City Council - Regular Meeting

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Thank you everyone. Good evening. This is the 12th meeting of the 27th council will come to order. All counselors are present this evening. We'll start with a moment of silence followed by the pledge in English and in Spanish. Please join us in the pledge.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

We're going to push it up in Spanish so we can all be a pro at this. Okay. Juro felicidad a la bandera de los Estados Unidos de America y a la república que representa una nación bajo Dios indivisible con libertad y justicia para todos. Vice President Champagne.

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We are now on to proclamations and presentations. There are none this evening, so we will move on to the journal. I move approval of the May 18th journal. Second. There's a motion to second by vice president champagne all those in favor actually roll call so madam clerk can you please call the roll.

Yes. Yes.

Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Now we are on to communications and introductions. Are there any changes to the letter of introduction, Vice President Champagne?

Madam President, yes. Do I make a motion to move that the rules be suspended for the purpose of placing R37 on tonight's agenda for action? R37 is adjusting fiscal year 2026 operating appropriations for certain funds and programs and rescinding R2636.

Second. There's a motion and a second by, I was going to say, what's that crowd? That was crowd, wasn't it?

It was crowd.

Crowd. I COMMITTED THE WHOLE CHAIR GROUT. MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE? COUNSELOR BACA?

YES.

COUNSELOR BASAN?

YES. VICE PRESIDENT CHAMPAGNE? YES. COUNSELOR FAVOLCORN? YES. COUNSELOR GROUT? YES. COUNSELOR LEWIS? COUNSELOR ROGERS? YES. COUNSELOR TAYLOR? YES. Yes.

Yes. This is on an 8-0 vote. We are now on to R38, Councilor Rogers.

Thank you, Madam President. R38, I move that the rules be suspended for the purpose of placing R38 on tonight's agenda for action. R38 is appropriating funds within the fiscal year 2026 operating budget to support Juneteenth activities and rescinding R26-31.

There's a motion and a second by Councilor Feeblecorn, Madam Clerk. Councilor Baca?

Yes.

Councilor Besson? Not you. Vice President Champagne? Yes. Councilor Feeblecorn? Yes. Councilor Grout? Yes. Councilor Lewis?

Yes.

Councilor Rogers?

Yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes. President Pena?

Yes.

Passes unanimously.

Thank you. We are now on to R39, Committee of the Whole Chair, Grout.

Madam President, R39, I move that the rules be suspended for the purpose of placing R39 on tonight's agenda for action. R39 is adjusting fiscal year 2027 appropriations for sitting funds and programs to provide for actual expenditures and budget reconciliation corrections.

Second. Second. There's a motion and a second by Vice President Champagne. Madam Clerk. Councilor Baca?

Yes.

Councilor Besson?

Yes.

Vice President Champagne? Yes. Councilor Favelcorn? Yes. Councilor Grout? Yes. Councilor Lewis?

Yes.

Councilor Rogers?

Yes.

Councilor Tejas? Yes. President Pena?

Yes. Passes unanimously. Thank you. I move approval of the letter of introduction.

Second.

There's a motion and a second by Vice President Champagne. Madam Clerk. Councilor Baca?

Yes.

Councilor Besson?

Yes. Vice President Champagne? Yes. Councilor Favela-Corn? Yes. Councilor Grout? Yes. Councilor Willis?

Yes.

Councilor Rogers? Yes. Councilor Taiz?

Yes.

President Pena.

Yes. Passes unanimously. Thank you. We're now on to reports of committee. There are none. Deferrals and withdrawals. Councillors, are there any deferrals or withdrawals at this time? Seeing none, we will move on to the consent agenda. There is nothing under the consent agenda. Announcements. Nothing under announcements. Now financial instruments. There is nothing under financial instruments. And appeals. There are none. So we are now on to general public comment. Members of the public can provide live public comments to the council virtually if they have signed up for public comment per instruction published on the agenda on our website on Friday. Here are the public comment, a ground rule. Each participant has two minutes to present. Comments are to be addressed to the counselors only through the chair, through the president. Any disruptive conduct will result in removal from the meeting. There is a two minute time limit and the bell will ring to indicate your time is up. Mr. Cornelius, can you please call the first speaker?

Madam President, first up we have Grace Dukes, followed by Dr. Lisa Christopherson.

