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Brighton council approves consent items, several ordinances and appointments in 7-0 and 6-1 votes
Summary
At its Jan. 21 meeting the Brighton City Council unanimously approved several consent items and ethics appointments, passed annexation and zoning measures for the Peters property, and approved a bond ordinance first reading for the water treatment project by 6-1.
Brighton City Council on Jan. 21 approved a slate of routine and substantive items, including consent agenda measures, appointments to ethics positions and land-use actions involving the Peters property, and advanced a water-bond ordinance on first reading.
The council adopted the consent agenda (7-0, two members absent), which included approval of the Dec. 17, 2024 meeting minutes; an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Town of Lock Buoy for Brighton Recreation Center passes for Lock Buoy residents; acceptance of an Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for the police department; a final-reading ordinance amending Brighton Municipal Code Article 13 (water service line inspections); and the reappointment of Doug Lambert to the Brighton Housing Authority through November 2029.
The meeting also recorded unanimous votes (7-0) for annexation eligibility and first-reading ordinance to annex approximately 2.859 acres known as the Peters property and for a zoning map amendment to establish C-3 general retail and services zoning on that parcel. The council approved a final reading for the Bromley Park planned unit development amendment (passed 6-1). The council appointed an independent ethics counsel and an independent hearing officer (resolution passed 7-0).
On a separate matter, the council advanced an ordinance authorizing issuance and sale of Water Activity Enterprise revenue bonds (series 2025) to finance the city’s water treatment facility; that first-reading motion passed 6-1. The meeting record does not identify the nay vote by name.
Other items included continuances: the Kestrel planned development and a DHI Telluride development agreement amendment were continued to Feb. 4, 2025 at the applicants’ request. Council also selected Council Members Tom Green and Jim Snyder as the two-member interview committee for boards and commissions in 2025.
The council recorded roll-call tallies on each motion as reflected in the minutes; absent members were listed as out of town for this session.
