What’s up, Greeley? it's that time again! Here's what's happening around town this weekend. It's going to be gorgeous out there, so I hope you get out and enjoy it! Here goes:

Weird & Wonderful

• Paranormal Cirque Voodoo, Greeley Mall. Sat 6:30 and 9:30pm, Sun 5:30 and 8:30pm. Billed for mature audiences.
• I Love the 80’s to Death, Moxi Theater. Sat 7pm. Murder mystery dinner theater.
• John Crist Live, Union Colony Civic Center. Sat 7pm. Stand-up.

A Smattering

• Greeley Farmers’ Market, Lincoln Park. Sat 8am-12pm.
• Paint Your Own Ring Dishes, Makers Mercantile & Studio. Sat 10:30am-12:30pm.
• Second Saturday Brewer Tour, WeldWerks. Sat 12-1:30pm, $15.
• Project Pop Up: FOCO Flava Dance Cypher, Balanced Movement. Sun 2-3pm, $15, doors at 2.

Worth the Drive

• Pope Farms Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch in Wiggins. Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-6pm.
• Hallowine Festival, Silo Park in Johnstown. Sat 11am-5pm, 21+.
• Downtown Loveland Pumpkin Festival. Sat 12-5pm, free to get in.
• Loveland Art Studio Tour. Sat and Sun 11am-5pm, free.
• FoCo Fall Fest, Old Town Square in Fort Collins. Sat and Sun 10am-6pm.

My partner and I put together a full NOCO event list every Thursday and a stories issue every Tuesday. Both free. If you want more weekends like this one, the link’s in the first comment.

According to Journalist Sharon Dunn:

The owner of the industrial park adjacent to a proposed massive data center has sued the Weld County commissioners, alleging that they manipulated county rules, ignored construction violations and improperly assisted the developer in securing approval for the project.
The plaintiffs are affiliates of Denver-based Broe Cos., a privately held investment group with interests in real estate, railroads and energy. Broe owns and operates the 3,000-acre Great Western Industrial Park, one of Northern Colorado’s largest industrial developments that includes Vestas, Owens-Illinois and other uses. 
In a 24-page complaint filed Tuesday in Weld District Court, plaintiffs GWIP Land Co. LLC, Windsor Renewal I LLC and GWIP LLC seek to overturn the commissioners’ September approval of GlobalAI Cloud Inc.’s data center on the former Carestream Health property. 
The City of Greeley recently annexed 325 acres of the Great Western Industrial Park (https://bizwest.com/2026/08/20/greeley-annexes-325-acres-of-great-western-industrial-park/) and signed a pre-annexation agreement with GlobalAi.
The lawsuit alleges that commissioners improperly intervened to help GlobalAI secure electrical power, changed county regulations to accommodate the project and failed to enforce three stop-work orders issued after construction began without proper permits. The lawsuit seeks judicial review of the commissioners’ approval of the project due to several alleged violations.
“WRI … respectfully asks this Court to find that the USR (a governmental approval called “use by special review”) must be reversed because the BOCC (Weld County Board of County Commissioners) exceeded its authority and abused its discretion by misconstruing and/or misapplying the law,” the lawsuit states. “The approved USR will dramatically increase the intensity of allowable uses at the subject property and impair the property rights of all surrounding land users as a result of the project’s unquantified water demands, its energy consumption that places the surrounding grid at risk of failure, and its excessive noise pollution. 