Albuquerque is in crisis and this council is cosplaying like everything is fine. Teller is throwing a birthday party for the city while people can't afford to live in it. The Centennial is a PR campaign and it works because most Burkinos don't watch these meetings. They don't know that their voices are going unheard in this chamber. They don't know that solutions haven't presented to this body over and over again and voted down reliably by the same majority of six. They don't know because this majority has a deep practice allergy to transparency. That is not an accident. That is a choice, repeated, deliberate, documented choice. Rent, groceries, utilities, everything keeps going up with no end in sight. We are in a recession that this body refuses to name out loud. And every time there is a hard decision to make, the answer is always the same. Cut the things that help the people at the bottom and don't touch the sacred cows that are APD and AFR. Meanwhile, private equity is out here buying up our neighborhoods, using AI to raise our rents, pricing out the working families and students and seniors who built this city And the majority holds the door open for the private equity. Permitting is down, costs are up, more of our neighbors are ending up on the streets every day, and then the city criminalizes them for it. They cite people who have no address, no phone, no way to know when court is. They miss the date, they get arrested. County jail is half full of our unhoused neighbors right now. That is not public safety. That is a city that manufactures suffering and then punishes people for having it. Displacing people doesn't solve homelessness. It just moves it out of sight so the centennial photos look cleaner. The people of Albuquerque deserve more than scraps from the bourgeoisie and the Epstein class. We deserve a city that works for us, not one that's been sold out from under us while the mayor takes pictures. This city belongs to its people, all of its people, not just the ones who can afford a seat at the table. Thank you.

Lisa Christopherson, followed by Jasmine Arias.

Thank you. President Pena, city councilors, New Mexico Stronger Together Coalition facilitated a gathering May 17th, 2026 in District 6 at the Public Library International District Library. Councilor Rogers and Councilor Tellez were in attendance. It's my hope Councilor Feeblecorn will be able to join us this Sunday at the second of our five public forums. that is on homelessness in Albuquerque series. I invited all of you and those who declined. It's not too late. I hope you will reconsider. And to the public, the sidewalk ordinance is cruel. There is nowhere for people to go. The choices have always been jail or the streets, jail or the shelter. The shelter on the west side is full. Come on, counselors, you know this. The Gateway East is full. It's overcrowded in the West Side. Elderly people are there and it's as their permanent shelter. So shame on us for forcing unhoused neighbors into West Side shelter because of this. Cruel, cruel ordinance, the sweeps, this fake compassion, right, of we got to throw everybody in jail because keeping them on the streets is so cruel. Really, forcing people in jail is cruel. Why are we putting them into jail? Because we have no housing. This body, you guys, right, you voted against the rental protections that we burkinos needed. I beg you all to please reconsider, put a pause on the enforcement of 02614. Until we can get enough shelter and housing for people, mental health treatment, please. You know we have the gap and we can help. New Mexico Stronger Together Coalition, we offered out to the mayor we can help. I sent you guys the report that our coalition partners published. After our last forum, Recommendation 6, Center on House Voices in the Decision-Making, page 18. So there is an unhoused union in Albuquerque. These are human beings that need to be heard. So our second forum is Saturday, May 31st. And so it's at the library, Unser Boulevard and Central Avenue in District 3, 1 p.m. to 3.30. Thank you, sorry. Thank you.

Jasmine Arias, followed by Emilio Martinez.

Hi, can you hear me?

Yes.

Okay. Hi. Hello, Madam President. Hello, Council people. I'm not used to having two minutes, so now I have to extend my speech. First and foremost, I want to thank you guys for putting the people first in the last budget. Honestly, it was an honor in my heart. You guys are fighting for the people as much as I am. For the people who do not know me, I'm an APD dispatcher and my background is that my mom was a dispatcher for 26 years. I kind of want to paint a picture of what I'm moving forward with the dispatchers and making them first responders. At this time, we have dispatchers and call takers coming into the center on two to three hours of sleep, trying to manage family, trying to come in on good spirits and working the radios and working 911 calls. As they sit at their console and set up for the day, the first call on the phone is a domestic violence call where the female is getting battered by her boyfriend. As they're working that call, they get a message from their supervisor saying, I'm sorry, but you're going to have to stay late. You're going to have to come back for the last four hours of your shift to finish that 16-hour force. This is a reoccurring thing for all dispatchers and call takers in APD. It's something I'm fighting passionately to protect my people forward in negotiations right now for my contract. But this is the main reasons why we need that first responder and hazard pay. Sorry, it gets me emotional because I myself am running on two to three hours of sleep every day. week to protect the people and also to help cover shifts so somebody can go home to their family and have dinner with them once a day so i just want to say when you guys are reopening this budget and looking at these numbers you guys are looking at the fact that the dispatchers and the call takers of the city and even metro security dispatchers deserve some extra pay for hazard pay in this next upcoming 2026 year and 2027 year budget. I want to thank you guys again for always putting the people first and always listen to everybody's input and trying to figure out how you can help the people because that's what makes you guys great council people. Thank you.

