Albuquerque City Council Special Meeting - February 9, 2026
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>>COUN. PEÑA: WELCOME, EVERYONE. THE 4th MEETING OF THE 27th COUNCIL WILL COME TODAY OR. TONIGHT IS A SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I FORGOT TO TAP THE THING. I'M SORRY. ALL COUNCILORS ARE PRESENT. WE'RE MOVING TO A MOMENT OF SILENCE. WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE -- MOMENT OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE. AND THAT WILL BE LED BY ALL COUNCILORS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. [ INAUDIBLE ]. >>COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. COUNLOR CHAMPINE. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. WE'RE TALKING TO NOBODY IN THE AUDIENCE ABOUT PARKING PASSES. PASSES ARE PROVIDED FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. YOU CAN OBTAIN A PARKING PASS FROM THE COUNCIL STAFF AT THE TABLE NEAR THE CHAMBER'S ENTRANCE. NOBODY IS THERE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, CITY STAFF AND THE MEDIA HAVE THE ABILITY VIEW THIS MEETING IN PERSON AND LIVE STREAMS ON GOVTV CAM CAST CHANNEL 16, GOVTV WEBSITE, YOU AND YOUTUBE AND ZOOM. LIVE STREAMS CAN BE ACCESSED FROM MOST SMART PHONES, TABLETS AND COMPUTERS. THIS MEETING IS CLOSED CAPTIONED, AND YOU MAY ENABLE THE CLOSED CAPTIONING SERVICES AT THIS TIME. THE VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS AND ALL OTHER PAST COUNCIL MEETINGS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING AT ANY TIME ON THE CITY COUNCIL WEBSITE. COUNCIL TAF IS IS AVAILABLE VIA TELEPHONE IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NEED ASSISTANCE FINDING THE VIDEOS. CALL 50 5-768-3100. THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE BREAK AT 7 P.M. IF NECESSARY. WITH REGARD TO DECORUM, WE WANT TONIGHT'S METINGS AND PROCEEDINGS TO BE AS CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE NO PERSONAL ATTACKS AND NO APPLAUSE OR SNAPPING. OR ANY OTHER OUTBURSTS DURING THE MEETING. IT PRESIDENT WILL PROVIDE ONE WARNING TO EVERYONE CAUSING A DISRUPTION, UPON THE SECOND OR CONTINUED DISRUPTION THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE CHAMBERS AND IF NECESSARY SECURITY WILL BE ASKED TO ESCORT THAT PERSON FROM THE CHAMBERS. SUCH REMOVAL WILL BE EFFECTIVE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. IF DISRUPTIONS OCCUR, THE PRESIDENT MAY RECESS THE MEETING UNTIL ORDER IS RESTORED AND MAY CLEAR THE CHAMBERS OF PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN THE DISTURBANCE. THE MEETING WILL GO SMOOTHER IF WE'RE RESPECTFUL OF ONE ANOTHER. >>COUN. PEÑA: THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT. WE ARE NOW ON TO OTHER BUSINESS. I MOVE THAT -- TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS MATTERS RELATED TO 10-15-1H-7 DISCUSSIONS SUBJECT TO ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE PERTAINING TO LITIGATION IN MAYOR KELLER VERSUS THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL. WE NEED A SECOND. THERE'S TWO SECONDS. I'LL TAKE THE SECOND FROM COUNCILOR FIEBELKORN. WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE. [ ROLL CALL ]. >>COUN. BACA: YES. >>COUN. BASSAN: YES. >>COUN. CHAMPINE: YES. >>COUN. FIEBELKORN: YES. >>COUN. GROUT: YES. >>COUN. LEWIS: YES. >>COUN. ROGERS: YES. >>COUN. TELLES: YES. >>COUN. PEÑA: YES. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [ EXECUTIVE SESSION ]. >>COUN. PEÑA: OKAY. WE'RE BACK I AFFIRM THE MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WERE LIMITED TO THOSE SPECIFIED IN THE MOTION FOR CLOSURE. THAT BEING SAID, THIS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ADJOURNED. We are specially thrilled this
afternoon to welcome Art of sea, not only as the nation's
Poet laureate, but also as a