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