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City Clerk's Office Item # R5
Background Paper for Proposed
Ordinance
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: June 23, 2025
TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council
CC: Mayor Heather Graham
VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk
FROM: Heather Graham, Mayor
Scott Hobson, Acting Director Planning and Community Development
Robert Jagger, Deputy City Attorney
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1-5-3 OF CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE
I OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION, ABOLISHING THE DIVISION OF
CDBG/HOME/HOUSING UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ESTABLISHING THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND CITIZEN SERVICES AND
AMENDING SUBSECTION 4-8-4(2) OF CHAPTER 8 OF TITLE IV AND
SECTION 8-1-8 OF CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE VIII OF THE PUEBLO
MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE CONSISTENT THEREWITH
SUMMARY:
Attached for consideration are amendments to Section 1-5-3 of Chapter 5 of Title I,
Section 4-8-4 of Chapter 8 of Title IV and Section 8-1-8 of Chapter 1 of Title VIII of the
Pueblo Municipal Code relating to the re-establishment of the Housing & Citizen Services
Department with a change in department status from a division within the Planning &
Community Development Department to a department.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
On November 27, 2023, Ordinance No.10594 was approved by City Council. This
Ordinance provided changes to Pueblo Municipal Code related to the department
organization and abolished the Housing & Citizen Services Department through a
reorganization, creating a division for the housing function within the Planning &
Community Development Department.
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance would enact several changes to Pueblo Municipal Code for the purpose
of reestablishing the Housing & Citizen Services Department and abolishing the
CDBG/HOME & Housing Division within the Planning & Community Development
Department as part of a reorganization.
In November of 2023, City Council, at the request of the prior administration, approved
the abolishment of the Housing & Citizen Services Department and moving the function
under the Planning and Community Development Department as a subordinate
division. Given the rising and critical needs for affordable housing services in the
community and following organizational analysis, it has been determined that that the
prior organizational arrangement has been less effective than when the function was a
stand-alone department.
By reestablishing the Housing & Citizen Services Department as a department, the City
and the citizens of the community will benefit from focused service delivery, identifying
potential infill multi-family residential development properties and determining the
The
Housing & Citizen Services Department will function as it did prior to the change, under
new leadership, with an appropriate emphasis on continued coordination in implementing
steps to make affordable and workforce housing project sites more competitive projects
that can be chosen for CHAFA, CHAFA Multi-family Private Activity Bond financing,
DOLA, Proposition 123 funding programs.
The staff assigned to Housing & Citizen Services provide critical services for the
coordination and implementation of CDBG and HOME funds that fund selective
demolitions, mold remediation, roof replacement, accessibility modifications, and home
repairs and retrofits. The Housing & Citizen Services Department will continue to
coordinate with Pueblo County and the Community Services Advisory Commission
(CSAC) and Citizens Advisory Commission in recommending projects and program
funding for non-profit agencies and service providers. This change will allow for
department level focus on management of grant service contracts providing affordable
housing financing, infrastructure improvements, and homeless prevention, substance
abuse prog
HB 21-1271 passed by the Colorado General
Assembly in 2021 are of paramount importance and require intentional department level
leadership and focus to implement. Housing and Citizen Services will focus on
identifying priority properties to be acquired by the City and placed in a land bank to
-family housing
development more efficiently and effectively.
The only staffing change which will occur with this reorganization, beyond the general
reassignment of positions currently assigned to the CDBG/HOME & Housing Division to
the re-established Housing & Citizen Services department, will be the reinstatement of
the Director of Housing & Citizen Services position in the 2025 Staffing Ordinance, which
is concurrently presented with these necessary code changes via separate ordinance.
The changes to the sections of Pueblo Municipal Code listed in the title of this ordinance
accomplish the reestablishment of the Housing & Citizen Services Department and the
abolishment of the CDBG/HOME & Housing Division under the Planning & Community
Development Department. Specifically, the following sections of code require changes:
Section 1-5-3
Abolishes the CDBG/HOME & Housing Division under the Planning & Community
Development Department and creates the Housing & Citizen Services Department..
Section 4-8-4
Provides certain authorities with respect to the International Property and Maintenance
Code to the current director position in Planning & Community Development. This
authority will be transferred to the Director of Housing & Citizen Services or designee
with the proposed changes.
