Tag: Amanda Sawyer
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Denver amends campaign finance ordinance to ban anonymous donations
Denver’s revised campaign finance ordinance now prohibits anonymous donations to candidates running for elected office. The new ordinance clarifies requirements for neutral debates, updates requirements for neutral hearing officers, lists prohibited expenditures for FEF money, and tweaks language to improve readability and accessibility. The City Council approved the changes at its Tuesday meeting. “I appreciate the…
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Denver mayor vetoes bill expanding Denver’s needle exchange program
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston late on Tuesday vetoed a proposal to remove the cap and distance requirements on the city’s needle exchange program. The City Council may still override his veto if supporters can secure a supermajority of nine votes. That appears unlikely, as a divided council approved the measure Monday with an 8 to…
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Denver voters reject Mike Johnston’s sales tax hike for affordable housing, latest tally shows
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Denver voters have rejected Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposal to increase the city’s sales tax rate by 0.5 points in order to pay for housing projects citywide. The tax hike proposal divided the Denver City Council, where it was delayed, amended and ultimately sent to the Denver ballot in August. Johnston, who campaigned for the measure…
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Denver City Council rejects $26M halfway house purchase
The Denver City Council on Monday unanimously rejected a measure to purchase a halfway house for $26.2 million. The item, a purchase agreement with Denver 44th Avenue LLC for the property at 570 W. 44th Ave., was delayed by Councilmember Amanda Sawyer one week ago. During the meeting, Sawyer asked members of Denver’s real estate…
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Denver settles 4 lawsuits totaling $170,000
The Denver City Council on Monday agreed to four settlements across two departments at a cost of $170,000 to taxpayers. The settlements will pay for two cases each involving the Denver Public Library ($30,000) and the the Denver Police Department for ($140,000). Councilmember Shontel Lewis, who earlier said she tracking tracking where “every dollar” is…
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Denver Council approves $200M contract for Colfax rapid transit, $2.5M for Salvation Army
The Denver City Council approved a roughly $200 million contract for the construction of the Colfax Bus Rapid Transit project. The contract was previously delayed by Councilmember Amanda Sawyer, who highlighted the ongoing budget process for the delay. The council also approved a contract with the Salvation Army’s Tamarac Family Shelter, which is worth $2.5…
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Denver mayor opens 215 units of housing, pushes for $100 million sales tax hike
Denver officially opened more than 200 units of affordable housing from an old hotel, a project that used $13.6 million in federal funding. Mayor Mike Johnston said the new housing is part of a larger regional solution to homelessness, which spiked this year, based on an annual count, despite tens of millions of dollars allocated…
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Denver approves $437,000 settlement, delays $1.7 million contract with Downtown Denver Partnership
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The Denver City Council on Monday approved roughly half a million dollars for a settlement involving the Denver police department, which, along with other similar cases, have drawn the attention of a councilmember who has begun tracking them. Councilmember Shontel Lewis said her office has tracked roughly $4.2 million in spending on settlements citywide, which…
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Denver City Council committee delays proposed sales tax measure to fund affordable housing
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After more than an hour of questions, a sales tax measure proposed by Mayor Mike Johnston has been tabled for more discussion by the Denver City Council. Councilmembers unanimously voted on Wednesday in the Safety, Housing, Education and Homeless Committee to delay sending the proposal…
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Denver voters will decide whether to allow non-citizens to serve as police, firefighters
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Non-citizens are one step closer to being able to apply to become a Denver police officer or firefighter after the City Council unanimously approved a ballot measure seeking to change the city charter during Monday’s meeting. The proposed charter change requiring police and fire departments…