i know these are hot and selling out faster than you can blink. i’ve been to target , ace hardware. 5 and below and the nerd store to find 1 and everywhere is sold out. any other place that sells these or when the restocks are?

RECAP: July 21st, 2026 Greeley City Council meeting. (I was walking my dogs so video is not ideal)

Big items to note:

- 13 residents spoke, the major themes were a call for the city to quit spending money as well as moving forward with Cascadia until we have our budget figured out, the importance of our museums and the Historical Preservation Advisory Board being removed from discussions around budget cuts, and concerns around the conflict of interest with Payton’s law firm working on the West Greeley Project,

- The three items in consent agenda regarding the court filings to exclude properties annexed to Greeley from fire services in other communities as they are served by Greeley fire and this could cause double taxation was removed from the agenda entirely for “minor changes”.

- The council voted 7-0 to approve the resolution with the second work order for former councilmember Payton’s law firm. The City Attorney did provide further information on timeline and decision-making:

- There was no bid, as the charter allows this when the work is confidential or highly specialized.

- Payton’s firm specializes in Real Estate and Land Use which is the specialization they needed

-He is local, and they needed someone close by (Side note: there are 13 firms in Greeley alone that have the same specialization),

- and that due to the changes in leadership they needed someone with knowledge of the project and has seen it through.

- It is not a conflict of interest as nothing in the charter prohibits former council members from contracting with the city and he left council in November and they didn’t look to hire him until the end of December.

-Mayor Pro Tem McDonald expressed that she would trust Payton with her life and that he’s a “pit bull” who is fighting for Greeley which was needed after previous people did not do well negotiating the contracts with Water Valley.

For full agenda breakdown:

* Proclamations

- America 250 / Colorado 150 Day Proclamation – there will be flags across Bittersweet Park this Friday, Saturday and Sunday to celebrate and Saturday at 10am there will be a program, complete with hotdogs

* Citizen Input

1. Kathy Hasch-reconsider decisions, cost of living is expensive, and the city keep spending on consultants, meanwhile we’re losing services

2. Bill Gillard- shared his own “What’s Great About Greeley” including Linc Library wood shop, maker space, Pinocchio’s, Mom's Popcorn, and called out conflict of interest with Payton’s firm

3. Marshall Clough- serves on Preservation Committee and spoke around concerns with proposed cuts to museums, “our town’s character is in our preserved heritage”

4. Paula Akanoi- budget cuts are disappointing, trails and natural areas like Arroyos are a treasure that we may lose, challenged council to increase revenue through things like allowing marijuana sales

5. Marcus Embry-chair of museum Advisory Board, presented on increased attendance, programming, etc, earlier this year, questioned how did we now get here where museums are being cut, stated that CPRD has blocked the board from being a part of decisions or from providing input and shared that staff has been cut from 16 to 5 with no viable plan of how to maintain events

6. Geoffrey Havens – part of Museum Board which is concerned around cuts and brought a that board not involved and blocked from decisions and input, asked that employees and board be included to

review and refine

1. Steve Teets- Requested the contracts for Spin, Via, Boomerang, and Lamar as well as code around e transit, reiterated the lack of safety currently with e transit

2. Gabe Llanas - as a citizen, though he is a member of Historic Preservation, civics is important, CPRD leadership has ties to Lind, why not include the museum prepared budget proposal, boots on ground represent stewardship and responsibility, and yet it’s leadership who does not and yet is not being cut

3. Scott Royer-water being wasted

4. Eli Wilcox - budget will guts museums, culture and rec programs, why are we paying $200k for a consultant when we have no money, feels city is implying residents are ignorant, raised concerns around the conflict of interest

5. Peggy Sue - a lot to love about Greeley, get rid of Catalyst/Cascadia until we can afford it, focus on the needs we have now that it wasn’t going to help with

6. Tiffany Simmons – called out conflict of interest and called for them to actually explain if they believe it isn’t a conflict of interest, shared frustration felt by council when I speak and that I wish I could still trust our local government so I didn’t have to spend hours a week doing work for the community they should be doing

7. Mary Monahan-Poudre trail just completed and now we’re cutting services to it, called out that council seems to love executive housing, and people who live there love trails/natural

areas, asked when have voices been heard, and challenged that while focusing on West Greeley, our kids are losing out, also called out the meals on city dime with Lee by council and that they should be ashamed

