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2026-05-18 - President

Summary

Built from the Council President's Letter of Introduction (Legistar status Final), which sorts new communications and legislation to a Council meeting or committee. It records routing only, not votes or discussion. The Council meeting held the same day is 2026-05-18 - City Council; items set for June 1 are on 2026-06-01 - City Council.

  • Monday, May 18, 2026, 5:00 PM. Council President Peña and Vice-President Champine with the nine councilors listed on the letter.
  • Eighteen communications (EC-26-146 to EC-26-162 and OC-26-9) and seven introductions (O-26-32, O-26-33 and R-26-31 to R-26-36).
  • Immediate action requested: the recommendation of award for audit services (EC-26-146), R-26-31 (Juneteenth), R-26-32 (Youth Climate Action Fund grant), R-26-34 (affordable housing capital project) and R-26-36 (FY2026 appropriations). EC-26-146, R-26-31, R-26-32 and R-26-34 were acted on the same night.
  • Most other items were set for the June 1, 2026 Council meeting, including seven Mayor's appointments to the ABQ Volunteers Advisory Board and the Youth Advisory Council, and the Commission on American Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
  • Referred to the Finance and Government Operations Committee: the recommendation of award for homemaker, personal care and respite care (EC-26-159), the Homewise agreement (EC-26-160) and the Recycled Metals ordinance (O-26-32).
  • Other communications set for June 1: a street vacation for a Habitat for Humanity development on 62nd Street (EC-26-154), two airport grant applications for Double Eagle II Airport taxiway projects through the FAA and NM DOT (EC-26-155 and EC-26-156), the Q3 FY26 ABQ RIDE quarterly security report (EC-26-157), the Early Head Start quarterly report for January through March 2026 (EC-26-158), a Mayor's re-appointment to the Metropolitan Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (EC-26-161) and project management of Council-sponsored and hallmark capital projects (OC-26-9).

Recycled Metals Ordinance

  • O-26-32 (Grout and Fiebelkorn) amends the "Secondhand Catalytic Converter Purchase Ordinance," renames it the "Sale Of Recycled Metals Ordinance," expands it to copper or brass materials, updates reporting and recordkeeping, and mandates the form of tender. Referred to the Finance and Government Operations Committee.

Minimum Wage Ordinance

  • O-26-33 (Fiebelkorn, Baca, Rogers, and Telles by request) raises the minimum wage rate, changes the calculation method for annual cost-of-living adjustments and removes obsolete provisions. To be heard June 1.

Homewise Rehabilitation Agreement

  • EC-26-160: agreement with Homewise, Inc. to use Housing and Neighborhood Economic Development Funds in the amount of 2,835,000 dollars to administer a home owner rehabilitation program. Referred to the Finance and Government Operations Committee.

Juneteenth Activities Funding

  • R-26-31 (Rogers) appropriates funds within the FY2026 operating budget for Juneteenth activities. Immediate action requested; passed 9-0 the same night.

Youth Climate Action Grant

  • R-26-32 (Fiebelkorn, by request) accepts grant funds from the Youth Climate Action Fund and appropriates them to the Environmental Health Department beginning in FY2027. Immediate action requested; passed 9-0 the same night.

Capital Implementation Program grant appropriations

  • R-26-33 (Grout, by request) amends the adopted Capital Implementation Program by approving new projects, supplementing appropriations and changing the scope of existing projects; to be heard June 1.
  • R-26-34 (Rogers, by request) supplements current grant appropriations and approves a new project for affordable housing. Immediate action requested; passed 9-0 the same night.

Savio Ridge Public Improvement District

  • R-26-35 (Telles, by request) approves the Pulte Homes of New Mexico, Inc. application and petition to form the Savio Ridge Public Improvement District, with the general plan, feasibility study, special levy and a development agreement, and states that district bonds are not City obligations. To be heard June 1.

Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Appropriation Adjustment

  • R-26-36 (Champine) adjusts fiscal year 2026 operating appropriations for certain funds and programs. Immediate action requested; passed as amended 7-1 the same night.

Audit services

  • EC-26-146, recommendation of award for audit services, listed for immediate action and approved 9-0 on the consent agenda the same night.

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