Section 8-1-8
Outlines rules and regulations governing the Emergency Housing Rehabilitation
Program. The process for funding and application, qualifications for the program and
all authorities of approval and criteria for assistance which will be transferred by the code
changes to the Housing & Citizen Services Director with such processes housed in the
Housing & Citizen Services Department
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no cost associated with the reorganization as described herein or the code
changes proposed.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Not Applicable.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
None.
ALTERNATIVES:
City Council could deny the Pueblo Municipal Code changes which would complicate the
proposed reorganization to improve housing program management and would confuse
the authorities related to delivering these important services for the community.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
None
ORDINANCE NO.10974
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1-5-3 OF CHAPTER 5 OF
TITLE I OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION, ABOLISHING THE DIVISION
OF CDBG/HOME/HOUSING UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF
PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, ESTABLISHING
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND CITIZEN SERVICES
AND AMENDING SUBSECTION 4-8-4(2) OF CHAPTER 8 OF
TITLE IV AND SECTION 8-1-8 OF CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE VIII OF
THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE CONSISTENT
THEREWITH
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
Section 1-5-3 of Chapter 5 of Title I of the Pueblo Municipal Code is amended to read as
follows:
-5-3 OF CHAPTER 5 OF
TITLE I OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENTAL
ORGANIZATION, ABOLISHING THE STORMWATER UTILITY DIVISION UNDER THE PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT, ESTABLISHING THE STORMWATER UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND
AMENDING TITLE XVI OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE CONSISTENT
ance is not passed)
Sec. 1-5-3. Departmental organization; divisions.
(a) The administrative service of the City shall be divided under the Mayor into the following
departments and heads thereof, and may be divided into the following divisions:
Department Head
(1) Finance Director of Finance
(2) City Clerk and Records City Clerk
(3) Police Chief of Police
a. Operations Bureau
b. Support Services Bureau
c. Investigation Division
d. Crime Prevention Division
e. Traffic Division
f. Code Enforcement Division
(4) Fire Fire Chief
a. Fire-fighting Division
b. Fire Prevention Division
c. Communications Division
d. Training Division
(5) Public Works Director of Public Works
a. Engineering Division
b. Streets Maintenance Division
c. Stormwater Utility Division
d. Traffic Maintenance Division
e. Public Building Maintenance Division
f. Transportation Division
g. Solid Waste Division
(6) Parks and Recreation Director of Parks and
Recreation
a. Park Maintenance
b. Recreation Division
c. Swimming Pools Division
d. Golf Course Division
e. Cemeteries Division
(7) Aviation Director of Aviation
a. Airport Operation
b. Property Management
(8) Purchasing Director of Purchasing
(9) Law City Attorney
(10) Human Resources Director of Human Resources
(11) Planning and Community Development Director of Planning and
a. Land Use Division Community Development
b. Transportation Planning Division
\[c. CDBG/HOME/Housing Division\]
(12) Information Technology Director of Information
Technology
(13) Housing & Citizen Services Director of Housing & Citizen
Services
(b) The designation of divisions and the description of division functions as set forth in this
Chapter shall not be deemed to limit a department head from reorganizing his or her department
from time to time as circumstances may require. Any such reorganization shall be reported to the
Mayor without unnecessary delay and shall become effective immediately upon regulation issued
by the Mayor.
(c) Reference to a department or department head in this Code by any title other than as set
forth in this Section shall be construed to refer to the department or department head as set forth
herein.
-5-3 OF
CHAPTER 5 OF TITLE I OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DEPARTMENTAL
ORGANIZATION, ABOLISHING THE STORMWATER UTILITY DIVISION UNDER THE PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT, ESTABLISHING THE STORMWATER UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND
AMENDING TITLE XVI OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE CONSISTENT
ce is passed)
Sec. 1-5-3. Departmental organization; divisions.
