Boys & Girls Club (Vote: 5-2); add $200,000 for Sky Corral CIP (Vote: 5-2); add $35,000 for Workforce Development from the Pueblo Economic Development Tax Fund (Vote: 6-1). Final passage of the amended budget (Vote: 6-1; Ordinance No. 11075).
R3 and R4: Ordinances levying and certifying the Bandera Boulevard and Southpointe Special Improvement Maintenance District mill levies for 2026 approved (each Vote: 7-0; Ordinance Nos. 11076 and 11077).
R5: Public hearing held on annexation of municipally owned land (Pueblo Memorial Airport-West; ~168.2 acres). Two speakers registered opposition; final disposition not included in the provided minutes excerpt.

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City Council Meeting

Nov 24, 2025, 7:00 PM1 City Hall Place, 3rd Floor, City Council Chambers, Pueblo Colorado 81003completed

Agenda

A. CALL TO ORDER
President Mark Aliff
B. INVOCATION
Pastor Steve Chavez, Pueblo Praise
C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
D. ROLL CALL
E. SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
E1 Proclamation Presentation: "SNAP & EBT Business Vendor Day – November 24, 2025" - Duane Nava, President & CEO of the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce, Noah Commerford, President & CEO of the Pueblo Latino Chamber of Commerce, and Shanna Farmer, President & CEO of United Way of Pueblo County
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Decision: SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
F. PUBLIC FORUM
G. COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR COMMENTARY
H. REVIEW OF AGENDA
I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion to Amend the Agenda or Motion to Approve the Agenda as distributed.
J. READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion to dispense with the reading and approve the Minutes of the Regular Meeting dated [AGENDA_CUSTOM_TEXT_4], as distributed.
J1 City Council Minutes 11/10/2025
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Decision: READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES
K. CONSENT AGENDA
All items listed in this portion of the agenda are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilperson so requests; in which event, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered under the Regular Agenda. Unless otherwise indicated, titles are self-explanatory.
L. COMMUNICATIONS
M. RESOLUTIONS
M1 A Resolution approving contract amendment No. 1 in the amount of $233,549 to H.W. Houston Construction, LLC., for Project No. 25-066, Remodel of Riverwalk Building, and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute same
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M2 A Resolution approving Amendment No. 4 to the Agreement for Professional Architectural Services in the amount of $21,300 between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation, and Allred and Associates, A Colorado Corporation, for Project No. 22-010 Design and Engineering of New Fire Stations 6, 8, and 11 Project, and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute same
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M3 A Resolution approving Amendment No. 1 to the Facility Services Program Agreement between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation, and Tolin Mechanical Systems Company, LLC, a Delaware Corporation relating to the maintenance and repair of the Pope Block Building, located at 317 North Main Street, Pueblo, Colorado 81003 and authorizing the Mayor to execute same
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M4 A Resolution ratifying the joint appointment of Doreen Martinez to the Pueblo City-County Library District Board of Trustees
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M5 A Resolution establishing fees relating to the City's Community Solid Waste Clean-Up Program
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M6 A Resolution authorizing the issuance of a Revocable Permit (REV-25-30) to the HARP Authority for the use of Victoria Street from "D" Street to Grand Avenue, Greenwood Street from Victoria Avenue to City Center Drive and City Center Drive from Greenwood Street to 2nd Street for the purpose of facilitating their annual Holiday Light Extravaganza event
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M7 A Resolution authorizing the issuance of a Revocable Permit (REV-25-34) to the YMCA of Pueblo for the use of one lane of Spaulding Avenue and one lane of Parker Boulevard for their 2025 YMCA Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day event
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M8 A Resolution authorizing the issuance of a Revocable Permit (REV-25-38) to Pueblo County, a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, for the use of W. 10th Street from Court Street to N. Main Street; N. Main Street from W. 9th Street to W. 11th Street; and Court Street from W. 11th Street to W. 10th Street for the purpose of facilitating the Courthouse Lighting Ceremony
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
N. ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N1 An Ordinance providing for the City of Pueblo Departmental Authorized Personnel Positions for the Fiscal Year 2026
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N2 An Ordinance amending Sections 6-5-16 and 6-5-18 of Chapter 5, of the Title VI of the Pueblo Municipal Code relating to the classification and pay plan for Fiscal Year 2026
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N3 An Ordinance changing zoning restrictions from R-2 Single-Family Residential Zone District to R-5, Multiple-Residential and Office Zone District covering an unimproved .34-acre parcel of land generally located at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and Pitkin Ave
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N4 An Ordinance repealing Chapter 1 of Title 15 of the Pueblo Municipal Code and adopting a new Chapter 1 of Title 15 with the Colorado Model Traffic Code as revised in 2024 Revision 1.0
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N5 An Ordinance approving an Agreement between Pueblo School District 60, dba Pueblo City Schools, and the City of Pueblo for the School Resource Officer Program during the period of January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026, and authorizing the Mayor to execute same