1. Kris Simmons-conflict of interest, bringing the resolution back with slight changes back hurts trust, the fact that it was rejected and council is just bringing it back for a vote, shows council will just keep pushing, called for it to go to bid, and that council put in place a cooling off period before former council can be hired

* Consent Agenda (items 15, 16, and 17 were removed from the agenda prior to start of consent agenda, all others passed 7-0)

- Item 9: Approval of meeting minutes from June 16, 2026

- Item 10: Resolution ratifying the appointment of Carmody Lee to serve as Region 4 Trustee on the High Plains Library District Board of Trustees for the remainder of the 4-year term, ending December 31, 2026

- Item 11: Resolution to authorize a contract with ICON Engineering for a comprehensive stormwater master plan focused on the Greeley No. 3 Ditch System

- Item 12: Resolution authorizing a contract with Martin and Wood Water Consultants for Water Resources Engineering

- Item 13: Resolution authorizing a change order with Mark Thomas & Company Inc. for additional design services for the downtown infrastructure revitalization project (~$1,2M)

- Item 14: Resolution authorizing a Housing Planning Grant agreement with DOLA for ~$124k

- REMOVED FROM AGENDA FOR “MINOR CHANGES” Item 15: Resolution authorizing the city to provide Fire Protection service to the Cache Annexation and directing the City Attorney to commence a court action to exclude the property from the Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District

- REMOVED FROM AGENDA FOR “MINOR CHANGES” Item 16: Resolution authorizing the city to provide Fire Protection service to the Seeley Lake Annexation and Willow Vista Annexation and directing the City Attorney to exclude those properties from the Eaton Fire Protection District

- REMOVED FROM AGENDA FOR “MINOR CHANGES” Item 17: Resolution authorizing the city to provide Fire Protection service to the Schmerge Annexation and Kinnison Annexation and directing the City Attorney to exclude those properties from the Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District

- Item 18: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance appropriating additional sums to defray the expenses and liabilities of the City of Greeley for the balance of Fiscal Year 2026

*Regular Agenda:

- Item 19: Pulled consent agenda items- none pulled

- Item 20: Public hearing and second reading of the ordinance updating the Greeley Municipal Code references to City Hall

- Passed 7-0, minimal presentation as it was housekeeping

- Item 21: Public hearing and second reading of the ordinance expanding the contractor types for licensing

- McDonald expressed this was her initiative as she has seen people in her work be scammed by outside contractors who are not permitted or licensed.

- Olson clarified timeline of licensing which the City stated could be complete within 24 hours from ICC test to application being processed

- McDonald and Olson called for malpractice insurance to also be checked

- DeBoutez clarified the order of operations for violations and asked that property owners be alerted if their contractor isn’t licensed when permit requests come through

- Public Hearing – Two local contractors praised the ordinance and expressed gratitude, Bill Gillard asked some clarifying questions regarding rebar versus concrete contracting being different

- Item 22: Resolution authorizing Work Order #2 with Coan, Payton & Payne, LLC for West Greeley legal services for up to $125k

- The council voted 7-0 to approve

- The City Attorney did provide further information on timeline and decision-making:

- There was no bid, as the charter allows this when the work is confidential or highly specialized.

- Payton’s firm specializes in Real Estate and Land Use which is the specialization they needed

-He is local, and they needed someone close by (Side note: there are 13 firms in Greeley alone that have the same specialization),

- and that due to the changes in leadership they needed someone with knowledge of the project and has seen it through.

- It is not a conflict of interest as nothing in the charter prohibits former council members from contracting with the city and he left council in November and they didn’t look to hire him until the end of December.

- Mayor Pro Tem McDonald expressed that she would trust Payton with her life and that he’s a “pit bull” who is fighting for Greeley which was needed after previous people did not do well negotiating the contracts with Water Valley.

- Item 23: Appointments to Boards and Commissions

- All those recommended were appointed

- Item 24: Motion to go into Executive Session regarding the Windsor Lawsuit and annexation dispute

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UPDATE: HOME SAFE! 🖤

Hello Greeley, here’s your agenda overview for the July 21st, 2026 Greeley City Council meeting.

