DRAFT City Council Minutes - 01.22.26

CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING Council Chambers Thursday, January 22, 2026

MINUTES 1.

Call to Order and Roll Call: Mayor Brockett called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Council Members present:

2.

Declarations A.

3.

Adams, Benjamin, Brockett, Kaplan, Marquis, Schuchard, Speer, Wallach, Winer

International Holocaust Remembrance Day Declaration presented by Mayor Pro Tem Winer

Consent Agenda A.

Consideration of a motion to approve the October 9, 2025 City Council Special Meeting Minutes

B.

Consideration of a motion to approve the October 16, 2025 Regular Meeting Minutes

C.

Consideration of a motion to approve the October 23, 2025 Special Meeting Minutes

D.

Consideration of a motion to accept the 2026 City Council Committee Appointments

E.

Consideration of a motion to authorize the City Manager to convey a nonexclusive easement over the city-owned property located at intersection of Broadway, Balsam, and Alpine streets, commonly referred to as “Alpine

Balsam” to Xcel Energy for the installation, operations, and maintenance of utilities F.

Consideration of a motion to call a Special Meeting of the City Council on February 12th, 2026

G.

Consideration of a motion authorizing staff to send a letter from the City Council to Xcel Energy Motion

Motion to MOVE the consent agenda items A-G 4.

Made By/Seconded Speer / Wallach

Vote Carried 9:0

Public Hearings A.

Second reading and consideration of a motion to adopt Ordinance 8731 amending Chapter 2-8, “Purchasing Procedures,” B.R.C. 1981, updating the city’s purchasing procedures; and setting for related details

Joel Wagner, Deputy Director of Finance, introduced the item and the new purchasing manager. Michael Van Ausdal, Purchasing Manager and Andy Frohardt, Assistant City Attorney, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council. The public hearing opened at 6:14 p.m. and the following spoke: 1.

Lynn Segal (In-Person)

The public hearing closed at 6:16 p.m. Motion Motion to adopt Ordinance 8731 amending Chapter 2-8, “Purchasing Procedures,” B.R.C. 1981, updating the city’s purchasing procedures; and setting for related details B.

Made By/Seconded Winer / Kaplan

Vote ADOPTED 9:0

Consideration of a motion to approve the list of community change requests to be considered during the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan update

Chris Ranglos, City Senior Planner and Kristopher Johnson, Comprehensive Senior Planning Manager, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council. The public hearing opened at 6:59 p.m. and the following spoke: 1. David Foster (In person) 2. Margaret LeCompte (In person) 3. Mark Johnson (Virtual) 4. Daniel Ong (Virtual) 5. Lynn Segal (In person) 6. Adrian Sopher (In person) Virtual 7. Elaine Winans (In person) The public hearing closed at 7:22 p.m. Motion Motion to approve the list of community change requests recommended by staff to be considered during the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan update 5.

Made By/Seconded Brockett / Kaplan

Vote AMENDED AND APPROVED 9:0

Matters from the City Manager A.

Metro District Policy Framework

Mark Woulf, Assistant City Manager, and Dalton Kelley, with Butler Snow, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council. 6.

Discussion Items

7.

Debrief

8.

Adjournment There being no further business to come before Council at this time, by motion regularly adopted, the meeting was adjourned by Mayor Brockett at 8:48 p.m. Approved this 2nd day of April 2026.

APPROVED BY:

______________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor ATTEST:

________________________________ Elesha Johnson, City Clerk