City Council rejects local rules on rental fees and late fees

Adds money to the city's agreement with the law firm Mynatt Springer P.C. for outside legal services. The record does not give the amount.

Adds money to the city's agreement with the law firm Robles Rael & Anaya P.C. for outside legal services. The record does not give the amount.

Confirms the mayor's re-appointment of Bruce Perlman to the Labor-Management Board.

Confirms the mayor's appointment of Vicky G. Estrada-Bustillo to the Water Protection Advisory Board.

Confirms the mayor's re-appointment of Christine M. Kiser to the Open Space Advisory Board.

Confirms the mayor's appointment of Joyce Marie Gilbert to the Senior Affairs Advisory Council.

Confirms the mayor's appointment of Nancy A. Roll to the Biological Park Board.

Confirms the mayor's appointment of Michael A. Puelle to the Albuquerque Development Commission.

Would let the city sell bonds backed by sales tax (gross receipts tax) revenue, up to $47,000,000 in total. Up to $18,000,000 would pay to buy, improve and equip the Juniper Flats housing development. Up to $29,000,000 would refinance older city bonds from 2015. Put off to Feb. 18.

For you: Taxpayers whose sales tax revenue backs city bonds, and future Juniper Flats residents.

Would require the fire and rescue, police and community safety departments to give quarterly operations reports. Sponsored by Councilor Grout. Put off to Feb. 18.

For you: Residents who follow public safety work.

The City Council first set this appointment aside 9-0, then took it back up 7-0 with Councilors Champine and Rogers excused, and confirmed Clay Campbell.

Confirms Dr. Samantha Sengel's re-appointment as the city's Chief Administrative Officer.

Confirms Chief Emily V. Jaramillo's re-appointment as chief of Albuquerque Fire Rescue.

Approves a social services agreement with Catholic Charities to run the Housing Resource Center and the Move-In Mentor Program. The record does not give the amount.

For you: People looking for housing help.

Approves a contract for La Semilla Project's NextGen Resource Management Internship Program. The record does not give the amount or details.

Uses money already set aside for rapid rehousing to add $662,526.92 to the Heading Home contract, to keep 92 households housed through the end of the 2026 budget year.

For you: The 92 households housed through Heading Home.

Approves the request to add $662,526.92 to Heading Home to keep 92 households housed in the 2026 budget year. Brought by Councilor Fiebelkorn at someone else's request.

For you: The 92 households housed through Heading Home.

Would have put parts of a 2025 state law on rental practices, screening fees, fee disclosures and late fees into city law, and required owners to offer a no-fee way to pay. Five changes passed 9-0, and a sixth was withdrawn. A motion to put it off to April 20 failed 4-5: Councilors Champine, Grout, Lewis and Peña voted for it; Councilors Baca, Bassan, Fiebelkorn, Rogers and Telles voted against. The final vote to pass it then failed.

For you: Renters and rental owners in Albuquerque.

Changes the city's zoning code to take two parcels, one on Broadway Boulevard NE and one on Lomas Boulevard NE, out of the Martineztown/Santa Barbara Character Protection Overlay Zone. The City Council heard it as a hearing on a specific property case.

For you: Martineztown and Santa Barbara neighbors and the owners of the two parcels.

The City Council met in private with its lawyers about the Mayor Tim Keller v. Albuquerque City Council lawsuit. President Peña said the talk stayed on that subject. No action was reported.

The City Council approved committee appointments. The record does not say who was appointed to what.