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Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller’s list of proposed stimulus money expenditures includes improvements to the Balloon Museum. (Journal file photo)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. It was a busy night for the Albuquerque City Council, with legislative body’s second May meeting taking longer than a road trip to Denver.
Somehow the council’s annual budget vote barely contributed to the seven-hour run time, as the panel quickly passed the $711 million general fund spending plan for fiscal year 2022. As council budget chairwoman Klarissa Peña noted, it was a pretty “painless” process. (Read about the budget here.)
But the meeting minutes really piled up during a separate discussion about money specifically how to spend the city’s federal COVID-19 windfall.
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ABQ City Council approves amendment to start construction on new Gateway Center soon Share Updated: 11:08 PM MDT May 3, 2021 Share Updated: 11:08 PM MDT May 3, 2021
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Show Transcript KALYN NORWOOD SHOWS US, THIS IS DESPITE COMMUNITY PUSHBACK. KALYN: THE CITY ISN’T HOLDING BACK. MONDAY NIGHT CITY COUNCIL , MEMBERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF GETTING CONSTRUCTION STARTED SOON. THEY SEE THIS AS AN ISSUE THAT CAN’T BE PUT ON PAUSE. WE CAN’T CONTINUE TO WAIT. WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER AND PROCEED. KALYN: CITY LEADERS TAKING A STAND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEW GATEWAY CENTER FOR THE HOMELESS, DESPITE OPPOSITION. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT IN OUR BACKYARD THE WAY YOU WANT TO DO IT. YOU NEED TO TALK TO US FIRST. KALYN: JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, AT LEAST TWO DOZEN PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THE GIBSON MEDICAL CENTER PROTESTED THE CHANGE. IN A MEETING MONDAY, COUNCIL MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AN AMENDMENT FOR BILL 141 THAT ALLOWS THE CITY OF ALBUQU