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City Clerk's Office Item # Q5
Background Paper for Proposed
Resolution
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: July 14, 2025
TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council
CC: Mayor Heather Graham
VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk
FROM: Roger Gomez, Councilor
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT FROM THE COUNCIL
CONTINGENCIES ACCOUNT IN THE 2025 GENERAL FUND BUDGET
TO LAKE AVENUE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE AMOUNT OF
$2,500 TO SPONSOR BESSEMER BUCKETS FROM JUNE 9TH -
11TH, 2025, AT CORWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NETTIE S. FREED
EXPEDITIONARY K-8, AND BESSEMER KICKS FROM JUNE 30TH -
JULY 9TH, 2025, AT MINNEQUA ELEMENTARY
SUMMARY:
Attached for consideration is a request for support of Lake Avenue Community Church
in the amount of $2,500 to sponsor Bessemer Buckets from June 9th - 11th, 2025, at
Corwin Middle School and Nettie S. Freed Expeditionary K-8, and Bessemer Kicks from
June 30th - July 9th, 2025, at Minnequa Elementary.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
None.
BACKGROUND:
City Council Member Roger Gomez is requesting $2,500 to sponsor Lake Avenue
-5 basketball camp Bessemer Buckets from June 9th
- 11th, 2025, at Corwin Middle School and Nettie S. Freed Expeditionary, and their first
K-8 soccer camp Bessemer Kicks June 30th - July 9th, 2025, at Minnequa Elementary.
Lake Avenue Community Church is a new church started in the Bessemer
neighborhood with a desire to serve and meet tangible needs in the community.
Bessemer Buckets began its first year in 2023 with 80 children participating. In 2024,
participation increased to 150 and this year they anticipate 190. For the first ever
Bessemer Kicks program, they are expecting 50-80 total participants.
Each of these programs is designed to give children a fun and safe atmosphere to get
out of the house and play sports. Unlike high-dollar elite sports camps, these programs
are intentionally inclusive to everyone and are fun events, but they also help offset
financial burdens for parents struggling with childcare.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Payment of funds in the amount of $2,500 would be paid from the Council
Contingencies Account in the 2025 General Fund Budget to Lake Avenue Community
Church.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
N/A
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
N/A
ALTERNATIVES:
City Council could choose not to authorize funding for this purpose.
RECOMMENDATION:
This Resolution is at the request of Council Member Roger Gomez.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Sponsorship Request - Lake Avenue Community Church
2. Secretary of State - Lake Avenue Community Church - pulled 5.28.25
3. 2025 Contingencies (Council) Lake Avenue Community Church
RESOLUTION NO.16058
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT FROM THE
COUNCIL CONTINGENCIES ACCOUNT IN THE 2025 GENERAL
FUND BUDGET TO LAKE AVENUE COMMUNITY CHURCH IN
THE AMOUNT OF $2,500 TO SPONSOR BESSEMER BUCKETS
FROM JUNE 9TH - 11TH, 2025, AT CORWIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
AND NETTIE S. FREED EXPEDITIONARY K-8, AND
BESSEMER KICKS FROM JUNE 30TH - JULY 9TH, 2025, AT
MINNEQUA ELEMENTARY
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that
SECTION 1.
Payment in the amount of $2,500 from the Council Contingencies Account in the 2025
General Fund Budget is authorized to be paid to Lake Avenue Community Church to sponsor
the Bessemer Buckets from June 9th - 11th, 2025, at Corwin Middle School and Nettie S. Freed
Expeditionary K-8, and Bessemer Kicks from June 30th - July 9th, 2025, at Minnequa
Elementary.
SECTION 2.
The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform any and all acts consistent
with the intent of this Resolution to effectuate the policies and procedures described herein.
SECTION 3.
This Resolution shall become effective upon passage and approval.
INTRODUCED: July 14, 2025
BY: Brett Boston
MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED: __________________________
PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL
ATTESTED BY: ________________________
CITY CLERK