Emilio Martinez followed by Rudolph Serrano.

Hello, I'm here to speak with you guys on behalf of the Emergency Communications Center as a 911 operator myself. I'm here to speak on behalf of both 911 operators and dispatchers. My colleagues and I are being forced to work extremely long shifts, up to 16 hours every other day. When we work 16-hour shifts, we only have about eight hours in between our shifts from end to start. And it takes time to get home and, you know, make food and take a shower. and fall asleep and still wake up with enough time to get ready for work the next day. Having to work long hours with only eight hours in between our shifts is incredibly difficult. And some of us are only getting maybe like six hours of sleep after getting home after a long day. And I'm asking the city of Albuquerque to reduce the mandatory forcing from 16 hours down to just 14 hours. So it gives us enough time to get home and conduct those activities. And so it extends it from just eight hours to a full 10. So we have enough time to at least get a full eight hours of sleep if we can. And that's all. Thank you.

Mr. Cornelius before you call the next speaker, I'm just I'd like to make sure the admin has those comments about forced overtime and and working 16 hour shifts.

President and Mister Whalen would be happy to discuss the item.

And so then come to bring us. We are not allowed to discuss things at the table or in a public forum that are going on in ongoing negotiations as we are currently negotiating all contracts with the exception of FIRE because they have a multi-year contract. But anybody that's in those negotiations should be keeping those conversations in negotiations.

Thank you, Mr. Whalen. I understand negotiations and we can't get involved in HR issues, but when we're asking people and forcing them to work 16-hour shifts, I think it's something that we can talk about and say that, as for myself, I can't speak for the rest of the council, but that is something we should definitely not be doing. Thank you. Vice President Champagne.

Yes, thank you, Madam President. To stay away from the negotiation parts, I believe, I'm just kind of curious that... that they're being into a forced overtime at 16 hours is currently going on. It's not something that's being negotiated. So I would like to see a request of how many people are in the dispatch at nine one, one and dispatcher being to a forced overtime and how many days a week each one are working. Is it still a five hour or a five workday work week, five day work week, or is it six or seven? Um, That has nothing to do with negotiations that are currently going on. It's with standards and practices that are happening right now. So if you would please an email or a report of the situation at dispatch. Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you to all counselors, please. Thank you so much.

Madam President, just want to make sure that we're clear in what we were communicating. Some of the items that were just discussed are absolutely matters that are being that are portions of the collective bargaining agreements. So we will happily provide you all with any information that is outside of current negotiating terms. It wasn't intended to reduce the discussion of concerns that you may have, but we just want to honor the fact that some of those terms are part of the collective bargaining agreements that are in negotiation today. Or not today, but currently.

Thank you, CAO Sengal. Yeah, I totally agree with you, but forced overtime doesn't seem like that would be a negotiated item on a contract when it's forced overtime. But anyway, so, Councillor Rogers.

Thank you, Madam President. I just wanted to echo and thank you for mentioning that as I was lifting up my hand, just that I'd like to see that information also. And I agree that current practices are, I think, something that we should be able to get access to as far as, to your point, how many folks are actually working 16-hour shifts and then expected to turn around and come back in eight hours. Thank you, Madam President.

Thank you. Mr. Cornelius, can you call our next speaker?

Thank you, Madam President. Rudolph Serrano, followed by Sarah Azebo.

