Pueblo City Council approves sewer emergency contract, major transportation engineering agreement, zoning change, personnel/pay ordinances, and multiple public-safety and traffic code measures
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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- S3: Repealed and replaced Chapter 1 of Title 15 adopting the Colorado Model Traffic Code (2024 Revision 1.0); ordinance 11086 passed 7-0.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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