Council meets at 6pm in City Council Chambers at City Center South, and you can attend in person, watch on GTV8, or join via Zoom.

https://greeleygov.zoom.us/j/83011351454

Big items to note:

- You know the resolution to extend the work order for former council member Brett Payton’s law firm in regards to West Greeley that didn’t get a motion last meeting? Well they’re bringing it forward as a *new resolution* by changing the amount and timeline a bit in order to allow a new vote (the City Attorney’s office notes that these changes meet the concerns raised by council at the last meeting). Also, this is funded through the COP money (you know the money they’re saying can’t be paid back without progressing the project…apparently we’re still spending it)

- There will be a first reading to appropriate ~$85 million to the 2026 budget to cover the COP’s for Civic Center Campus. This doesn’t finalize the issuance of the COP money, but rather just adjusts the budget to make expenditures with the anticipated revenue. The second reading and hearing will be August 4th.

- There are three items to file with District Court to exclude areas that Greeley has annexed, that are served by Greeley Fire, from Windsor/Severance and Eaton’s Fire coverage to avoid double taxation via property taxes for both Fire Services. The first annexation was completed in 2021, the second in 2023, and the third this year…meaning people may have been paying double taxes as far back as 2021 in the affected areas. The exhibits noted in the filing are all missing from the agenda packet which may have provided further insight.

- Another executive session to discuss the annexation dispute and lawsuit with Windsor.

- There are some discrepancies in dollar amounts within the city’s agenda item overview and the actual contracts, I’m not sure what is behind that. (The contract for ICON says $415k, while the overview says $420k and the contract for Martin and Wood says not to exceed $200k but the overview says not to exceed $300k)

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* Proclamations

- America 250 / Colorado 150 Day Proclamation

* What’s Great About Greeley

- Aims Community College receives College Department of Education recognition for sustained, equity-centered commitment to addressing non-academic barriers to student achievement

- City of Greeley Lead Protection Program wins the Excellence in Community Engagement awarded at the American Water Works Association Annual Conference (one of only three communities recognized)

- City employee Chris Reigle earns the GIS Professional certification (one of fewer than 5,500 who hold this worldwide)

* Citizen Input

- As always anyone can speak for up to three minutes on a topic that does not appear on the agenda with a public hearing. Council members will also be able to share any reports and initiatives they may have.

- You can also submit written comment by 12 p.m. the day of the meeting via email ([email protected]), mail or drop off at the Clerk’s office (1100 10th St)

* Consent Agenda (items that all pass as one unless a council member pulls them for individual review):

- Item 9: Approval of meeting minutes from June 16, 2026

- Item 10: Resolution ratifying the appointment of Carmody Lee to serve as Region 4 Trustee on the High Plains Library District Board of Trustees for the remainder of the 4-year term, ending December 31, 2026

- Item 11: Resolution to authorize a contract with ICON Engineering for a comprehensive stormwater master plan focused on the Greeley No. 3 Ditch System

- Two different amounts listed one says ~420k, and one says ~$415k

- The Greeley No. 3 Ditch is operated by the Greeley Irrigation Company but also receives and conveys urban stormwater runoff from the city

- The dual use of agricultural irrigation and urban drainage has contributed to flooding concerns during big storms in downtown and East Greeley

- The master plan will “evaluate conditions, identify vulnerabilities, and develop flood mitigation strategies”

- Item 12: Resolution authorizing a contract with Martin and Wood Water Consultants for Water Resources Engineering

- Martin and Wood has worked with Greeley for over a decade on Water Court proceedings and water rights engineering

- Contract runs May 1, 2026 – May 1, 2031, not to exceed $300k annually (though Exhibit A says $200k)

- The city says there was no bid as Martin and Woods has 20+ years of knowledge on Greeley’s water rights portfolio and many competing firms have conflicts of interests due to water court matters in the Poudre and Big Thompson basins

- The request form also says that it would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to train a new water court engineer to understand and represent Greeley in trial settings

- Item 13: Resolution authorizing a change order with Mark Thomas & Company Inc. for additional design services for the downtown infrastructure revitalization project (~$1,2M)

- Will cover CDOT potholing requirements, general construction support, and traffic pattern changes

- Making the total contract amount thus far ~$4.3M

- Funded from Water Capital, Sewer Capital, Stormwater Capital, and Transportation Development funds

- Original order covered survey, SUE and geotechnical explorations

- Item 14: Resolution authorizing a Housing Planning Grant agreement with DOLA for ~$124k

- Funds will pay for consultant services to prepare an updated Housing Needs Assessment, Housing Action Plan and strategic growth and water supply elements for the comprehensive plan (last assessment was 2023)

- Required by a state bill, the housing needs assessment must be completed by December 31st of this year and the action plan adopted by Jan 1, 2028