Madam President, members of the council, good evening. We're here at the office in Paradise Hills. And what I want to first say is we lost both Hurricane Junior and Senior, you know, and that's a big loss for the city. You know, they brought music and joy to all of us for so many years. And it's something that, you know, I wanted to share with you guys. But we brought them to history to bands of enchantment. You know, we have a chance to expose them to all the planet through this venue that we have been supporting. And I think it's a good investment, not only for our locals, but also for the filming industry, which brought half a billion back from doing local channels. And I believe it's really important to keep on supporting that venue that brings also dancing into the scene. You know me, I'm all about sharing and moving and try to stay out of being just witnesses, just diva too. She likes to dance. And that's what it's all about. Just kind of bring some movement. And so that's one of the things I wanted for you guys to support this night. I think, I don't know if you already did. The other thing is if we increase the garbage price, the people may start dumping on the places. You know, I mean, we're having a problem with people not paying whatever they need to pay and just dumping the streets. And if we continue, you know, raising the tax, They're going to continue dumping. And that's just a thought. You know, you know, I bring the thought that nobody brings in. And that's the thought in that. And Juneteenth brings the money back in taxes. Let's support it. But let's make sure, you know, we bring the money back. It's all about business and it's all about moving forward. But that being said, have a beautiful evening. Thank you very much.

Sarah Azebo, followed by Denae Wyshoon.

Good evening, councillors, council president. Thank you for being here today. Counselor Rogers, Counselor Fiebelkorn, thank you for meeting with students earlier this week. That was lovely. And they appreciated having their voices heard. So thank you for making time. I have not been able to stop stewing, thinking, being sad and disappointed and discouraged over O26-14. the thought that elected officials can dictate where and how people can rest their bodies in public spaces and not have agency over that concerns me, especially when those decisions and those votes are being made from people who are sitting in comfortable chairs I remembered about a year ago driving down Broadway and Cole where there is a man who has been chronically homeless at least since I moved to the area and he's friendly and we wave every day and we have conversations. There was a time a year ago where someone had put a recliner on the sidewalk and it was a beautiful thing to see a person who had no home, who had no stability family support system sitting in a chair rather than sitting on the curb in the gutter. It made me question which of you leaders would give up your chair for someone who had nowhere else to sit. And the fact that you voted for people to not be able to sit on the public sidewalks or to rest in public spaces for whatever reasons you want to come up with, that's what it comes down to. Human beings should be provided dignity and agency over their own bodies. And we can all live peacefully living in the public spaces that we are paying for. Thank you. Enjoy your evening.

Hello, counselors and president and everyone else. You all probably remember me. I come to speak in person at the past two council meetings and I'm coming tonight to offer you guys an update on what is going on with my situation. It's been a difficult road, but thanks to assistance from people and the people in my community, just earlier, not even an hour ago, I was able to meet with a landlord and tour a unit that pretty much fits my needs almost perfectly. So then I have a new housing case manager through Catholic Charities that is going to be helping me do all the paperwork and all of that. So it's been a difficult road and a crunchy time-wise one, but I should have keys to a new apartment on Monday, yay. Um, that's all I have to say for me, but to echo Sarah, I don't remember the number of the ordinance, but you know, the one I'm talking about that whole sidewalk thing. Um, I mean, I, I don't even know really what to say about it. Like how, how, how has that even passed? Like, it's going to be hot, hotter than I think we've ever felt it in New Mexico this summer. And like, people can't even sit down. Like, have you ever been through heat exhaustion? Have you ever had to walk around 24 hours a day and be scared to sit down because you're going to go to jail? Like, what if you're going through heat exhaustion? Are they going to give you a ticket because you're like throwing up having heat exhaustion on the road because there's no cooling centers or like places where we can hang out or they can hang out? They're human beings and they deserve to be treated as such. and passing something that says you're going to get a ticket for sitting on a sidewalk where public people walk all the time. Like there's a, open your eyes, open your ears and just look at it like this inhumane, hello, duh, like I don't even know what to say about it other than like, wow. And in which case, if that's what people are going to start voting for, then I'm going to move the heck away from here because y'all is embarrassing. Thank you very much.

President, that concludes general public comment.

Thank you. And just a shout out to the administration. Thanks for helping to navigate Ms. Danae. And really good news to hear that she's going to get an apartment on Monday. So thank you guys for all your work on that. Yes, definitely.

Thank you guys for all of your assistance and help. And I greatly appreciate it. Me and my dogs are going to be in a new two-bedroom apartment. It's going to be amazing. Thank you very much. Awesome.

Madam President.

I'm sorry, I didn't see your hand.