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N6 An Ordinance approving a CDOT Access Permit Agreement between the City of Pueblo, a Municipal Corporation, and DTV Pueblo & Gretna, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company, and TBAZ, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, and authorizing the Mayor to execute same
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
O. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
I move to approve all Resolutions Set Forth in the Consent Agenda; Pass the Ordinances of the Consent Agenda, Setting the Public Hearings for [AGENDA_CUSTOM_TEXT_6], and Order the Ordinances to be published BY TITLE.
P. REGULAR AGENDA
Q. RESOLUTIONS
Q1 A Resolution awarding an agreement for Professional Engineering Services in the amount of $3,398,239.43 to Bolton & Menk, Inc. a Colorado Corporation, for Project No. 25-002 Planning Consultant for 24th Street Bridge and Downtown Corridor and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute same
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
Q2 A Resolution authorizing payment from the council contingencies account in the 2025 general fund budget to Boys & Girls Clubs of Pueblo County in the amount of $1,400 to sponsor the Santa’s Helper Program in December 2025
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
Q3 A Resolution authorizing payment from the council contingencies account in the 2025 general fund budget to Southern Colorado Harm Reduction Association in the amount of $1,000 to sponsor A Warm Thanksgiving for Every Heart at 219 W Northern Avenue at 11:30 am on Thursday, November 27, 2025
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
R. ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R1 An Ordinance levying and certifying the City of Pueblo property tax mill levy made in 2025 for the 2026 budget year
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R2 An Ordinance making appropriation for the general fund, special revenue funds, enterprise funds, internal service funds, debt service funds, and capital project funds for the fiscal year 2026 and adopting the budget for the year 2026
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R3 An Ordinance levying and certifying the Bandera Boulevard Special Improvement Maintenance District property tax mill levy made in 2025 for the 2026 budget year
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R4 An Ordinance levying and certifying the Southpointe Special Improvement Maintenance District property tax mill levy made in 2025 for the 2026 budget year
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R5 An Ordinance annexing unincorporated municipally owned land commonly known as the Pueblo Memorial Airport-West Airport Annexation and described as 168.2 acres of land north and south of William White Boulevard and east of North 27 th lane
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R6 An Ordinance approving a one-time payment of $50,000 to Pueblo Cooperative Care Center to help provide food assistance to those affected by the federal government shutdown and discontinuation of SNAP benefits, and budgeting and appropriating $50,000 from Project CI2113 – ARPA interest funds to Project CI2523 – Pueblo Cooperative Care Support for that purpose
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R7 An Ordinance transferring $40,550 from Pueblo Police Department Wages/Police Service Account 101-20-2050-20-51030 to Project CI2449, approving Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement for Professional Engineering Services between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation, and Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc., a Registered Colorado Corporation, in the amount of $40,550 for Project No. 22-013, MEP Engineering Consulting Services for City Facilities - Design for PMJC Chiller/Boiler Replacement and authorizing the Purchasing Agent to execute same
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R8 An Ordinance approving an Amendment to Commercial Operator Hangar Lease by and between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation and Southern Colorado Flight Professionals, LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company, and authorizing the Mayor to execute same
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R9 An Ordinance approving an agreement between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation and the Town of Boone, a Colorado statutory town creating the Southern Colorado Building Department and authorizing the Mayor to sign the same
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R10 An Ordinance amending Chapter 1 of Title IV and related provisions of the Pueblo Municipal Code to reflect changes resulting from the intergovernmental agreement with the Town of Boone for creation of the Southern Colorado Building Department
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R11 An Ordinance amending Title IX Chapter 4 and creating Title IX Chapter 4.1 of the Pueblo Municipal Code concerning healthy beverages with children’s meals and providing penalties for the violation thereof
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R12 An Ordinance amending Section 1-4-2, Pueblo Municipal Code and Section 13 of Appendix A Legislative Procedures and Rules of Council relating to City Council regular meeting commencement time
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
R13 An Ordinance approving the Memorandum of Understanding between Intervention Community Corrections Services and the Pueblo Police Department regarding compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act and authorizing the Mayor to execute the same
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
S. COUNCIL MEMBER CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Councilor Sarah Martinez may ask to be excused from the meeting due to a conflict of interest with agenda item number T-1.
S1 A citizen filed an ethics complaint against Councilor Sarah Martinez.
Decision: COUNCIL MEMBER CONFLICT OF INTEREST
T. ADJOURN