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Finance & Government Operations Committee (Dec. 8, 2025) — Action summary

AlbuquerqueDec 8, 20252 min read

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The committee met December 8, 2025; members voted to send six items to Council with recommendations (including an ARTS lease, a group benefits consultant award, the Transit safety plan, roadway CIP amendments, quarterly reports requirement for public safety departments, and CIP grant appropriations) and failed to advance a redevelopment tax abatement for the 4th & La Plata project.

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And La Plata Multi-Family Residential Development Relating To The Approval Of A Redevelopment

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LaborTransportationBudget & TaxPublic SafetyCommerceHousing

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EC-25-482 516 ARTS Operating and Facility Lease Agreement 2025-2031 — Sent to Council with a recommendation of Be Approved. Vote: For: Champine, Baca, Lewis, Sanchez; Excused: Peña.
EC-25-537 Mayor’s Recommendation of Award for Group Benefits Consultant for the Human Resources Department — Sent to Council with a recommendation of Be Approved. Vote: For: Champine, Baca, Lewis, Sanchez; Excused: Peña.
R-25-202 Approving The Transit Department’s 2025 Updated Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan — Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass. Vote: For: Champine, Baca, Lewis, Sanchez; Excused: Peña.
R-25-209 Amending the City of Albuquerque Component Capital Implementation Program to include a roadway facilities project (McMahon Boulevard between Kayenta Street and Universe Boulevard NW) — Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 adopted; Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass, as Amended. Vote: For: Champine, Baca, Lewis, Sanchez; Excused: Peña.
R-25-205 Requiring the Albuquerque Fire and Rescue Department, the Albuquerque Police Department and the Albuquerque Community Safety Department to provide quarterly operations reports — Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass. Vote: For: Champine, Baca, Lewis, Sanchez; Excused: Peña.
R-25-211 Amending the Adopted Capital Implementation Program by supplementing current operating grant appropriations and approving new projects — Sent to Council with a recommendation of Do Pass. Vote: For: Champine, Baca, Lewis, Sanchez; Excused: Peña.
R-25-212 Relating to approval of a redevelopment tax abatement for the 4th and La Plata multi-family residential development project — Amendment No. 1 adopted; motion to send to Council Do Pass, as Amended failed. Vote: For: Baca, Lewis; Against: Champine, Sanchez; Excused: Peña.

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