Boulder City Council suspends open comment for meeting and adopts budget carryover; other procedural motions pass

The Boulder City Council on the evening of the meeting approved a series of procedural measures and a supplemental budget ordinance.

Key actions at a glance: the council voted to suspend open public comment for the meeting; continued a public hearing on Item 5b (ordinance 86‑97) to June 12, 2025; amended the agenda to add a staff briefing on the 06/01/2025 Pearl Street Mall attack; approved the consent agenda items 3a through 3m; and adopted ordinance 86‑99, which approves annual carryover and supplemental appropriations to the city’s 2025 budget.

Suspend open comment: Mayor Brockett moved to suspend rules to hold open comment during the meeting and later amended language with council input to clarify the suspension applied to live/virtual open comment for that meeting and that the city would accept comments by email or audio recordings. The motion passed by show of hands with a 7–2 vote in favor. The motion’s text on the record was to suspend open comment for the meeting; the transcript records a subsequent staff email invitation to those signed up to submit comments by email.

Continuance of public hearing for ordinance 86‑97: The council voted unanimously (roll call 9–0) to continue the public hearing on item 5b — described in the meeting as second-reading consideration of an ordinance amending Title 4 (Licenses and Permits), Title 9 (Land Use Code) and Title 10 (Structures) — to the June 12, 2025 meeting.

Agenda amendment: Council approved an amendment to the agenda to add item 1a (staff briefing on the Pearl Street Mall attack), add item 3m (convert the June 12 study session to a special meeting to allow two executive sessions and the public hearing), remove a bridal month declaration at the request of Rocky Mountain Equality, and reorder a pair of declarations (Juneteenth and the gun violence awareness declaration). The motion passed unanimously.

Consent agenda and roll calls: The council moved and seconded approval of the consent agenda (items 3a–3m). A roll-call vote recorded unanimous approval.

Budget ordinance adopted (Ordinance 86‑99): The council adopted ordinance 86‑99, described by staff as an “adjustment to base” (ATB‑1) to appropriate a total listed in the staff packet as $11,600,000 across funds. In the staff presentation Chief Financial Officer Christa Morrison and Budget Officer Charlotte Husky summarized the ATB‑1 request, describing components that included roughly $1.95 million for public-safety and emergency-response items, capital maintenance increases (including traffic-signal upgrades and radio-shop and tower work), and midyear grants and donations for open space and other programs. The packet noted $2.6 million of additional unbudgeted revenue, $2.6 million of grant revenue received midyear, and $6.4 million drawn from fund balance to reach the $11.6 million total; staff also proposed an administrative de‑appropriation of two internal service funds (medical and dental self‑insurance) within the ordinance text. Council voted by roll call to adopt the ordinance; the vote was recorded as unanimous.

Public hearing participation: One speaker — Lynn Siegel — was registered for public testimony on ordinance 86‑99 but was not present online; the council closed the public hearing and proceeded to council discussion and vote.

How council voted (summary): - Suspend open comment: passed 7–2 (show of hands); mover recorded in transcript as the mayor; final text recorded as suspension of open comment for this meeting with instructions to accept email/audio submissions. - Continue public hearing (Ordinance 86‑97) to 06/12/2025: passed 9–0 (roll call). - Amend agenda to add staff briefing and other changes: passed 9–0 (roll call). - Approve consent agenda (items 3a–3m): passed 9–0 (roll call). - Adopt Ordinance 86‑99 (carryover and supplemental appropriations): passed 9–0 (roll call).

The meeting included additional discussion items (call‑up check‑ins and concept reviews for development proposals) and staff briefings; the council added the Pearl Street briefing to the agenda and heard that update before adjourning.