DRAFT Council Meeting Minutes - 12.04.26

Regular Meeting, March 5, 2026 · item 3C: Consideration of a motion to approve the December 4, 2025 Regular City Council meeting minutes · 5 pages

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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING Council Chambers Thursday, December 4, 2025

MINUTES 1.

Call to Order and Roll Call: Mayor Brockett called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Council Members present: Absent:

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

Motion Motion to AMEND the agenda to

Made By/Seconded Wallach / Marquis

Marquis,

Vote Carried 8:0

REMOVE – Item 4B - Appropriating funds to defray 2025 operating expenses for the Knollwood Metropolitan District (item to be rescheduled for a public hearing at a later meeting)

Swearing-in of Council Members Council members Benjamin, Kaplan, Speer, and Wallach, who were elected at the November 4th, 2025 Coordinated Municipal Election, were sworn in by the City Clerk, Elesha Johnson. Council Member Kaplan joined council on the dais. A.

Consideration of a motion to approve the election returns from the 2025 Coordinated Municipal Election held on November 4, 2025

Motion to convene as the General Canvassing and Election Board for the City of Boulder Coordinated Municipal Election

Roll call of the General Canvassing and Election Board

Administration of oath and signing of same by Board members

Consideration of a motion nominating a member to chair the Board

Submission of the following to the Board found in Attachments: a. Certificate of the Public Notice of the November 4, 2025 election b. Certificate of Approved Ballot c. Official Summary of Votes d. 2025 Boulder County Canvass Reconciliation Report, Audit & Certification e. 2025 Boulder County Canvass Certification Sign-Off

Consideration of a motion to approve the election returns and, if approved, signing of the Certificate of the General Canvassing and Election Board

Motion to adjourn from the General Canvassing and Election Board for the City of Boulder Coordinated Municipal Election and reconvene as the Boulder City Council

Mayor Brockett took a vote to adjourn as the Boulder City Council and convene as the General Canvassing and Election Board. The vote carried. 9:0. The General Canvasing and Election Board consisted of the 5 members of Council that were not running in this year’s election: Adams, Brockett, Marquis, Schuchard, & Winer. Elesha Johnson, City Clerk, took a roll call and administered the oath. All members were present and affirmed the oath. Council member Winer nominated Mayor Brockett to serve as the board chair. Council member Adams seconded the motion. The motion was carried with a vote of 5:0 City Clerk, Elesha Johnson, provided a presentation with the election results. Council member Winer made a motion to approve the election results. Mayor Brockett seconded the motion. The motion carried with a vote of 5:0. Mayor Brockett made a motion to adjourn as the General Canvassing and Election Board and reconvene as the Boulder City Council. B. Designation of Council Member Winer as Mayor Pro Tem for the 2026 year per Council Rules of Procedures, I.(d)(1) Council adjourned for a brief recess at 5:16 p.m. and reconvened for Open Comment at 5:30 p.m.

Open Comment: (Public comments are a summary of actual testimony. Full testimony is available on the council web page at: https://bouldercolorado.gov/city-council > Watch Live or Archived Meetings.) Open Comment opened at 5:32 p.m. 1.

Elliot Fladen spoke on Racism (Virtual)

Carolyn Bninski spoke on removal of local control over placement of wireless facilities (Virtual)

Eliot Howe spoke on divest from apartheid, free Palestine (In-Person)

Lynn Segal spoke on retrofit gas lighting (In-Person)

Rob Smoke spoke on public engagement (In-Person)

Evan Ravitz spoke on various (In-Person)

Jeff Price spoke on retaining lap pool at South Boulder Rec Center (InPerson)

Eric Gross spoke on the rule of law is dead (In-Person)

Josh Maynard spoke on representative democracy reform (In-Person)

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Aaron Brooks spoke on police scanner traffic (In-Person)

Open Comment closed at 6:00 p.m. Council adjourned for a brief recess at 6:00 p.m. and reconvened to start official business of the meeting at 6:30 p.m. 4.

Consent Agenda A.

Consideration of a motion to approve the 2026 Council Meeting Calendar

Consideration of a motion to adjourn as the Boulder City Council and convene as the Knollwood Metropolitan District Board of Directors; and Consideration of a motion to adopt Resolution 4 appropriating money to defray the expenses and liabilities of the Knollwood Metropolitan District for the 2025 fiscal year beginning January 1, 2025; and setting forth related details and Consideration of a motion to adjourn as the Knollwood Metropolitan District Board of Directors and reconvene as the Boulder City Council - REMOVED

Consideration of a motion to adjourn as the Boulder City Council and convene as the Boulder Municipal Property Authority Board of Directors; and

Consideration of a motion to adopt Resolution 165 appropriating money to defray the expenses and liabilities of the Boulder Municipal Property Authority for the 2025 fiscal year beginning January 1, 2025; and setting forth related details; and Consideration of a motion to adjourn as the Boulder Municipal Property Authority Board of Directors and reconvene as the Boulder City Council D.

Consideration of a motion to accept the November 13th Study Session Summary regarding the 2026 Policy Statement on Regional, State and Federal Issues

Consideration of a motion to approve the 2026 Policy Statement on Regional, State and Federal Issues

Consideration of a motion to authorize the city attorney to appoint Jerome A. DeHerrera as Special Counsel to investigate and, if necessary, prosecute a complaint related to an alleged code of conduct violation filed pursuant to Section 2-7-8, “Expectations,” B.R.C. 1981

Third reading and consideration of a motion to adopt Ordinance 8720 amending Chapter 10-10, B.R.C. 1981, by adding a new Section 10-10-3, “Prohibition on the Installation and Use of Graywater Treatment Works” prohibiting graywater use by persons served through the city’s water utility; and setting forth related details

Motion Motion to APPROVE the consent agenda items 4A, 4B thru 4G 5.

Call-Up Check-In

Public Hearings A.

Made By/Seconded Kaplan / Marquis

Vote Approved 9:0

Second reading and consideration of a motion to adopt by emergency measure Ordinance 8733 appropriating money to defray expenses and liabilities of the City of Boulder for the 2025 fiscal year; and setting forth related details Krista Morrison, Chief Financial Officer and Stacy Polyakova, Budget Analyst provided a presentation and answered questions from Council. The public hearing opened at 6:44 p.m. and the following spoke: 1.

Lynn Segal (Virtual) – did not show

The public hearing closed at 6:45 p.m.

Motion Motion to adopt by emergency measure Ordinance 8733 appropriating money to defray expenses and liabilities of the City of Boulder for the 2025 fiscal year; and setting forth related details 7.

Made By/Seconded Speer / Wallach

Vote Adopted 9:0

Matters from the City Manager A. City Council 2026 Retreat Touchpoint Pam Davis, Assistant City Manager, provided a presentation and answered questions from Council.

Matters from the City Attorney

Matters from the Mayor and Members of Council

10.

Discussion Items

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Debrief

12.

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 7:37 p.m. Approved this 5th day of March 2026. APPROVED BY: ______________________________ Aaron Brockett, Mayor ATTEST: ________________________________ Elesha Johnson, City Clerk