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Council defers votes on Gateway shelter operating contracts as staff, lawmakers seek state funding
Summary
Two executive communications to fund Gateway men’s and women’s navigation centers were deferred after councilors pressed administration on costs, bed counts, and where operations funding will come from.
The Albuquerque City Council voted this week to defer two contracts that would add operating funds for Gateway housing navigation centers while the administration continues negotiating state funding.
Councilors voted to defer EC-426, a request to add funds to a professional services agreement with Chicanos Por La Cosa to expand Gateway women’s housing navigation services, until the next council meeting. The motion for deferral passed by a 6-3 vote. A related request, EC-427, asking to add funds to a Community Bridges agreement to expand men’s navigation services, was deferred for two weeks on a 7-2 vote.
The items grew contentious in committee and during public comment. Several business owners and residents described unsanitary conditions near a downtown property and urged faster openings for Gateway beds; others questioned program costs and whether the City is using state…
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