City Council, May 4, 2026
Votes on EC-145 Veto of O-26-22 Cooling System Performance Requirements, 5-4
What happened
This Albuquerque City Council meeting was dominated by O-14, the Enhanced Service and Safety Zone ordinance allowing the mayor to designate commercial corridors (likely downtown first) for enhanced city services and safety enforcement; it passed 6-3 after seven floor amendments.
- Jurisdiction
- Albuquerque, NM
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- May 4, 2026
- Decisions
- 14 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Voted, 5-4
Free sample: decision 1 of 14
EC-144 CIP Indirect Overhead (IDOH) FY27
Capital Implementation Program indirect overhead rate for FY27. Administration proposed accepting a 5% IDOH rate; council ordinance O-26-3 calculated rate of 4.67%. Councilors objected that approving 5% would violate the recently passed ordinance. Failed on a 2-7 vote.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
This Albuquerque City Council meeting was dominated by O-14, the Enhanced Service and Safety Zone ordinance allowing the mayor to designate commercial corridors (likely downtown first) for enhanced city services and safety enforcement; it passed 6-3 after seven floor amendments.
Key Decisions (14)
EC-144 CIP Indirect Overhead (IDOH) FY27
EC-118 Aviation Department BUILD Grant Application
OC-7 On-Call Planning Services for City Council
O-14 Enhanced Service and Safety Zone Ordinance
O-14 Floor Amendment 3 (warning before citation)
O-14 Floor Amendment 5 (quarterly enforcement reporting)
O-14 Floor Amendment 7 (First Amendment exemption)
O-23 Police Oversight Ordinance Amendment (CPOA authority)
O-23 deferred to May 18
R-6 San Pedro Blight Designation and Near Heights MRA Expansion
R-15 2026 Action Plan / CDBG and HOME Housing Funds
R-19 SEED Block Grant / Energy Efficiency Funds
EC-115 Veto of R-26-12 (FY26 operating appropriations)
EC-145 Veto of O-26-22 Cooling System Performance Requirements
Zoning Changes (1)
Development Activity (3)
San Mateo Tower project
Mixed-Use
Lindy's Diner building (collapsed) at 5th and Central
Commercial
Downtown affordable housing units
Residential
Market Signals (5)
Commercial Demand
Downtown Albuquerque is experiencing significant commercial disinvestment with a grocery…
Sentiment
City leaders and downtown business owners (State Theater Building owner,…
Infrastructure
The San Pedro Drive corridor (Central to I-40) was designated…
Who Spoke (56)
On the record: the chair, 8 councilmembers, 5 staff members, the clerk, a witness, and 31 members of the public.
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