Just want to say thank you to Abigail Stiles, who's been helping the team, helping Denae. So I just want to say thank you to Abigail Stiles. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Thank you, Abby. I didn't know. I know at the last couple of meetings I had asked the admin to help, so I hadn't made the assumption. So thank you, Abby. We are now on to approvals. There are none. So the final items of the evening, other than other businesses, final actions, we're on item A, Vice President Champagne, R37.

Thank you, Madam President. Yes, R2637. This bill proposes to adjust the fiscal year of 2026 operating appropriations to provide $280,000 in additional funding to bands of enchantment, Route 66, Hispanic cultural events, and the Olga Kern International Piano Competition. The appropriation is supported through the transfer from the lodgers tax fund to the general fund and is allocated to the arts and cultural department As you guys recall, this was passed in a 9-0 vote on May 18th of this year, but pursuant to... Vice President Champagne, can I interrupt you for one second?

I apologize completely. Councilor Taiz has her hand up, and I think she has an announcement to make. Councilor Taiz.

Yes, thank you, Madam President. I am just recusing myself from this discussion, so I will... I don't know. Somebody ping me, I guess.

OK, they will do that online.

They will ping you.

Thank you. Thank you. Back to you, Vice President Champagne.

Thank you, Madam President. As I was saying, R2636 was passed on the 9-0 vote on May 18th of this year. but pursuant to our rules and regulations, the bills appropriating funding require two city council hearings before final action. So this legislation is going to rescind R36 that was voted on and reintroduces the bill for immediate action today and then a move to a deferral on June 1st for final vote.

I second the motion.

There's a motion and a second by committee, the whole chair grout. Um, is there anyone signed up to speak?

It's not a Brazil. There is, I have Rudolph Serrano. I mean, well, I'm surrounded.

This thing is taking me a minute, so I apologize. But the same thing, I've been observing these guys for a while, and they've been nothing but good business. We're having billions of money coming back into the city through the building office, and they pay themselves. So I'm really going to support them. The piano companies, you know, I don't know how much the piano they sell, And if we're investing in the, and bringing that, giving them that money back, because I mean, they're taxpayers and, uh, you know, this is something that is going to stimulate their sales. And that's what we have to look at as counselors or you guys, you guys are the ones like that, you know, it's a, where's the money coming from? Where is it going? And are we giving all the taxpayers a little bit of participation and what they're doing?

And, uh,

I believe this is one of those things that we are. You know, it's not too much that they're asking. You know, they're putting a lot of their pockets too. And I just fully ask you guys to please support it. And that's as far as I got. Thank you.

I presume that concludes comment. Thank you.

Thank you so much. So is there any questions from counselors? Any questions from counselors? No?

Okay.

CAO Sengle.

Thank you, Madam President. I just wanted to make sure that for clarification, I believe that this is an additional $200,000 to band of enchantment on top of the $580,000 in the current fiscal year. So the total for bands of enchantment for the fiscal year would be $780,000 in FY26. I just want to make sure that we're tracking it accurately. It's President Champlain.

Yeah, it would be for 26 and 27. But while I'm looking at this, but two things that when I met with, uh, we had discussed this and I'd passed or attempted to pass a bill where we did pass a bill before that was vetoed by the mayor. Uh, and I sat down with him and met with the team that he provided, uh, to meet with, uh, and discuss the issues of why it was vetoed in the first place, uh, went over the issues that they had and address those. Um, during those meetings, it was discussed that, um, Bands of Enchantment was to make whole in the eight episodes, and that was what 100,000 of this goes toward. But the additional 100 was seen as the outdoor event concert that was done on Route 66 was a different separate issue in itself, or not issue, but a separate entity in itself. So 100,000 was going toward that. Um, they're seeing, and it was advised by me by the, uh, the team that the mayor presented for me to talk to as two different incidents, two different, uh, um, uh, type of events. So that's why you see a hundred going to finish out bands of enchantment season, uh, and then another a hundred thousand to go toward that outdoor, um, event, uh, conveniently this year, Madam President and CAO. It is on Route 66 that we did last year, and it's being done on Route 66 this year in order to help celebrate the Mother Road event that is going on throughout the entire year. You also see on there that There's money being given to complete Ogo Kern, which is an international music festival, as well as the Route 66 Hispanic cultural events that are going on and the much needed for what we have planned and what you guys have planned for ongoing within Central throughout the entire year, moving into the summer events and into the fall. It is true in the sense of what's going where, but I want to make sure we are detailed in what your team or the team that the administration had pointed out that it's going to arts and culture and removing the separation of powers. And it's not all going to a private entity and it's not going against the anti-donation clause.