(a) The administrative service of the City shall be divided under the Mayor into the following
departments and heads thereof, and may be divided into the following divisions:
Department Head
(1) Finance Director of Finance
(2) City Clerk and Records City Clerk
(3) Police Chief of Police
a. Operations Bureau
b. Support Services Bureau
c. Investigation Division
d. Crime Prevention Division
e. Traffic Division
f. Code Enforcement Division
(4) Fire Fire Chief
a. Fire-fighting Division
b. Fire Prevention Division
c. Communications Division
d. Training Division
(5) Public Works Director of Public Works
a. Engineering Division
b. Streets Maintenance Division
c. Traffic Maintenance Division
d. Public Building Maintenance Division
e. Transportation Division
f. Solid Waste Division
(6) Parks and Recreation Director of Parks and
Recreation
a. Park Maintenance
b. Recreation Division
c. Swimming Pools Division
d. Golf Course Division
e. Cemeteries Division
(7) Aviation Director of Aviation
a. Airport Operation
b. Property Management
(8) Purchasing Director of Purchasing
(9) Law City Attorney
(10) Human Resources Director of Human Resources
(11) Planning and Community Development Director of Planning and
a. Land Use Division Community Development
b. Transportation Planning Division
\[c. CDBG/HOME/Housing Division\]
(12) Information Technology Director of Information
Technology
(13) Stormwater Director of Stormwater
(14) Housing & Citizen Services Director of Housing & Citizen
Services
(b) The designation of divisions and the description of division functions as set forth in this
Chapter shall not be deemed to limit a department head from reorganizing his or her department
from time to time as circumstances may require. Any such reorganization shall be reported to the
Mayor without unnecessary delay and shall become effective immediately upon regulation issued
by the Mayor.
(c) Reference to a department or department head in this Code by any title other than as set
forth in this Section shall be construed to refer to the department or department head as set forth
herein.
SECTION 2.
Subsection 4-8-4(2) of Chapter 8 of Title IV of the Pueblo Municipal Code is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 4-8-4. Amendments to the I.P.M.C.
The following Subsections of the I.P.M.C. are hereby amended to read as follows: . . .
(2) Subsection 103.2 Appointment.
The Mayor, Department of Planning and Community Development, the Building Official (as
defined in Chapter 1 of this Title), Code Enforcement Officers designated under Chapter 5 of Title
XVII, Pueblo Municipal Code as amended, the Fire Chief, the Police Chief and the Police
Department's Police Support Technicians, the Health Officer, Director of Housing & Citizen
Services, and any of their designees shall each be deemed Code Officials for purposes of the
I.P.M.C.
The following Code Officials shall have responsibility for enforcement of the following Sections
of the I.PM.C., but the Mayor may, from time to time, delegate or reassign responsibility to enforce
any section of the I.P.M.C to any Code Official:
a. Director of Planning and Community Development or designee thereof: Subsection
301.3, Section 303, Section 306, Section 308, and Section 302, except Subsection
302.5;
b. Police Department and its Police Support Technicians Code Enforcement Officers:
Section 301.3, Subsection 302.8, Section 303, Section 307.1, Section 308, and
Section 302, except Subsection 302.5;
c. Building Official: Section 304 and Section 606; and the following Sections, but only
as to commercial buildings: Subsection 301.3, Subsection 307.1, Section 504,
Section 505, Section 506, Section 507, Section 603, Section 604, Section 605, and
Section 607.
d. Fire Chief: Subsection 307.1; Section 701, Section 702, Section 703, and Section
704;
e. Health Official: Subsection 301.3, Subsection 302.5, Section 308, Section 309;
and
f. Director of Housing & Citizen Services \[Director of Planning and Community
Development or designee thereof\]: the following Sections, but only as to residential
buildings: Subsection 301.3, Section 305, Section 306, Subsection 307.1, Section
401, Section 402, Section 403, Section 404, Section 501, Section 502, Section 503,
Section 504, Section 505, Section 506, Section 507, Section 601, Section 602,
Section 603, Section 604, Section 605, and Section 607.
SECTION 3.
Section 8-1-8 of Chapter 1 of Title VIII of the Pueblo Municipal Code is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 8-1-8. Emergency Housing Rehabilitation Program.
(a) A special housing rehabilitation revolving fund to be designated Emergency Housing
Rehabilitation Fund is hereby established. Appropriations to said Fund may be made by the City
Council by resolution. Payments out of said Fund shall be made by the Director of Finance upon
the written request of the Director of the Department of \[Planning and Community Development
or designee thereof\] Housing & Citizen Services based upon applications for assistance
submitted and approved in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
(b) The owner of any owner-occupied residential building who qualifies under Subsection (c)
of this Section shall be entitled to make application for emergency housing rehabilitation
assistance within thirty (30) days after occurrence of a qualifying event. Applications shall be timely
made to the Department of \[Planning and Community Development\] Housing & Citizen
Services upon forms prepared by said Department.