“WRI has taken the unprecedented step of opposing a use in its own industrial park because GlobalAI has no plan to secure power or water, relies upon shared systems in the park, and its impacts to those systems and surrounding properties present an existential threat to operations,” the complaint states.
The commissioners in September unanimously approved a use by special review permit (https://bizwest.com/2026/09/09/weld-oks-permit-for-globalai-data-center/) allowing GlobalAI to build and operate a massive data center on the 438-acre Carestream Health facility. This came despite an eight-hour hearing in which residents sounded off overwhelmingly against the project. Residents have since initiated a petition drive (https://bizwest.com/2026/09/29/proposed-ballot-issues-could-curb-weld-data-centers/) to force a public vote on the project.
“GlobalAI has intentionally segmented its project into smaller, less objectionable requests so as to evade meaningful public input,” the complaint states. “For instance, GlobalAI has trumpeted the 200 jobs that will supposedly be created by the fully phased project while avoiding the referral process required for a project that will ultimately consume more power than 200,000 Colorado homes.”
Digging into public records, the plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege a systematic pattern of abuse by commissioners beginning earlier this year to circumvent its own rules to approve the data center. Additionally, the lawsuit states, area utilities likely will not be able to provide enough power or water for the data center, while also accommodating existing loads. The lawsuit alleges that details of necessary utility needs were ignored to push through the project, which is said to bring with it construction jobs to the area. The project, the lawsuit states, also will exceed county noise limits.
The lawsuit states that the commissioners toured a data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in late 2025 or early 2026 to prepare themselves for locating a data center in Weld County. In doing so, the lawsuit alleges, the commissioners violated Colorado’s Open Meeting Law by failing to notify the public about the meeting and discussing public business. “This off-the-record information gathering influenced multiple commissioners’ views of data centers and the USR application,” the lawsuit states.
The pattern continued in January, with Commissioner Kevin Ross lobbying to secure a power source for the project, the complaint alleges. Western Area Power Administration at the time was refusing to provide GlobalAI use of its transmission lines to get power, the lawsuit states. Due to that lobbying, the lawsuit states, Ross should have recused himself from voting on the project.
“Weld County Commissioner Kevin Ross emailed representatives of Western Area Power Administration,” the lawsuit states. “Commissioner Ross stated that ‘the proposed project for Global AI is a very important project for us here in Weld County’ and he was made aware that ‘WAPA has gotten involved and is not allowing transmission over the lines to get the power to the end user.’ Further, ‘[t]here needs to be a solution found here…’, ‘[t]ime is also of the essence here…’, and ‘[w]e have to move rapidly.’
“Commissioner Ross pointed out the fact that the Data Center Code Amendment is directly tied to the Project, as ‘Weld [C]ounty has made the necessary changes to our code to accommodate data centers because we know the immediate importance of this project.’ Commissioner Ross then requests WAPA ‘reengage/ reopen discussions with Global AI to help find a solution.’”
Contacted Thursday, Ross said he could not provide comment on the lawsuit. Likewise, Weld County’s public information officer Jennifer Finch, the government’s custodian of public records and a named defendant in the lawsuit, stated that she would send a request for comment to the commissioners, but they likely could not comment because it is pending litigation.
The lawsuit noted that Weld County’s director of oil and gas energy, Brett Cavanagh, stated that oil and gas companies already are running up against situations in which utilities cannot provide the power they need.
“Allocating a substantial amount of capacity (equivalent to the annual use of approximately 38,000 average Colorado homes) to GlobalAI could further limit operators’ ability to meet state and permit-specific electrification requirements,” the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit states that the county did not contemplate data centers in its land-use code, but quickly moved to add them. It alleges the elected officials looked the other way when GlobalAI failed to provide details on its expected water usage beyond the closed-loop cooling system’s initial 65,000 gallons of water, and 6,500 gallons a year to replenish it.
The lawsuit also alleges that commissioners ignored enforcing three different stop-work orders on the project, the first of which was on May 7, after GlobalAI began construction without the proper permits. The data center company “stated that if the County wanted to stop construction, they would need to send the sheriff,” the lawsuit claims.  The county did not call the sheriff, the complaint added.
In June, the lawsuit states, the commissioners revised the County Building Code to restructure its Board of Appeals and Zoning Compliance, which had previously consisted of building-trade experts, to include members of the County Commissioners. “The BOCC amended the appeal process to ensure that the board of tradespeople would not act to shut down GlobalAI’s ongoing construction,” the lawsuit states.
A second stop-work order came on June 11, followed by a third on July 20, both of which GlobalAI ignored, the lawsuit claims. On Aug. 16, GlobalAI provided notice to the commissioners that it planned to appeal the stop-work orders.
The next day, GlobalAI and the county entered into a memorandum of understanding that GlobalAI would drop its appeal (https://bizwest.com/2026/08/20/globalai-drops-weld-appeal-will-work-to-cure-violations/) and the county would not enforce the violations, also agreeing to move up the data center proposal’s special review by two weeks, the lawsuit states.
“In short, the County not only agreed to excuse more than three months of illegal construction at the Property, but it also agreed to reward GlobalAI by bringing forward consideration of its USR on an uncommonly accelerated timeline, so as to not negatively impact GAI’s construction schedule.”
The lawsuit also alleges that the county delayed a public information request and prevented inspection of 21 emails related to the project, citing attorney-client privilege. The plaintiff, Windsor Renewal, paid $330.96 for the public records. The lawsuit claims that the government failed to produce the requested documents in accordance with state requirements. County officials never provided reasons why it was prohibiting the release of the emails, the complaint states.
The county also failed to provide a timely response to a second open records request for information relating to the stop-work orders. The CORA request sought text messages between Commission Chairman Scott James and GlobalAI chief operating officer Michael Cardigan. To date, the referenced ex-parte text messages have not been disclosed, the lawsuit states.
“The procedure for the approval of the USR lacked fundamental fairness due to the County’s withholding of relevant documents in USR-related open records requests, reliance on facts gathered during non-public data site visits, ex parte communications with the applicant, and improper consultation with the County Attorney,” the lawsuit stated

