Denver approves 3 contracts for on-call services for sustainability office
Forrest Czarnecki
Denver City Council on Monday approved three contracts totaling $9 million for the development, design and installation of electric vehicle charging equipment, battery storage and other green energy alternatives.
The contracts with EnergyLink, Intermountain Electric Inc. and McKinstry Essention LLC are for $3 million each. The contracts are good through the end of July 2025.
Council member Amanda Sawyer was the sole dissenting vote because she wants to see improved backend reporting for on-call contracts. She said officials with the city’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency told her that they are working on creating a better reporting process, but she voted no because it’s not yet in place.
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U.S. energy secretary warns Colorado’s energy policies could drive up prices, deter businesses
Scott Weiser
scott-weiser@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 hours ago
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Monday warned that Colorado’s energy policies could lead to higher electricity prices and deter businesses, such as data centers, from locating in the state. Wright, a former executive of a Colorado-based energy company tapped...
Scott Weiser
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Aurora lawmakers cast final vote to adopt tobacco, psychoactive substance retail license
Kyla Pearce
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Updated 3 hours ago
Aurora City Council members cast a final vote Monday creating a retail license that limits and imposes certain restrictions on businesses that sell tobacco and other age-restricted psychoactive products. The intent of the license is to prevent youth access to...
Kyla Pearce
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Split vote by Colorado Title Board stops ballot push to privatize Pinnacol Assurance
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 20 hours ago
The Colorado Title Board, a three-member panel that sets the language for ballot measures, recently reversed a prior decision and blocked a proposal to privatize Pinnacol Assurance from moving forward. The main issue decided by the title board is whether...
Marianne Goodland
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Denver food businesses can get help with composting
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 5 seconds ago
New incentives, ranging from technical assistance to financial support, are now available to help Denver food service businesses comply with the city’s “Waste No More” universal recycling and composting requirements. The program, announced Monday, is part of the Office of...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
Denver proposes municipal sentencing reform
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
Currently in Denver, people can face months in jail for relatively low-level municipal offenses. But now, Denver City Council members are crafting legislation aimed not only at aligning municipal penalties with state law but also to “stop criminalizing poverty.” The...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
Denver proposes municipal sentencing reform
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
Currently in Denver, people can face months in jail for relatively low-level municipal offenses. But now, Denver City Council members are crafting legislation aimed not only at aligning municipal penalties with state law but also to “stop criminalizing poverty.” The...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
Denver proposes municipal sentencing reform
Deborah Grigsby
deborah.smith@denvergazette.com
Updated 23 hours ago
Currently in Denver, people can face months in jail for relatively low-level municipal offenses. But now, Denver City Council members are crafting legislation aimed not only at aligning municipal penalties with state law but also to “stop criminalizing poverty.” The...
Deborah Grigsby
Reporter
Colorado open records reform bill dies in Senate committee
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 2 days ago
Efforts to overhaul Colorado’s open records law have stalled again. Senate Bill 107, which would have extended response times for public records requests and added accountability measures for late responses, failed to advance out of its first committee and will...
Marianne Goodland
Reporter
Colorado open records bill dies in Senate committee
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 22 hours ago
Efforts to overhaul Colorado’s open records law stalled anew. A proposal that would have extended response times for public records requests and added accountability measures for late responses failed to advance out of its first committee and will not move...
Marianne Goodland
Reporter
Colorado prostitution decriminalization bill shelved after sponsor says it lacks votes
Marianne Goodland
marianne-goodland@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 hours ago
A bill that would have decriminalized prostitution in Colorado will not move forward this year after its sponsor said it lacks the votes to pass its first committee. Sen. Nick Hinrichsen, a Pueblo Democrat, said he will ask to postpone...
Marianne Goodland
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