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Pueblo City Council approves multiple infrastructure and economic development measures; amends ARPA small-business grant and postpones several items to Oct. 27

PuebloOct 14, 20254 min read

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At the Oct. 14, 2025 regular meeting, Pueblo City Council approved several capital and infrastructure resolutions (including airport taxilane/hangar construction and pavement design criteria), amended an ordinance to create a $50,000 ARPA-funded Small Business Window Repair Mini-Grant Program (first reading), established projects for economic development and park tennis renovations, and approved a $500,000 Greyhound Park blight-removal project. Council postponed multiple funding/contract items to Oct. 27 and rejected one roofing contract. Routine minutes and consent items (including emergency sewer repairs) were approved.

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Approved Minutes of the Regular Meetings dated Sept. 22 and Sept. 29, 2025 (7-0).
Approved the Consent Agenda, including ratification of emergency sanitary sewer point repair contracts with Parker Excavating, Inc. ($17,288.95 at 2550 Gladiola St.; $8,667.43 at 1807 Lake Ave.) (7-0).
Postponed a Resolution to transfer $400,000 from the 1992-2026 Sales & Use Tax Capital Improvement Projects Fund for building upkeep related to job-creating capital projects to the Oct. 27, 2025 agenda (6-1; Nay: Councilor Martinez).
Moved Ordinance establishing Project No. CI2518 to regular agenda and, on amendment, passed first reading to establish the "Small Business Window Repair Mini-Grant Program" and budget $50,000 in ARPA-related deposit interest; set public hearing for Oct. 27, 2025 (6-1; Nay: Councilor Gomez).
Postponed first reading of an Ordinance approving a purchase agreement with Circle K Stores Inc. to the Oct. 27, 2025 agenda (4-3).
Approved on first presentation Ordinance establishing Project ED2503 and transferring $8,000,000 from the Half-Cent Sales Tax Fund for economic development; set public hearing for Oct. 27, 2025 (6-1; Nay: Councilor Gomez).
Rejected a Resolution awarding a $617,492 construction contract to Monument Roofing of Colorado for WWTF roof replacement (failed 2-5).
Approved a Resolution adopting the City of Pueblo Pavement Design Criteria dated Sept. 22, 2025 (7-0).
Approved a Resolution awarding a $2,372,832.16 construction contract to H.W. Houston Construction, LLC for Project No. 25-020 (taxilane rehab and new hangar construction) (7-0).
Postponed a Resolution authorizing transfer of $750,000 to Project ED0801 (RMS/iQor lease: Pope Block) to Oct. 27, 2025 (6-1; Nay: Councilor Martinez).
Established Project No. CI2519 - City Park Tennis Court Renovation and transferred $609,631 into the project (approved; 7-0).
Adopted a Resolution expressing City Council support for hosting a Buc-ee’s travel center in Pueblo (approved; 7-0).
Authorized Council contingency payments to community organizations: $2,500 to Broadway Theatre League - Pueblo and $1,000 to Habitat for Humanity for Ramp Up Pueblo (both approved; 7-0).
Established Project Account CI2521 - Greyhound Park Blight Removal and transferred $500,000 from ARPA Project CI2113 into CI2521 (approved; 4-3).

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