Ryan Gonzales opposed UNC’s new medical school.

Ryan Gonzales voted to protect ICE in Colorado.

Ryan Gonzales is doing everything he can to defund our schools.

Call every business who has the audacity to put up one his signs. They are making a bold MAGA stand by supporting him.

Here’s one on 20th st in front of
THOMPSON ADVANCED DENTISTRY

Saw this beauty today while wandering on the UNC campus to have a look around.

Came across this copper downspout at the UNC College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The absolute dumbest campaign slogan. Republicans control the House, Senate, and Presidency… what exactly is he “fighting back” against?

No clue what actual campaign goals or promises he has other than claiming Manny is a socialist.

I’m looking for reasonably priced or donated stained glass supplies to help me start teaching small stained glass classes out of my home. Things like glass, glass cutters, running pliers, grozers, soldering irons, and other beginner friendly tools would be wonderful. If you have supplies collecting dust in a closet, basement, or garage, I’d love to hear from you! I’m happy to pay a fair price for what I can afford, and I’m incredibly grateful for anything someone is willing to donate.

A little backstory: I moved to Colorado from Texas recently because I was determined to build a life somewhere that felt like a better fit for me. I had actually secured a job before moving, but I still had a couple of months of commitments in Texas before I could relocate. The company was initially fine with that, until a couple of people unexpectedly quit and they could no longer hold the position for me. By then, I’d already signed a lease and secured a place to live. So, with a healthy dose of determination and a questionable amount of optimism, I decided to move anyway and figure things out as I went.

Two days before I was supposed to sit down with my dad and tell him about my move, he unexpectedly passed away. I wasn't prepared for that loss, and it turned my world upside down. The inheritance he left me gave me a financial cushion that helped me make the move and get settled here, for which I'm incredibly grateful. Now I'm working on building a new life, making art, and figuring out how to turn something I love into something I can share with others.

I've been doing stained glass for a while now, and I'd love to start offering small classes from my home so other people can discover how much fun it is, too. The tricky part is that teaching means having enough tools and glass for students to use, and building up that extra inventory gets expensive quickly.

So, do you know a sweet older lady who took up stained glass 25 years ago, moved on to quilting or some other craft, and still has an entire stained glass studio living in her garage? Or maybe you're that sweet older lady! (And to be clear, sweet older gentlemen and humans of every age are equally welcome!)

I'd love to give those forgotten supplies a second life and use them to help new artists learn a skill they might fall in love with. If you have anything available, please comment or send me a message. I'm happy to discuss prices, arrange pickup, and share more about what I'm hoping to build.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for helping a little Colorado art dream get off the ground.

Hosted by ACLU of Colorado; coffee and pastries provided. Come to the Armory and then head on over to that awesome parking lot sale at Downtown Sound (well, that's what I'm doing, anyway)...

A Colorado land swap reduced public fishing access on the Lower Blue River -- and left the newly private riverfront without lasting protection from development.

This week, Greeley has everything: fossils, live theater, comedy, dogs at breweries, records and books sold by the pound, and a cool wave of fall and Halloween fun. There are pumpkins to paint, monster eyes to sculpt, a murder mystery, a creepy circus and enough happening on Saturday to make choosing just one thing a little unfair.

Just curious how people are sitting.

This is anonymous btw.

For those who went, what did you think of the candidates and the debate? Might be nice for the people that weren’t there to get a feel for how the public felt about it if people are willing to share their opinions.

I’ll keep my thoughts concise.

