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City Clerk's Office Item # Q3
Background Paper for Proposed
Resolution
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: July 28, 2025
TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council
CC: Mayor Heather Graham
VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk
FROM: Roger Gomez, Councilor
Sarah Martinez, Councilor
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT FROM THE COUNCIL
CONTINGENCIES ACCOUNT IN THE 2025 GENERAL FUND BUDGET
TO PUEBLO HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT SOCIETY IN THE AMOUNT OF
$10,000 TO SPONSOR THE COST TO DISASSEMBLE AND
TRANSPORT AN A-10 THUNDERBOLT II TO THE PUEBLO
WEISBROD AIRCRAFT MUSEUM, AND THEN REASSEMBLE IT IN
JULY OF 2025
SUMMARY:
Attached for consideration is a request for support of Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society
in the amount of $10,000 to sponsor the cost to disassemble and transport an A-10
Thunderbolt II to the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, and then reassemble it for
display in July of 2025.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
None.
BACKGROUND:
City Council Members Sarah Martinez and Roger Gomez are requesting $10,000 to
sponsor Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society's cost to disassemble and transport an an A-
10 Thunderbolt II to the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum and then reassemble it for
display. The aircraft was transported to the museum earlier this month for a total cost of
$87,648.
Their mission is to preserve and honor military aviation history through the
management of the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum. The A-10A Thunderbolt II,
commonly
July 2025. It is one of the most iconic and unusual planes in the modern Air Force fleet.
The Warthog is a close-air support plane that flies low and slow with a vast arsenal of
weapons, making it greatly respected and loved by ground troops. The airplane, now in
display at the museum, flew 64 missions in Operation Desert Storm and served in
Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and in Operation Iraqi Freedom in Libya,
Syria, and in Eastern Europe.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
Payment of funds in the amount of $10,000 would be paid from the Council
Contingencies Account in the 2025 General Fund Budget to Pueblo Historical Aircraft
Society.
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 Members Roger Gomez and Sarah
Martinez.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Sponsorship Request - Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society A10 Warthog
2. SOS - Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society pulled 6.20.25
3. 2025 Contingencies (Council) The Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society
RESOLUTION NO.16071
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT FROM THE
COUNCIL CONTINGENCIES ACCOUNT IN THE 2025 GENERAL
FUND BUDGET TO PUEBLO HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT SOCIETY
IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 FROM COUNCIL
CONTINGENCIES ACCOUNT AND $5,000 FROM THE MAYOR
CONTINGENCIES ACCOUNT TO SPONSOR THE COST TO
DISASSEMBLE AND TRANSPORT AN A-10 THUNDERBOLT II
TO THE PUEBLO WEISBROD AIRCRAFT MUSEUM, AND THEN
REASSEMBLE IT IN JULY OF 2025
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that
SECTION 1.
Payment in the amount of $5,000 from Council Contingencies Account and $5,000 from
the Mayor Contingencies Account in the 2025 General Fund Budget is authorized to be paid to
Pueblo Historical Aircraft Society to sponsor the cost to disassemble and transport an A-10
Thunderbolt II to the Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, and then reassemble it in July of 2025.
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 28, 2025
BY: Dennis Flores
MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED: __________________________
PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL
ATTESTED BY: ________________________
CITY CLERK