Loveland City Council July 7: charter review committee plan advances as council also clears CDBG actions

At its Tuesday, July 7 meeting, the Loveland City Council advanced a plan to create a charter review committee and also moved through a mix of housing, administrative and code-related business, including two Community Development Block Grant actions needed for the city’s federal funding process. The meeting also included a presentation on a newly named city department and extended public comment focused on transparency, moratorium rules and homelessness concerns.

Council voted on first reading to create a nine-member ad hoc charter review committee to study possible city charter amendments, after revising how applicants would be scored, expanding the interview pool and adding new eligibility and outreach requirements. In separate action tied to federal housing funds, council unanimously approved the city’s 2026-27 CDBG Annual Action Plan and also approved a corrected CDBG resolution replacing an earlier measure after staff said available brick-and-mortar funding had been overstated.

Council also approved first reading of an ordinance updating municipal penalty limits to align city code with a recent Colorado Supreme Court ruling, and first reading of funding for a city manager search to allow the city to hire an executive search firm and conduct related public outreach. Members additionally approved a new downtown right-of-way encroachment fee schedule covering permits for private features that extend into public space.

On the meeting’s less debated items, council approved appointments to three boards and commissions, and then passed the remaining consent agenda items in a bundled vote after pulling two items for separate consideration. Council also heard the public unveiling of the Community Placemaking Department name for the city division combining library, cultural services, and parks and recreation, while public comment centered on transparency, recent moratorium rule changes, homelessness policy and the city’s public process.