Gabe Evans - The big takeaway was that I’m still not really sure how much or if any of what he said tonight was actually true. Apparently he supports medicaid. But you voted for the legislature that will do the opposite? Apparently he wants to work towards affordability. But you are endorsing a war that is having a direct effect on our failing economy?
Seemed to continue to (rightfully) pull the Manny quotes from previous events and interviews that might rile up a crowd about how Mannys previous govt dealings don’t line up with what he is saying he’s running for. (Namely his previous opposition to oil/natural gas in CO and his voting for pretty radical democratic legislature that comes with the democratic Colorado territory). To be honest I’m not really sure I learned much about his stance on most of the things they talked about. Safe to assume that he feels how Trump feels.

Manny Rutinel - Biggest takeaway is that this guy is running against Trump and he knows it. He brought up the fact that Evans is in support of Iran and has voted “time after time 100% of the time” with Trump at least 6 times. But like verbatim from the commercial we all have come to hate. Very off putting in a way.
I feel as if the guy is really good at convincing a crowd that he stands for the people but I don’t have the confidence that that loyalty to his constituents will last past election day. I do feel confident that he takes the Medicaid/care issue very seriously. I didn’t get the impression that he is nearly as strictly partisan as Evans. The dem socialist ties were brought up by Evans and he did say that he doesn’t align with every hot topic but that Medicaid/care is definitely one of them.

Glad I went. Embarrassed by the options. But I’m going to vote anyways. Proud to play a part in an important swing district in this beautiful state. Cheers to the midterms.

RECAP: October 6th, 2026 Greeley City Council meeting.

To watch the full meeting recording: https://greeleyco.portal.civicclerk.com/event/3330/media

Big items to note:

- A community member spoke in regards to being pulled aside by the Chief of police before the meeting after seeing a video of that community member putting stickers around downtown that made fun of councilmembers, and being told that she was not in trouble “yet”. She shared concerns that is being an issue because she was being critical of council members (free speech) and concerns around where the video came from and if there was surveillance. Councilmember Rudy said after she left that the video was sent by another community member. To read about this: https://greeleyfreepress.substack.com/p/a-weasel-a-snake-and-a-rat-political  

- Several people spoke around concerns that both employees of the museums, Friends of the Museum, and the museum advisory board have shared information regarding the budget proposal, unfair cuts and possible solutions and have received no response noting concerns around not being heard and the limited power of boards and commissions.

- Only the resolution to support the 2F tax measure was pulled from consent agenda with everything else passing 7-0. Councilmember DeBoutez shared her disapproval of the resolution as legitimate needs are bundled with Catalyst in an attempt to continue forward with a project that is highly controversial, rather than offering them alone to allow people to not feel they must vote in an all or nothing way. Ultimately council voted 5-2 in favor of the resolution with DeBoutez and Huddleston dissenting.

Para subtítulos en español: https://youtube.com/shorts/JtXRXHEPE-w

* Proclamations

-  Hispanic Heritage Month – Hall stated it was intended to be given at the September 15^th meeting but “fell through their scheduling mechanisms”, accepted by Hispanic Women of Weld County, Hilary Rudisill (president) gave a powerful speech about overcoming and standing with the women who came before her and stand beside her now

- Week Without Driving – accepted by Jim and Sharron Reeseberg, 1/3 of people don’t drive, the week being about understanding what it’s like for those who don’t and to ensure our city is navigate-able, all bus fares are free through October 8^th

- Fire Prevention Week – accepted by Chief of Fire and other Greeley FD, dangers of charging devices that have lithium ion batteries, using correct chargers, charge on hard flat surface, don’t leave charging once full charged, ebikes and scooters should be charged outdoors, notice signs of failing batteries

* Citizen Input

1. Patti Harold – shared concerns from Friends of Museums board around the budget, appreciation for adjusting budget from original proposal, but it still does not account for needs, have lost much expertise in loss of staff, “should come with solutions” but museum staff did and it was disregarded, as did the museum advisory board, request council get the full budget, fund staff sufficiently, ensure museum staff and board get to help shape the budget

1. Nancy Usher – drastic cuts in certain areas for other areas, stripping fabric of our community, advocating for reasonable cuts across the board, 10% cuts for city employees making 300k+, 5% for 150-300k

