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Alamosa council adopts parking ban on bike/ped/golf-cart paths, approves automated enforcement and other measures
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At its March 4 meeting the Alamosa City Council unanimously adopted multiple ordinances and a firefighter stipend resolution, set hearings on parking and assault-related ordinances, and approved intergovernmental and participation agreements.
Alamosa City Council voted unanimously March 4 to approve several ordinances and a resolution covering parking, automated traffic enforcement, police training and firefighter pay.
The council adopted ordinance 3-20-26 to prohibit parking on pedestrian paths, bicycle paths and golf-cart paths; city counsel said the change responds to a vehicle blocking a golf-cart path in the Cottonwood subdivision and makes enforcement clearer. Councilor Carson moved adoption; the motion carried unanimously.
The council also approved ordinance 4-20-26 to add an automated vehicle identification system (AVIS) for traffic enforcement to the city code. Police officials said the city will start with speed enforcement in known trouble spots such as 6th Street, Main Street and State Street and may later evaluate red-light cameras. Councilor Youngfield moved approval on second reading; the council voted unanimously to adopt.
On public safety and training, the council extended an intergovernmental agreement with Trinidad State College (ordinance 5-20-26) that continues a long-standing arrangement allowing use of the college’s training facility in exchange for a scholarship seat; the council approved the IGA on second reading.
The council passed Resolution 3-20-26 to restructure some firefighter titles and increase stipends and per-call pay. The fire chief described a new lieutenant-in-training role, a firefighter-recruit classification, renaming the engineer position to driver operator and modest stipend increases. The chief said the department added about $15,000 to the stipend line this year and estimated the combined structural and stipend changes at roughly $9,000; counsel requested clarification of the figures during discussion. Councilor Carson moved adoption; the motion carried unanimously.
The council approved ordinance 6-20-26, a participation contract with Subdistrict 6 for 2026–2028 required by charter for ongoing intergovernmental agreements.
Councilors also set hearings for two items after first readings: ordinance 7-20-26, a broader rewrite of the city’s parking code that would standardize a 72-hour parking limit and redefine ‘abandoned’ vehicles as those left in place for more than one week (hearing set for March 18, 2026), and ordinance 9-20-26, which would add spitting on a person to the assault code (hearing set for March 18, 2026).
In each case the council opened public hearings and heard no in-person or Zoom comments. Miss Martinez (city staff) recorded the unanimous votes.
Next steps: the items scheduled for public hearing on March 18 will return for final council action following those hearings; adoption dates and implementation timing will depend on those subsequent votes.
