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Council removes outdated immigration language before approving Longmont Humane Society contract

Longmont City Council · January 14, 2026

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Summary

Council pulled a humane-society contract after staff flagged three paragraphs referencing undocumented immigrants that stemmed from a repealed state bill; the paragraphs were removed and the amended contract was approved unanimously.

City Attorney Eugene May told council staff had used an older draft of the Longmont Humane Society contract that included three paragraphs about undocumented immigrants that originated from a state bill that has since been repealed. May said those paragraphs should be removed before the city executes the agreement.

"These paragraphs should have been removed," City Attorney Eugene May said, adding staff would remove the language before executing the contract unless the council objected. Council member Prieto had flagged the issue earlier in the packet review.

Council moved and approved the amended resolution (resolution 2026-04) to execute the agreement with the Longmont Humane Society with the outdated language removed; the motion carried unanimously.

Staff said the correction aligns the contract with current state law and ensures the city's executable agreement does not include superseded statutory language.