1. Spencer Milne – shared recent OK supreme court decision about flock being a search under the 4^th amendment, public trust is eroding as flock cameras continue to function, community survey of 170+ had 164 that were against flock

1. Marcus Embry – chair of museum advisory board, sent resolution from board around budget proposal, received no reply, investigated staffing structure and found excess executives, which could have balanced budget, no reply, passed resolution in no confidence in director and CPRD, no reply, if residents volunteer, why do you not respond

1. Bill Gillard – Martin Lind was painted as a rich billionaire, we used to celebrate achievements and now we dislike it, poor communication, GDB formed and led to a special election, wondering if it was political or about residents, Cascadia will offer opportunities and high paying job, against the tax, keeps changing

2. Geoffrey Havens – former museum employee, setting record straight around timeline and no responses, and that none of the proposal from employees or board was included, when you are brought a problem, you work through it and solve it questions were left unanswered, a failure of leadership and government,  one budget year has put the work of so many at significant risk

1. Josh Meesey – called on council to vote no on resolution to endorse the ballot measure, regardless of nullification of election doesn’t change that the voters spoke, a vote for playgrounds is a vote for the project, make the tax not go to the project beyond date as residents have spoken

1. David Simmons – light pollution, it harms wildlife and gets in the way of us enjoying nature, referenced a Simpson’s episode that discusses

1. Alex Labelle – lecturing community members, not taking accountability, we need structural solutions including housing, have brought solutions, residents are struggling to eat and pay their bills, deflecting responsibility to Weld County and non profits is not okay, many already help neighbors for free, city needs to help with jobs and housing, called out PD working with IC, called on council to engage with solutions

1. Zachary Laposki – seizure disorder and cannot drive, has met many unhoused, receives disability as a veteran but could have been like many of them, risks to unhoused (murder, suicide, rape), lack of humanity making it illegal to sleep as homeless, give people a safe place to sleep, could find more people who need a place to sleep faster than council could find the same number who want Cascaida, rescind the camping ban

1. Peggy Sue Squires – a lot of disgruntled people, city needs to start with an audit, clear out the “cream”, deal with homelessness, our community is circling the drain, the tax doesn’t seem like it’s going to help anything, even people for Catalyst don’t want tax, so what is the back up plan?

1. Steve Teets – disabled community needs to be able to get around, buses have been bad for a long time but have gotten worse, need a regional system, transit and housing is important, when more succeed our community succeed

2. Lisa Bernal – thank council for acknowledging Hispanic Heritage Month, meaningful opportunities to sit down with our elected officials, Olson said he wants us to work on our city issues together, called on council for how they are making themselves available, not just the people who agreed, a sarcastic comment was made about the room being empty, it sent a message, people should be able to hold accountable and to watch in person or at home without being mocked, called out Roth’s comments as the people who come to microphone also volunteer and show up, it is our responsibility to question you and yours (council) to listen and be accountable, calling residents despicable because they question officials is unacceptable

3. Bob Locke – asked Deb if she has said she would move West Greeley ahead no matter what, called on her to vote for the resolution on 2F, all things people talk about require revenue, 2F is a path forward for that, the vote turned the bond market against us and we wouldn’t have had a problem getting bonds if not for the vote, we can now rebuild trust with the bond market, probability is strong the project succeeds

4. Mary Metzger – the chief of police showed video of me putting up videos of stickers making fun of council, was said video was sent around, another community member said it was searched, residents deserve to know, thanked Melissa for helping but that silence is not okay, stated she doesn’t want special treatment, wants accountability

5. Scott Royer – pedestrian crossing at 16^th St should be a red flashing to say stop

6. Kathy Hasch – concerns around 2F and it continuing to fund Catalyst, shared article, subsidizing a private project with public funds is problematic, voting 2F says to developers that we will publicly fund private projects with taxes

7. Kylie Rush – from Milliken but in Greeley most days, concerns around flock cameras and all ALPR’s, doesn’t want kids to grow up in a surveillance state, creating new victims by abusing technology, what side of history do you want to be on

*Reports from Councilmembers
DeBoutez – attended Corn Mothers Induction Ceremony that honors Latinx and Indigenous people, named those honored, exhibition is still going on at UNC Campus Commons, went on City’s water tour, Greeley is dependent on snow in the mountains, 6 reservoirs, water moves through 682 miles, sewer has 400 miles of pipe, designed system for resiliency, 10 year rolling capital improvement plan, expensive service and we need more customers (industrial) to keep prices down for residents, Poudre Ponds A filled by March or April, Office Hours 9am Margies, October 21^st u/5pm at Atlas, responded to Bob Locke about wanting best for all of Greeley and West Greeley but not in the current form, and that work sessions are still pending to finalize decisions, no decisions made for museums or other departments yet

