All Entries Tagged With: "Lamar City Council"
Council holds public hearing for 2025 budget, discusses Escondido Park soccer field conditions
Lamar City Council met for a regularly-scheduled meeting October 14, 2024. Gabe Beard of Lamar came forward for the audience participation portion of the meeting with several questions concerning the city’s recent decision to move the $350,000 yearly settlement amount from ARPA from the Lamar Utility Board to the city’s General Fund. He asked how […]
Lamar City Council meeting September 9, 2024
New Lamar Police Offer Steve Sanger taking his oath of office Prior to the regular City Council meeting, a work session was held, with two agenda items. First was a discussion concerning homeless persons in the city and the second concerned the maintenance of city parks, particularly Escondido park. The homeless issue will continue to […]
Lamar City Council meeting of August 26, 2024
New Lamar Police officer Jose Lozoya being sworn in by Mayor Kirk Crespin At the work session prior to the August 26, 2024 Lamar City Council meeting Ronny Farmer, CPA, presented the final audit report for 2023. He told Council that the city’s finances are in good shape but cautioned against overspending, saying “it’s […]
City Council meeting of July 22, 2024
All council members were present for the July 22, 2024 meeting. As there were no persons wanting to speak during the Public Comments portion of the meeting, Mayor Crespin reminded everyone that this is their chance to address Council if they have concerns. Kristin Scwartz gave the Treasurer report, informing Council that the DOLA grant […]
Lamar City Council Meeting of June 24, 2024
Mayor Kirk Crespin opened the meeting with remarks about the recent Colorado Municipal League conference that council members and certain city staff attended. He felt that it was a great opportunity to meet with staff from other cities and exchange ideas and to be able to bring back knowledge and information. This was reiterated by […]
Lamar City Council meeting of June 10, 2024
Lamar Mayor Kirk Crespin opened the June 10, 2024 Lamar City Council meeting with a plea to the community to become engaged with the city government. He said the recent Community Picnic was a big success but wanted to remind the public of the many ways that they can get involved and make their voices […]
Ground is broken for new Arby’s restaurant in Lamar
With shovels, left to right: Rob Evans, City Administrator; Ron Cook, Prowers County Commissioner; Lamar Mayor Kirk Crespin; Quyntyn Johnson, Senior VP of Operations for LV Petroleum; Michelle Carver, Site General Manager of LV Petroleum; David Zavala, Lamar City Councilman Under a bright blue sky on Saturday morning, June 1, 2024, ground was broken for […]
Lamar City Council meeting of May 13, 2024
Lamar City Council met May 13, 2024 for a regularly-scheduled meeting. City Treasurer Kristin Schwartz presented the 1st quarter financial report. She then spoke to Council about the NUE grant and how it is being used. The overall grant was $1,924,082.37. So far, $69,813.87 has been spent for SECED and $90,000 committed for the Ark […]
Lamar City Council approves Special Event Permit for Chamber of Commerce’s Cinco de Mayo Event
City Council met on March 25, 2024. Kristin Schwartz, City Treasurer, gave the evening’s first report, telling Council that the city is receiving $155,000 from a GOCO grant for its Recreation Master Plan. The money will go towards hiring a consultant. Also granted to the city is $1.8 million from the Congressional Directed Spending […]
Lamar City Council Meeting of March 11, 2024
All Council members were present for the meeting of March 11, 2024. Mayor Kirk Crespin told Council that he was adding a second executive session following the regular meeting to discuss personnel matters. He also wanted to remind Lamar residents that watering restrictions would soon be in place and that there are several free dump […]
City Council Approves Liquor License for LaMar, Fills Vacant Ward III Council Seat
Lamar City Council met on February 26 for its regular bi-monthly meeting. After a brief Executive Session to discuss an appointment for the open Ward III Council Seat, the meeting was resumed and Council voted 5 to 1 to appoint Shalah Mata to the vacancy which was created when Mike Bellomy stepped down to […]
City Council Delays Decision on Liquor License for the LaMar, Inc./dba The LaMar
Lamar’s City Council met for a regularly-scheduled meeting on February 12, 2024. All current Council members were present (a replacement for Councilman Mike Bellomy has not been finalized.) After the meeting was called to order by Mayor Kirk Crespin, Council heard reports from the City Treasurer, City Clerk and City Administrator. Treasurer Kristin Schwartz told […]
Council Approves Ordinance 1269, Hears List of Holiday Event
At the regular City Council meeting on November 27, Mayor Kirk Crespin began by presenting a plaque of appreciation to outgoing Council Member Mike Duffy, thanking him for all the work he has done for Lamar. Council voted to approve, on second reading, Ordinance 1269. The Ordinance provides for the elimination of the distance restriction […]
New Council Moves Forward on Agenda
With the November General Election concluded, new and re-elected Lamar City Council members took their oath of office to begin their term. David Zavala, recently elected to serve Ward 2, replacing Mike Duffy, was administered his oath by Judge Lane Porter to begin the November 13, 2023 council session. Per the City Charter which […]
Departing Council Finalizes Agenda Items
The outgoing Lamar City Council concluded the details of its agenda during the November 13th meeting. Ordinance 1268, pertaining to vacating the east-west alley between off 401 South 14th Street for Anthony Aguilera, was approved. The alley has not been used in decades and is located between lots 1 and 2, Block 4 in Maxwell’s […]
