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Pueblo City Council approves sewer emergency contract, major transportation engineering agreement, zoning change, personnel/pay ordinances, and multiple public-safety and traffic code measures

PuebloDec 8, 20253 min read

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At the December 8, 2025 regular meeting, President Mark Aliff called the City Council to order at 7:15 p.m. with seven councilors present (one via Zoom). The Council approved the consent agenda, removed one easement item (M3) from the agenda, and moved an emergency sewer repair contract (M1) to the regular agenda. Major actions included ratifying an emergency sanitary sewer repair contract, awarding a $3.396 million engineering services agreement for the 24th Street Bridge and downtown corridor, adopting a zoning map amendment for a .34-acre parcel, approving FY2026 departmental personnel and pay-plan ordinances, adopting the 2024 Colorado Model Traffic Code revision, approving a 2026 School Resource Officer agreement with Pueblo City Schools, and approving several public-safety and interagency agreements. The meeting adjourned at 8:14 p.m.

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M1: Ratified emergency construction contract with Parker Excavating, Inc. for emergency sanitary sewer point repair at 101 W Riverwalk, Project No. 24-033 (WWAN03) in the amount of $191,903.17; motion passed 6-1 (Nay: Councilor Gomez). Resolution assigned 16192.
Q1: Awarded professional engineering services agreement to Bolton & Menk, Inc. for Project No. 25-002 (24th Street Bridge and Downtown Corridor) in the amount of $3,396,234.31; motion passed 7-0. Resolution assigned 16193.
R1: Approved zoning change from R-2 to R-5 for an unimproved .34-acre parcel at the southeast corner of Madison Avenue and Pitkin Ave (Case Z-25-13); ordinance 11083 passed 7-0.
S1: Adopted ordinance providing City departmental authorized personnel positions for Fiscal Year 2026; ordinance 11084 passed 7-0.
S2: Adopted ordinance amending classification and pay plan sections for Fiscal Year 2026; ordinance 11085 passed 7-0.
S3: Repealed and replaced Chapter 1 of Title 15 adopting the Colorado Model Traffic Code (2024 Revision 1.0); ordinance 11086 passed 7-0.
S4: Approved agreement between Pueblo City Schools (District 60) and the City for the School Resource Officer program for Jan 1–Dec 31, 2026; ordinance 11087 passed 7-0.
S5: Approved CDOT access permit agreement between the City and DTV Pueblo & Gretna, LLC and TBAZ, LLC, including an approved amendment to Section 1; ordinance 11088 passed 7-0.
S6: Approved Memorandum of Understanding between Intervention Community Corrections Services and the Pueblo Police Department regarding Prison Rape Elimination Act compliance; ordinance 11089 passed 7-0.
Consent actions (approved 7-0): Confirmed mayoral appointments to the Pueblo Municipal Golf Course Enterprise Advisory Committee (M2, Resolution 16189) and ratified appointments of Pueblo Regional Building Department commissioners to serve temporarily on the Southern Colorado Building Department Commission (M4, Resolution 16190); set public hearings for December 22, 2025 and ordered consent ordinances published by title.
Administrative: Item M3 (accepting an easement from Pueblo West Metropolitan District for property adjacent to Pueblo Motorsports Park) was removed from the agenda.

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City Council Meeting

Dec 8, 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
F. PUBLIC FORUM
G. COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR COMMENTARY
H. REVIEW OF AGENDA
Review Agenda page by page.
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 112425
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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
L1 Planning and Zoning minutes from October 8, 2025
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Decision: COMMUNICATIONS
M. RESOLUTIONS
M1 A Resolution ratifying an emergency construction contract in the amount of $191,903.17 with Parker Excavating, Inc., for Emergency Sanitary Sewer Point Repair at 101 W Riverwalk, Project No. 24-033 (WWAN03) and approving the Purchasing Agent’s execution of the same
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M2 A Resolution confirming the appointment by the Mayor of Mary Beth Roth, Tony Montoya, and Mike Ricottone to serve a three-year term expiring December 1, 2028, on the Pueblo Municipal Golf Course Enterprise Advisory Committee
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M3 A Resolution accepting an easement from the Pueblo West Metropolitan District, a Colorado special district, for use of property located adjacent to the Pueblo Motorsports Park
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M4 A Resolution ratifying the appointment of certain Pueblo Regional Building Department Commission members to serve as temporary Commission members on the Southern Colorado Building Department Commission
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
M5 A Resolution ratifying the appointment of current Pueblo Regional Building Department Boards of Appeal members to serve as Boards of Appeal members for the Southern Colorado Building Department
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Decision: RESOLUTIONS
N. ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N1 An Ordinance establishing the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2027 Pueblo Urban Transportation Planning Project and budgeting and appropriating funds in the amount of $759,163.14 in 2026 for said project
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N2 An Ordinance approving a Delegation Agreement between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation, and the Pueblo Area Council of Governments (PACOG) for 2026 Transportation Planning Services and authorizing the Mayor to execute same
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N3 An Ordinance designating 330 South City Park Avenue, City Park BathHouse, as a Local Historic Landmark
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N4 An Ordinance vacating a 91,364 square foot drainage and detention easement located at 4080 W. Northern Ave. in the Pueblo Metro-Center Mall Subdivision, Filing No 4, A Special Area Plan
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
N5 An Ordinance approving a settlement agreement between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation and Pueblo County, a political subdivision of the State of Colorado for the termination and dissolution of the Pueblo Regional Building Department
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FIRST PRESENTATION
O. APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA
I move to receive and file the minutes of the Planning and Zoning Commission, 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 $3,396,234.31 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
R. QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
R1 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: QUASI-JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
S. ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
S1 An Ordinance providing for the City of Pueblo Departmental Authorized Personnel Positions for the Fiscal Year 2026
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Decision: ORDINANCES – FINAL PRESENTATION
S2 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 – FINAL PRESENTATION
S3 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 – FINAL PRESENTATION
S4 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 – FINAL PRESENTATION
S5 An Ordinance approving a CDOT Access Permit Agreement between the City of Pueblo, a Colorado 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 – FINAL PRESENTATION
S6 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
T. ADJOURN