Author: Deborah Smith
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At-large candidate election measure to go to Denver ballot
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s 2025 ballot has grown by another question after the Denver City Council approved a measure Monday that will ask voters to “modernize” how Denver elects its two at-large council members. The question that will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot asks Denver residents to…
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Elbert County sheriff, commissioners settle ‘overreach’ case
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, the Board of County Commissioners and its county manager have settled an almost year-long lawsuit alleging county “overreached” with regard to the selection and discipline of Sheriff’s Office employees, court documents showed. The lawsuit, filed late last year by the…
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Denver lays off 171 employees, eliminates 665 vacant positions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As city of Denver employees brace for the layoffs the mayor ordered to help plug a $250 million budget deficit over the next 18 months, the Johnston administration has not divulged much information about the number or which departments will be affected most. On Monday…
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Denver’s Waste No More initiative returns to council on Monday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Back in November of 2022, Denver voters approved the Waste No More ballot initiative, which aims to increase recycling and composting across the city’s businesses, residential buildings, construction sites and events in an effort to divert waste from landfills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Although…
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Salvation Army to end relationship with three Denver homeless shelters
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Salvation Army will cease managing operations at three of Denver’s hotel-turned-homeless shelters after fulfilling its current contracts with the city, according to a statement from the group on Thursday. Those contracts run through 2025. Citing the need to ensure “financial stability,” officials from the…
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Denver Clerk: Mayor aims to ‘raid’ budgets of city’s independent agencies to plug $250M deficit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Clerk and Recorder Paul López earlier asked the “Vibrant Denver Bond” committee for $43 million for new storage space to secure the city’s election equipment and historical documents, some dating as far back as the 1800s. What he got from Mayor Mike Johnston was…
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Former Airbnb legal counsel tapped for Denver City Attorney
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston nominated Miko Brown as the next City Attorney for the City and County of Denver, pending City Council approval. Brown is a 2001 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, with more than 20 years of litigation experience and most…
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Denver Council advances at-large candidate measure, but ranked choice voting fails
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council narrowly passed a bill Monday that sponsors argue will “modernize” how Denver elects its two at-large council members with a narrow vote of 7 to 6, on its first reading. “Officials who are elected to represent a city-wide constituency should be…
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NEWS NUGGETS | Furlough days to impact Denver compost collection, AI Summit, Polish Food set
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver furlough day prompts no compost collection week of Aug. 25 The Denver Department of Transportation and infrastructure (DOTI) will not collect compost the week of Aug. 25, as staff works a shortened, 32-hour workweek and takes a furlough day on Friday, Aug. 29. All…
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Denver City Council to hear proposed election-related changes to city charter
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council returns to chambers on Monday with a full agenda, including three proclamations and two half-hour courtesy public comment sessions. Items of particular interest include Council Bill 25-0920, which proposes asking Denver voters to approve an amendment to the Charter of the…