(c) The owner of an owner-occupied residential building may qualify and be eligible for
emergency housing assistance if such owner either receives a Notice and Order under the
International Property Maintenance Code, as adopted and amended by the Pueblo Municipal
Code, as amended, ("I.P.M.C.") or, if the I.P.M.C. is not applicable, receives notice from a code
official that the residential building fails to meet requirements of any other building codes or
ordinances of the City. In such case, the owner may apply for housing rehabilitation assistance if
the income and assets, excluding the value of the building in question, of such owner, or of a
family the head of which or whose spouse is the owner, are within the limits prescribed for persons
or families occupying public housing in the City financed pursuant to Chapter 8, Title 42 United
States Code. The Department of \[ Planning and Community Development\] Housing & Citizen
Services shall certify all owner-applicants meet such qualifications. The department will prepare
an estimate of the costs of repairs required to rehabilitate said building to meet the standards of
the Housing Code.
(d) The Director of the Department of \[ Planning and Community Development or designee
thereof \] Housing & Citizen Services shall consider all applications for emergency housing
rehabilitation assistance and, subject to available appropriations, may approve any application
meeting the program requirements. All grants of assistance shall be used only for repairs and
rehabilitation of an owner-occupied residential building which will abate the conditions which make
the building noncompliant with the I.P.M.C. or other building codes or ordinances.
(e) The Department of \[Planning and Community Development \] Housing & Citizen
Services shall not approve any application for assistance until after the Director of Finance shall
certify in writing to the Director of the Department of \[Planning and Community Development \]
Housing & Citizen Services that there are sufficient monies in the Emergency Housing
Rehabilitation Fund for such grant of assistance and until after the Department of \[Planning and
Community Development\] Housing & Citizen Services receives proof that the applicant-owner
is the fee owner of said land and building.
(f) The owner of any owner-occupied residential building who receives housing rehabilitation
assistance shall enter into an agreement with the City, on forms to be approved by the City
Attorney, to repay to the City such financial assistance based on existing loan formulas and criteria
used within the Department of \[Planning and Community Development\] Housing & Citizen
Services. Such repayment agreement shall be placed of record and shall become and remain a
lien and encumbrance on the building and land upon which the building is located until paid in full.
Said grant of assistance shall become due and payable immediately upon the transfer of title to
said land and building by the owner, or, upon the death of the owner, unless title to said land and
building shall pass to the spouse of or an issue of such owner who meets the qualification of
Subsection (c) hereof, and the Department of \[Planning and Community Development\] Housing
& Citizen Services shall certify the same in writing to the Director of Finance within sixty (60)
days after the death of such owner. Failure of the surviving spouse or issue of the deceased owner
to request and obtain such certification from the Director of the Department of \[Planning and
Community Development or designee thereof \]Housing & Citizen Services within said sixty-day
period shall conclusively constitute a waiver of all rights of such surviving spouse or issue to further
defer repayment of the grant of assistance.
(g) All repayments of rehabilitation grants of assistance shall be credited to the Emergency
Housing Rehabilitation Fund.
(h) Nothing contained in this Section shall obligate the City Council to appropriate funds to the
Emergency Housing Rehabilitation Fund.
SECTION 4.
The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform and all acts consistent with the
intent of this Ordinance to effectuate the policies and procedures within.
SECTION 5.
This Ordinance is subject to and conditioned upon City Council passage and approval of
an
AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 STAFFING ORDINANCE BY adding a section entitled
housing & Citizen Services, adding One (1) full-time housing & citizen services director to THE
AUTHORIZED staffing of the housing & citizen services Department and amendment of the
SECTION 6.
Subject to such conditions, this Ordinance shall become effective on the date of final action by the
Mayor and City Council.
Action by City Council:
Introduced and initial adoption of Ordinance by City Council on June 9, 2025.
Final adoption of Ordinance by City Council on June 23, 2025.
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President of City Council
Action by the Mayor:
Approved on _______________.
Disapproved on ______________ based on the following objections:
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Mayor
Action by City Council After Disapproval by the Mayor:
Council did not act to override the Mayor's veto.
Ordinance re-adopted on a vote of ____________, on _____________
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President of City Council
ATTEST
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City Clerk