Pueblo City Council Powers

Pueblo's City Council has these 10 Expressed Powers:

1- power to investigate the city's employees, including the police department, which make up over 25% of the city's budget (Section 3-5);

2- power to build libraries & pay for their employees (Section 3-6);

3- power to dedicate or abandon street or alleys (Section 3-7);

4- power to make contracts (Section 3-9);

5- power to initiate independent audits (Section 3-10);

6- power to create new departments, "but may not discontinue any department established by this Charter." (Section 3-12);

7- power to regulate & issue licenses & permits (Section 3-13, as amended in 1973);

8- power to direct the Finance Director and/or City Manager to issue surety bonds "in such amounts as the Council may determine." (Section 3-14);

9- power to pass motions, ordinances, & resolutions (Section 3-16);

10- power to appropriate funds (Section 7-10 & 7-11);

11- Subpoena Power;

12-  Appoints & Fires Municipal Judges