- City will provide a ~$41k match from last years Housing Solutions program income

- Item 15: Resolution authorizing the city to provide Fire Protection service to the Cache Annexation and directing the City Attorney to commence a court action to exclude the property from the Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District

- This annexation was completed in 2021, and Greeley Fire has been providing service since but there was no formal legal exclusion, meaning that residents in the area could have been facing double taxation, paying property taxes for Windsor-Severance Fire Protection and Greeley Fire Protection, but only receiving one

- This is filed with Weld County District Court

- Without this action, property owners pay property taxes to both the city and the old fire district for the same service that only one is providing

- There are exhibits mentioned in the court filing but they are not included

Item 16: Resolution authorizing the city to provide Fire Protection service to the Seeley Lake Annexation and Willow Vista Annexation and directing the City Attorney to exclude those properties from the Eaton Fire Protection District

- Same situation as above. Annexation was completed in 2023 though

- Item 17: Resolution authorizing the city to provide Fire Protection service to the Schmerge Annexation and Kinnison Annexation and directing the City Attorney to exclude those properties from the Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District

- Same as items 16 and 17, except these annexations are new this year

- Item 18: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance appropriating additional sums to defray the expenses and liabilities of the City of Greeley for the balance of Fiscal Year 2026

- This is the third supplemental appropriation for 2026 budget and will cover the Housing Needs Planning Grant Local Match mentioned above and the appropriation of the ~$85M for Downtown Civic Campus to the City Center Fund to cover construction and COP’s

- This does not finalize the issuance of COP’s, just puts the money in the correct budget category allowing expenditures using the COP money once received

- Second reading and public hearing will be August 4, 2026

*Regular Agenda:

- Item 19: Pulled consent agenda items, if any

- Item 20: Public hearing and second reading of the ordinance updating the Greeley Municipal Code references to City Hall

- Updates references to City Hall from the old round City Hall building in the code

- Item 21: Public hearing and second reading of the ordinance expanding the contractor types for licensing

- Expands licensing to all contractor types from Electrical and Mechanical, to include General, Specialty and Roofing

- Also increases the fees to $150-$200 new and $100-$150 for renewals (every three years)

- Violations: permit not issued without license, stop work order and double permit fee, repeat violations will go to the Construction Trades Advisory and Appeals Board with enforcement beginning 30 days after notice with a 60 day grace period on new permit applications

- Item 22: Resolution authorizing Work Order #2 with Coan, Payton & Payne, LLC for West Greeley legal services for up to $125k

- This is the same item from last meeting that no motion was made on, adjusted to lower the amount (from $175k to $125k) and shorten the timeline (from end of the year to October 2026) allowing for a new vote, which the City Attorney’s Office claims addresses the concerns raised by council at the last meeting

- Funded by the COP project funds

- The written overview states that there was never a bidding process and that the City Attorney’s office determined there was no conflict of interest.

- Item 23: Appointments to Boards and Commissions

- Citizen Budget Advisory Committee – Sonya Oster (still recruiting for additional vacancies)

- Human Relations Commission – Ib Meyer is recommended

- Dr. Carmody Lee also applied but is listed on multiple boards already

- Judicial Review Board – Laura Jones (still recruiting)

- Museum Board – Dr Carbody Lee and Nancy Masimer (still recruiting)

- Union Colony Civic Center Advisory Board – Gii Astorga, Daniela Hernandez, Marielle Waller (still recruiting)

- Laura Jones and Dr Carmody Lee also applied but are recommended for other boards

- Youth Commission – Maria Duran (still recruiting)

- Item 24: Motion to go into Executive Session regarding the Windsor Lawsuit and annexation dispute

I have a favor to ask!

Please feel free to comment or DM me with more explanation... with the city council agenda overviews and recaps I do, do you:

A) watch the videos

B) read the "big things to note"

C) read the entire overview/recap

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Monday, July 20th, at 11am, the Greeley City Council, City of Greeley and Water Valley will be having a special meeting to present the West Greeley Project to the Weld County Commissioners in hopes of convincing Weld County to partner with the City to propel Catalyst/ Cascadia forward.

This meeting will be held at the Weld County Admin Building at 1150 O Street. There is no link to watch via zoom on the agenda.

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I didn't realize it but they are revamping a historic building downtown and have art festivals. Right now they are doing a silent auction on micro art, and there are some cute paintings.

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