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Council passed three ordinances barring alcohol purchases, adding a 1% city oversight fee and renaming the college affordability fund Prosperity Denver Fund.
Why it matters: These nonprofit-run sales-tax funds serve ages 3 through adulthood; the changes standardize admin rules and add city oversight after audit findings.
Council voted 8-4 to add $500,000 to the Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell employment-law contract, bringing it to $970,000, after debate over GEO Group ties and cost.
Why it matters: The vote pitted values-based objections to the firm's GEO Group representation and cost concerns against warnings that switching counsel would cost more.
Council voted 11-1 to postpone ten DEN airline use and lease agreements to October 13 so community groups can weigh in on accountability measures.
Why it matters: Backers say existing ordinance on deportation flights lacks implementing policies; opponents say the delay hurts airlines and the city's business reputation.
Council delayed the Citibot and Slalom contracts to October 13, approved a $375,000 police settlement, and passed two contracts 9-3.
Why it matters: Lewis is tracking taxpayer-funded settlements citywide, and split votes show persistent skepticism of certain contractors.
Council passed Bill 26-1305 on final consideration, with sponsors presenting it as protection for trans, non-binary and gender-expansive residents.
Why it matters: Sponsors say it keeps city resources and information from being used to target neighbors amid national attacks on transgender people.
Council adopted proclamations recognizing the 32-year-old El Grito 5K scholarship race and fallen Denver police officer Merle Nading, killed in 1971.
Why it matters: Symbolic recognition of a community scholarship event and a decades-old line-of-duty death, with families attending.
Council members used announcements to cite an all-day Thursday budget workshop, a new report on ICE activity in Colorado, and community events.
Why it matters: Budget season is the council's busiest period and members highlighted immigration-enforcement concerns.
Council adopted design and construction contracts for a new District 6 police station and garage 9-1 after debate over lost housing opportunities and bond deadlines.
Why it matters: The project must start construction in October to meet Elevate Denver bond spending limits, leaving little room to enlarge the adjacent pharmacy parcel for housing.
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Denver Adds Oversight to Three Voter-Approved Tax Funds, Delays Airline Leases Denver's three voter-approved, nonprofit-run tax funds now share one rulebook: no alcohol purchases, a 1% city oversight fee and aligned spe...
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Council Approves District 6 Police Station 9-1 Despite Process Criticism Denver will build its long-delayed District 6 police station at Colfax and Washington, and the bond calendar, not the neighborhood's redevelopment...
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Food Justice, Housing Dissent, and Worker Reclassification Dominate Denver Council Session Denver City Council tackled food insecurity, housing strategy, and city workforce policy at its Sept. 21 meeting, unanimously de...
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Council Winds Down ShotSpotter, Clashes Over Bond Equity in District 11 Denver City Council signaled the end of a decade-long experiment with gunshot detection surveillance, approved more than $100 million in contracts...
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Council Honors DIA Tent Roof Champion, Celebrates Mayfair Park at 30 Denver City Council marked two milestones Monday — memorializing the business leader who gave Denver International Airport its iconic silhouette and c...
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Towing Contract Draws Lone Dissent as Council Honors Community Icons Denver City Council extended the city's sole-bidder towing contract over pointed objections from **Councilmember Amanda Sawyer**, who cited a personal...
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Council Kills $1M Video Contract on Tie Vote as Traffic Deaths Hit 41 Denver City Council's Aug. 10 session drew a sharp line on executive procurement powers and laid bare an escalating traffic safety crisis — twin them...
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Denver Council Bids Farewell to Parady, Declares At-Large Seat Vacant The Denver City Council convened a special meeting to formalize the departure of one of its most prolific legislators. In back-to-back unanimous vote...
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Council Slams DEA Drug Enforcement Partnership as Overdose Deaths Surge Denver City Council held an emotionally charged session Aug. 31, adopting proclamations on overdose grief, historic preservation, childhood cancer...
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