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Loveland sends all 22 charter review applicants to public interviews

·Loveland·Larimer County

From the Loveland City Council meeting of

The council has not set an interview date; staff will return with options after reviewing the process. Once appointed, the committee will have nine members and two alternates and draft charter changes for council consideration.

The Loveland City Council advanced all 22 applicants for its ad hoc Charter Review Committee to public interviews without an initial screening. It did not set an interview date.

The city's staff report tentatively scheduled interviews for Nov. 19, but the council did not settle on that or another date. Staff will return with options after examining the process and possible dates, a staff member said.

The temporary Ad Hoc Charter Review Committee will review the Loveland City Charter and draft proposed revisions, updates and amendments for council consideration. Once appointments are made, it will have nine members and two alternates.

The mayor favored separate interviews for fairness, with recordings released to the public, and suggested holding them all on a Saturday. Councilor Zeke Cortez put applicants' chances of selection at slightly less than 50% and questioned whether public interviews would elicit authentic answers: “It's scary talking in front of a lot of people, but are you going to get an authentic response?” A council member proposed recorded interviews available to the public, saying they could be fairer for applicants and more efficient for the council. Another council member supported exploring recordings to broaden public access and let council members review the same information delivered in the same way.

A staff member initially said the ordinance's public-interview language might require an amendment to allow recordings, adding two readings and potentially delaying interviews. The staff member later suggested recording applicants' answers to the same questions published in advance and posting the interviews publicly, but wanted to examine the approach further. Councilor Caitlin Wyrick said applicants knew interviews would be public and urged equal treatment under any video option; Wyrick also asked whether existing city software could be used instead of paying for outside software. Another staff member said staff would check what software and protocols were available for recorded interviews.

More from this meeting

  1. Loveland City Council, Oct. 20, 2026

    Loveland churches consider winter shelter; no sign-ups yet, chair says; Loveland sends all 22 charter review applicants to public interviews, 8-0; Loveland advances $935,499 for airport runway widening, 8-0; 6 consent items adopted, 8-0.

  2. Item 7.1Loveland churches consider winter shelter; no sign-ups yet, chair says

    The proposed rotation would put churches on dangerous-weather nights, with Serve 68 coordinating supplies. Existing emergency-response funds could cover costs without a new appropriation, but may also be needed for future encampment cleanups.

  3. Item 7.3Loveland advances $935,499 for airport runway widening

    The increase draws on federal grant revenue and the Airport Fund’s unassigned balance, with no General Fund money. Work also includes lighting, signage, drainage and taxiway improvements, with substantial completion expected in early November.

  4. Item 7.4Loveland adopts 2027 rates; staff estimates $7.30 average monthly residential power bill increase

    The schedule replaces prior city, Stormwater Enterprise and Utilities Department rates for bills mailed Jan. 1 or later. The General Fund property-tax rate remains 9.564 mills.