May 6th 2026
Written by Juan A. Guzman
On May 5th 2026, The Greeley City Council Convened for its scheduled meeting within the Council Chambers to discuss its current agenda and review the current state of the city.
Greeley Mayor Dale Hall proclaimed May 4th to May 7th (2026), as Greeley Small Business Week. This was done in recognition and support of Greeley’s small businesses. He also proclaimed May 4th-8th as economic development week, and May 11th-16th as National police Week.
Furthermore, Greeley Mayor Dale Hall proclaimed the month of May as Mental Health month.
After a lengthy panel-style interview for the Council Member Ward 1 position, and Craig Huddlestone has been chosen by the Greeley City Council as appointee, to be ratified at the May 19th 2026, Greeley City Council Meeting.
Furthermore, Greeley Resident Connie Garcia, spoke about how the City’s “Right of Way” within her property is larger than the size of her house, and that they cannot use the land within this “Right of Way” area held by the City within Garcia’s property. She also mentioned how she has been negatively affected by being unable to put up a fence to separate her house from the row, and the great distraught brought upon her and her family by this situation. She also brought up her concerns about the abandoned Marriott Hotel near 28th Street. This was conveyed to the Greeley City Council during the citizen input section of the meeting.
Additionally, Greeley Resident Bill Gillard advocated for the continuation of the Catalyst project during this section. And Greeley Resident Steve Tietz Argued against the Cascadia project (Catalyst project) saying “It is a horrible Business deal”. He further mentioned that the Route System (Buses) implemented a few months prior is not performing adequately, and that a subcontract with VIA was “Unsafe” due to how they handled people in wheelchairs.
Greeley Resident Rachel spoke about their concerns with the Catalyst project, and the adjacent Oversight Committee for the project, arguing that the feasibility studies show that the project will not work.
Greeley Resident Mary Metzger (who attended the meeting virtually) spoke about there not being equal representation (for the community) in the meetings.
Greeley Resident Evan (who also attended virtually) agreed with Rachel and Mary’s points,advocated against “Big Business”, and “Trickle Down Economics”, and protested the City Council’s appointment due to it not having citizen input, and also suggested that the buses should have their brakes fixed.
After the Citizen Input Section, the city council assessed their scheduled agenda items, and moved into an executive session.
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