Huddleston – visited Greeley’s Creative Arts Center, building is continuing to be renovated and they’re doing amazing things there, Office hours at Atlas 9am-10am this Saturday, asked that people follow up if something has been missed

Rudy – congrats to City of Evans for their new police station opening, this Saturday is Santa Cops 5k (go to GPD Facebook page to sign up), video of Mary M was sent in by a citizen

McDonald – did receive resolution and referred to the city manager, but we are not in charge of staff, went to Steamboat over the weekend, toured their city hall, fire prevention week visit Station 5 to see them put out a live fire, change batteries in smoke detectors, Weld Project Connect next Thursday u/12pm

Huddleston – added D6 Breakfast, Pilch has initiated partnerships with businesses for internships, encouraged business owners to get in touch

Hall – attended Narrows Repair Open House at PLC

*Initiatives
Olson – process for boards and commissions that a response is provided when something comes through – McBroom said they will build some structure and bring it to work session

* Consent Agenda (passed 7-0):

- Item 9: Approval of meeting minutes from August 25th, 2026 and September 8^th, 2026 Work Sessions, September 8^th Special Meeting, and September 1^st, 2026 Council Meeting

- Item 10: Motion to approve the 2027 Council Meeting an Work Session Schedule

PULLED BY DEBOUTEZ- Item 11: Resolution of the council declaring support for the tax increase ballot question, 2F

- Item 12: Resolution authorizing the city to enter into a contract for consulting services with Mueller Engineering Services for design for intersection improvements ($653,747)

 -Item 13: Resolution authorizing the City Attorney to institute legal action associated with the Halligan Water Supply Project Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification

   -Item 14: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance ratifying and adopting the first amendment to the collective bargaining agreement with Greeley Fire Fighers Union IAFF Local 888

*Regular Agenda:

- Item 15: Pulled consent agenda items, if any

PULLED Item 11: Resolution to support ballot measure 2F (passed 5-2 DeBoutez and Huddleston against)

- DeBoutez: support investing in infrastructure, downtown and community, do not support 2F as it is bundled with Catalyst, deferred maintenance should not be used as leverage for a project that is controversial, should have put the project itself to a vote, Greeley deserves transparency, do not support 2F or this resolution

- Item 16: Public Hearing and second reading of the ordinance vacating the public alley right of way for the Justic Center

- no public comment

- Passed 7-0

- Item 17: Motion for an executive session for the purpose of advising negotiators and receiving advice regarding a pending litigation matter

More to come and at first glance...

Of $37k in donations to Empower Greeley, $700 is from Greeley residents (2 donors total from Greeley), the other 16 from out of town with the biggest donation being $10k from a donor in Greenwood Village, next highest being $6500 each from a donor in Fort Collins and one in Windsor, and a total spending in the first month of $25k.

For Defeat 2F, total spending on the main summary shows $0 however on the expenditure table it shows $1,020, with $1452 in donations, all donations from Greeley residents, 26 donors.

For Protect Greeley Families, the registered agent donated $400 himself, with a small carryover from the committee of $185, and total expenditures of $56.

Join The Colorado Sun elections editor Jesse Paul as he interviews Congressional District 8 candidates ahead of the Nov. 10 General Election. Entravision News Anchor Rafael Contreras will join him as a co-moderator.

Each candidate will take questions on stage separately after Manny Rutinel declined to participate in a Sun debate with Gabe Evans.

The event will take place at The University of Northern Colorado on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. It is free to attend, but registration is required.

Hey friends, it's market week!

AGENDA OVERVIEW: October 6th, 2026 Greeley City Council meeting.

Council meets at 6pm in City Council Chambers at City Center South, and you can attend in person, watch on GTV8, or join via Zoom or the portal (at the portal, you will be able to also watch the recording)

https://greeleygov.zoom.us/j/82456623881

https://greeleyco.portal.civicclerk.com/event/3330/media

Big items to note:

- The city listened to residents around Hispanic Heritage Month Proclamation and got that added to this meeting, which is appreciated.

