The City Council met on February 4, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. and adjourned to executive session at 6:29 p.m. The agenda included a proclamation for Black History Month, a presentation on the municipal court, the reappointment of the presiding municipal judge, approval of a new in-house city attorney, and several consent agenda items. Public input featured a historical presentation on the Marquis de Lafayette and a citizen’s comments on capital projects.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I will call to order the Lafayette City Council meeting for February 4th, 2025. We will begin with the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God in the visible delivery and justice for all. Thank you so much. Clerk Beck, we do a roll call, please. Mayor Monguette. Here. Councillor Barnes. Good evening. Councillor Friedland. Here. Councilor Gallegos. Good evening. Councilor Samson. Good evening. And Councilor Tapia Vega. Here. Mayor, we have a quorum. Amazing. Thank you. I will begin tonight's meeting with uh public input. If you wish to speak during this time, uh, you can grab one of these yellow speaker forms that you can access through the glass doors in the back. You'll have five minutes to speak, please state your name and address before you do so. You may also call in as well, and we can get you on the on the speaker phone. Uh tonight we will begin with Alenka in Dressic, and please correct me on how to pronounce your name. Thank you. Alinkash Nidashich, one three, four, six, wasach point, Lafayette, Colorado. Mr. Mayor, City Council, dedicated staff and residents of Lafayette, Colorado. Greetings. I am a member of Speak With Is Lafayette's most award-winning Toastmaster Club. I'm here to introduce the next speaker, Jay Ruggieri. As you will remember, we are reporting on the history of our city's namesake, the Marquis de Lafayette, as we follow his footstep on his two hundredth year anniversary and his famous American guest tour. During the public input portion of this meeting, we would like to present some brief but very interesting Lafayette historical moment for the benefit of council and the Lafayette community. Each time we meet on our tour. Thank you, J. Regarde. Jay Regary, 501 North Vermont, in the beautiful family friendly city of Lafayette, Colorado. Lafayette, we are here, Lafayette, we are here. The most famous words about the most famous man, the Marquis de Lafayette. Thank you, Alanka for putting us back to place time and on topic. America in the late 70s, 70s. The topic is inclusion. The Marquis de Lafayette, the man in his legend, our champion of liberty, he was often called a proud abolitionist. Yes, the Marquis de Lafayette was a committed abolitionist. Let me share some facts and accomplishments of the Marquis. First, early opposition. Lafayette's opposition to slavery began in his youth and was solidified during the Revolutionary War with his unique experience with the former slave, James Armistead. Secondly, he wrote the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen with Thomas Jefferson.