A trio of ordinances that would have hired a new city employee in partnership with a national economic empowerment organization failed Monday during the Pueblo City Council meeting on a 3-3 vote, highlighting the new reality of a six-member city council following the death of Ray Aguilera that could result in stalemates and unpassable ties.
The ordinances would have accepted a grant from the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, an organization that works with municipal governments to provide financial literacy education the fundamentals of building credit and how to manage bank accounts effectively. The ordinances would have created a new city employee position with benefits for a CFE fellow.
A Pueblo school building constructed nearly a century ago was recently recognized by state and national preservation organizations for its role in city and state history.
On Dec. 7, Keating Junior High School on East Orman Avenue officially joined the National Register of Historic Places the federal government’s list of historic structures, places and objects deemed worthy of preservation as well as the Colorado State Register of Historic Properties.
In a letter to Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar from Holly Norton, the deputy state historic preservation officer for the state historical society, History Colorado, Norton said the property’s listing recognizes its “contribution to the heritage of the State of Colorado.”