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Council approves tax-code change and pet-waste ordinance; agenda and consent calendar adopted
Summary
At the meeting the Alamosa City Council unanimously approved adoption of ordinance 15-2025 (amending section 18-47 to remove the vendor sales-tax retention cap) and ordinance 14-2025 (defining "pet" and clarifying owners' responsibility for pet waste). The council also approved the agenda and consent calendar without recorded dissent.
The Alamosa City Council approved two ordinances during the meeting and carried routine procedural items unanimously.
Ordinance 15-2025: The council adopted ordinance 15-2025 on second reading to amend section 18-47 of the City Code by removing a provision that had allowed vendors to retain 2% of collected sales tax up to a $100 cap. City staff explained the change follows state action in House Bill 24-025, which removed the local ability to cap such vendor retention; staff recommended removing the local retention language to remain compliant. No members of the public spoke for or against the ordinance during the public hearing. Councilor Carson moved adoption; the motion carried unanimously.
Ordinance 14-2025: The council adopted ordinance 14-2025 on second reading to add a definition of “pet” to the code (sections 3-1 and 3-75) and to clarify owners’ responsibilities for pet waste—commonly described in the meeting as a “pooper scooper” cleanup requirement. Staff said the revision closes gaps in enforcement language and applies both to pets on others’ property and to accumulation on an owner’s own property when it affects neighbors. No public comment was offered during the hearing. A councilor moved adoption and the vote carried unanimously.
Procedural items: The meeting agenda and the consent calendar (Consent Calendar A) were approved at the start of the meeting after motions and unanimous voice votes.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): - Agenda approval: Motion to approve agenda as presented (mover: Councilor John Vigil); carried unanimously. - Consent Calendar A: Motion to approve (mover: Councilor Jan Vihill); carried unanimously. - Ordinance 15-2025 (amend section 18-47; remove vendor 2% retention cap): Mover: Councilor Carson; outcome: adopted on second reading, unanimous vote. - Ordinance 14-2025 (amend sections 3-1 and 3-75; define “pet” and clarify pet-waste responsibility): Mover: Councilor (unnamed in transcript at motion); outcome: adopted on second reading, unanimous vote.
Where the transcript records individual roll calls, Councilor Hensley is recorded as voting “Yes” on multiple items; the meeting chair announced each motion as carried unanimously. The transcript does not record the full roll call name-by-name for each motion, so specific individual tallies beyond the recorded “Yes” by Councilor Hensley are not specified in the meeting record.