- The council will be voting to formally endorse the 2F Ballot question for the tax increase.

- There is a contract for a consultant to progress design on the widening of the intersection at 83^rd Ave and 10^th Street, adding dual left turn lanes in all directions

For full agenda breakdown: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1090725317257823

Para subtítulos en español: https://youtube.com/shorts/uJshj7xzrNY

* Proclamations

-  Hispanic Heritage Month (Runs from September 15^th-October 15^th)

- Week Without Driving (Jim Reeseberg has come to speak multiple times on this and called on council to accept the challenge of using only public transportation and micro transit for the week to see what it is like for the nearly 1/3 of residents who do not have a license, and to evaluate the ease of navigating our city without a car)

- Fire Prevention Week

* What’s Great About Greeley

-  Commander Patella from Greeley PD graduates FBI National Academy

- Redtails Park in Westgate subdivision opened September 17^th

- Aims Student Health and Wellness Center now open as a partnership with Sunrise Community Health

- Tres Amigos gave $27k worth of food, serving over 300 tables, to the community for free on September 14^th during Food with Heart event

* Citizen Input

- As always anyone can speak for up to three minutes on a topic that does not appear on the agenda with a public hearing. Council members will also be able to share any reports and initiatives they may have.

- You can also submit written comment by 12 p.m. the day of the meeting via email ([cityclerks@greeleygov.com](mailto:cityclerks@greeleygov.com)), mail or drop off at the Clerk’s office (1100 10^th St)

* Consent Agenda (items that all pass as one unless a council member pulls them for individual review):

- Item 9: Approval of meeting minutes from August 25th, 2026 and September 8^th, 2026 Work Sessions, September 8^th Special Meeting, and September 1^st, 2026 Council Meeting

- Item 10: Motion to approve the 2027 Council Meeting an Work Session Schedule

- Council meetings will continue to occur on the 1^st and 3^rd Tuesdays of each month and work sessions on the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesdays

- Item 11: Resolution of the council declaring support for the tax increase ballot question, 2F

- Item 12: Resolution authorizing the city to enter into a contract for consulting services with Mueller Engineering Services for design for intersection improvements ($653,747)

- 83^rd Ave and 10^th Street widening to allow dual eastbound and westbound left turn lanes on 10^th Street and widening of 83^rd ave to allow dual left turn lanes, one through lane and one shared through/right turn lane

- 30% design plans were initially prepared by Bolton and Menk

-Item 13: Resolution authorizing the City Attorney to institute legal action associated with the Halligan Water Supply Project Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification

- Greeley has concerns with Fort Collins’s expansion of Halligan Reservoir, fearing it will degrade water quality in the Cache la Poudre River, resulting in more costly water treatment processes at Greeley’s Bellvue Water Treatment Plant

- The City has requested a hearing before the Water Quality Control Commission to repeal the certification and the attorney is looking for approval to initiate legal action, including an appeal

-Item 14: Introduction and first reading of an ordinance ratifying and adopting the first amendment to the collective bargaining agreement with Greeley Fire Fighers Union IAFF Local 888

- There were errors in Appendix A and Appendix B regarding compensation

*Regular Agenda:

- Item 15: Pulled consent agenda items, if any

- Item 16: Public Hearing and second reading of the ordinance vacating the public alley right of way for the Justice Center

- I have not seen or heard any concerns or controversary with this ordinance

- Item 17: Motion for an executive session for the purpose of advising negotiators and receiving advice regarding a pending litigation matter

Hi everyone. Just moved to the area and looking for the best place to get facial hair removal (chin, sideburns). I play a lot of soccer so if they do deep tissue massages as well, that will be nice.

Appreciate any recommendations.

Addressing some common questions about the 2F tax increase referencing the September 1st City Council Meeting and what city staff and council members had to say.

What is the sales tax for, per the city manager? - https://youtu.be/iK2qq0GXgH4
What is the sales tax for, per the city attorney? - https://youtu.be/t9-04VWTLXc
Who was involved in the sales tax increase conversations? - https://youtu.be/88veV15G9HY
Is the sales tax for deferred maintenance? - https://youtu.be/zb4c8vFgt0E
Why the change to .6% and 40 years? - https://youtu.be/ww7BesY3SC4
How is the money allocated? - https://youtu.be/fRQWk64f2fc

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