City Council

SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS CITY OF LAFAYETTE, COLORADO City Council Workshop May 27, 2025 Mayor Mangat opened the May 27, 2025, workshop of the Lafayette City Council at 5:35pm in the Council Chambers at Lafayette City Hall, 1290 S. Public Road, Lafayette, Colorado. Those attending in Council Chambers were Mayor Jaideep “JD” Mangat, Mayor Pro Tem Brian Wong, and Councilors Tim Barnes, David Fridland, Crystal Gallegos, Nicole Samson, and Saul Tapia Vega. City staff included City Manager Kady Doelling, Deputy City Manager Megan Davis, City Attorney Mary Lynn Macsalka, Assistant to the City Manager Alex Nelson, City Clerk Lynnette Beck, Sustainability Director Elizabeth Bocon, Community Services Director Melissa Hisel, Interim Chief Financial Officer Sarab Khalsa, Deputy City Attorney Erin Poe, Interim Chief Financial Officer Morgan Walton, and Communications Director Debbie Wilmot. Ryan Winger from Magellan Strategies was also present. I. Capital Bond Measure Exploration – Public Engagement and Polling Report Megan Davis, Ryan Winger, Debbie Wilmot, and Alex Nelson presented background on the exploration, polling results, engagement activities and report, and next steps. Council asked about the weighted survey data, the meaning of “statistical significance,” comfort with the results based on the current level of economic uncertainty, target numbers for measures with no tax increase, the costs for each project individually, debt service on the Great Outdoors Waterpark, thoughts about respondents who indicated they didn’t have enough information, public education strategies if measures are placed on the ballot, respondents who would vote for a property tax increase of a lesser amount, and the potential term of the bond. Council discussed options for project grouping, the taxing mechanism, and priorities. Council directed staff to prepare two options for a property tax increase: (1) an option with the service center and recreation center grouped together in one measure and the civic center as a separate measure, and (2) an option with all three projects in one measure. II. Potential Board, Commission, and Committee Program Updates Alex Nelson and Megan Davis reviewed recent changes to the recruitment process and presented items for Council discussion, including term limits, board sizes, and having alternate members. Council asked about the percentage of board members who leave before the end of their terms, demographics of members who stay on boards long term, whether term limits would need to be consistently applied to all boards, term limits for the Sustainability and Resilience Advisory Board, the role of boards, range of term lengths, and which boards have alternate members. Council discussed alternates, standardization of term lengths and term limits for all boards, and board sizes. Council’s preference was to eliminate alternate members, cap board Lafayette City Council Workshop May 27, 2025 Page 2 membership at nine members, and solicit board input regarding term limits and term lengths. III. New Ideas There were no new ideas presented. The workshop was adjourned at 7:31pm. Approved the 3rd day of June, 2025 CITY OF LAFAYETTE, COLORADO ________________________________________ Jaideep Mangat, Mayor ATTEST ______________________________________ Lynnette Beck, City Clerk