PUEBLO, Colo. (KOAA) — The Pueblo City Council voted 4-3 against a proposed ordinance that would have required restaurants to offer only water or milk as default beverages with children's meals.

The narrow vote came after concerns were raised about government overreach and potential enforcement issues for local businesses.

The proposed ordinance would have required Pueblo restaurants selling bundled kids' meals to list only what officials called "healthy beverages" as default options. Instead of apple or orange juice automatically coming with children's meals, restaurants would have defaulted to water or milk.

Some local restaurants told News5 they already follow similar practices, while others said changing menus wouldn't create high costs.

Opposition centered on enforcement concern

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