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Votes at a glance: council approvals January 14, 2025
Summary
At its first meeting of 2025 the Fountain City Council approved a set of routine and project votes including three Urban Renewal Authority board appointments, a council vacancy declaration and a design task order for the Fountain Reservoir project; council also withdrew a pending ordinance for further attorney review.
At its Jan. 14 meeting the Fountain City Council recorded the following formal actions and outcomes.
• Fountain Urban Renewal Authority appointments — Council approved three separate motions to appoint Megan Kane, Craig Anderson and Richard Daniel Lyon to the Fountain Urban Renewal Authority (FURA) board. Each appointment was moved and seconded and passed by voice vote recorded as "6 yes. Motion carried." (Motions moved by Council Member Rick and Council Member Estes and seconded by Council Member Herzberg for various appointments.)
• Consent agenda — The council approved the consent agenda (items A–D) on a motion moved by Council Member Rick, seconded by Council Member Hinton. Vote recorded: 6 yes; motion carried.
• Withdrawal of Ordinance 1802 — Council voted to remove (withdraw) the second reading of Ordinance 1802 (a draft ordinance to repeal and reordain Chapter 17.16 of the Fountain Municipal Code to regulate harm-reduction uses) so the new city attorney can review it. Motion to withdraw was approved 6–0.
• Declaration of council vacancy (Resolution 25-2) — Council declared the Ward 3 council seat vacant following the recent resignation and set the petition filing deadline at Jan. 29, 2025 at 5:00 p.m., which is the full 15-day window allowed under Section 2.5 of the Fountain City Charter. The council approved Resolution 25-2 on a 6–0 vote. City Clerk (Miss Cornille) said candidate packets will be available at 8:00 a.m. the morning after the declaration; clerk staff will verify signatures and notify applicants of any deficiencies with a 48-hour cure period. After certification the council has 15 days to appoint a successor.
• Resolution 25-3 (Fountain Reservoir Task Order No. 3) — Council approved a $400,000 task order with Respec Company for preliminary dam and reservoir design to advance the Fountain Reservoir project. The task order is funded by a $2,100,000 El Paso County ARPA allocation; staff reported about $700,000 had already been spent on prior design and permitting. The motion to approve Resolution 25-3 passed 6–0 (moved by Council Member Estes; seconded by Council Member Hinton).
Other items of record: Council discussed the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department advisory seat the city must fill; Council Member Rick expressed interest in serving but the seat was not filled at this meeting. No executive session was held.
Votes were taken by roll call where appropriate and all passed items above were recorded by the clerk as unanimous among the six members present.