Thank you. Any additional questions? Yeah.

Make them, there isn't any. Oh, Councillor Besson.

Councillor Besson. Madam President, I heard everything Councillor Champagne said and I just want to, from what we passed unanimously just a couple weeks ago, I understand the technicality of needing to have the two budget hearings and the deferral and so we're going to rescind one bill and bring it back, but is this the same bill essentially or is there additional funding compared to what we did a couple weeks ago?

Madam President and Council persona know this is the same thing. The only thing that was caught up in it was the technicality of the two hearings since it was a fiscal thing being adjusted throughout the year. And for a point of clarification, and this is free, that was pointed out to me, it did not pass on a nine. Oh, Councillor tas was she recused herself and it passed actually on a seven to one at the last meeting.

Thank you. Well, Vice President Champagne, to close-ish, because I know you're- Yes.

Well, I urge you to support throughout the whole thing, but I make a motion to defer until June 1st's meeting.

Second. Motion and a second by Councillor Rogers, Madam Clerk. Councillor Baca?

Yes.

Councillor Besson?

Yes. Vice President Champagne?

Yes.

Yes. Yes.

Yes.

Yes. Yes.

Yes. Thank you. And before we move on to the next item, can somebody ping Councillor Tejas? Okay.

I've been pinged.

Okay, so we are now on R-38, Councilor Rogers.

Thank you, Madam President. Sorry, I missed my script. R-38 is appropriating funds within the fiscal year 2026, operating budget to support Juneteenth activities and rescinding R-26-31. And I move, I do pass.

There's a motion and a second for a due pass by Councilor Feeblecorn. Is there anyone signed up to speak? Mr. Cornelius, yes.

Yes, Madam President. We have Dr. Lisa Christopherson coming up. Dr. Lisa Christopherson.

All right. Thank you so much. I thank you all and commend you all for your continued support for Juneteenth and for those of us in the Burkino community of the Black origin. Just as a side note, Dr. Singel, I still am getting notifications, those 311 annoying messages. No one has called me or emailed me from the city. Again, thank you, Councilor Rogers, for bringing together all of the different groups to make Juneteenth super successful. I do hope this year that somehow the security at the Convention Center and the Civic Plaza can figure out how to not manhandle our women, especially our Black women and our city councilors as they are going about city business during Juneteenth. Thank you all very much.

Madam President, that concludes comment. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Are there any questions from councilors? Seeing none, administration, Councilor Rogers to close.

Thank you, Madam President. This again, just to do a close-end slash open, we're just moving funds that weren't being expended by another one of my council-directed spending from 2026, moving it over to Juneteenth so we don't revert that. And I would like to move for a deferral for June 1st so that we also have our two hearings as per our rules. Second.

There's a motion and a second for deferral by Councilor Feeblecorn. Madam clerk. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

Yes.

Yes. President Pena?

Yes.

The House is on an 8-0 vote. Thank you so much. We are now on to R39, Councilor, Committee of the Whole Chair, Grout.

Thank you, Madam President. R39 is adjusting fiscal year 2027 appropriations for certain funds and programs to provide for actual expenditures and budget reconciliation corrections. I move a due pass.

There's a motion and a second by Vice President Champagne.

Thank you, Madam President. This resolution adjusts the fiscal year 2027 appropriations within the general fund to correct inadvertent reconciliation emissions that occurred during the final preparation of the adopted fiscal year 2027 operating budget. The legislation reallocates $150,000 from the city support department, early retirement appropriation to this council services department to restore intended non-recurring appropriations approved during the committee.

So budget process. Thank you. And Mr. Cornelius, it does not look like we have anyone signed up to speak, but I'm going to ask you anyway. So, okay. So then are there any questions from counselors? Seeing none, administration? With that, Councillor Grout to close.

I urge your support.

Madam Clerk.

Councillor Baca?

Yes.

Councillor Besson? Yes. Ms. President Champagne? Yes. Councillor Fablecorn? Yes. Councillor Grout? Yes. Councillor Lewis? Yes. Councillor Rogers? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Passes on an 8-0 vote.

And so our next item is other business. And seeing none, there is no further business. This council meeting is adjourned.