Tag: City Council
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Voters unseat Jeffco schools leader
Tina Moeinian was elected over incumbent Mary Parker and Gloria ‘Teresa’ Rascon in the race for the District 5 seat on the Jeffco School Board of Education, according to early results. Moeinian received the backing of the Jefferson County Education Association. Moeinian, a professional mediator, won over Parker, the current board president, and Rascon with…
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Jeffco candidates ramp up spending, fundraising in final stretch of election campaign
Candidates throughout Jefferson County have ramped up their spending and fundraising, as they headed into the final stretch of this year’s elections. Lakewood: 5 council seats There are five Lakewood City Council seats up for election on Nov. 4, including one in each of the five wards. Liz Black, who is running for the Ward…
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Westminster voters to choose mayor, councilmembers
Westminster residents will elect three city councilmembers and a new mayor during the Nov. 4 election. Voters in the city of around 115,000 will choose from eight City Council candidates running for the open seats and three mayoral candidates, two of whom have already served on the council for years. The mayor and councilmembers are…
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Shelter services and transportation on Denver City Council agenda
On Monday, the Denver City Council will consider multiple resolutions tied to the city’s homeless shelter operations. Of particular interest is Council Resolution 25-1383, which amends an agreement with U.S. Motels Denver North, Inc. by adding nine months and $2.5 million to provide non-congregate shelter units, as well as congregate shelter space when the city’s…
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Wheat Ridge planning commission approves new 15-year development plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Wheat Ridge Planning Commission officially gave the seal of recommendation for the city’s new comprehensive development plan, pushing the proposal into the laps of City Council members. The commission unanimously agreed to recommend the adoption of the more-than 160-page, 15-year plan on Aug. 21,…
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Lakewood City Council to tackle major zoning proposal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Lakewood City Council will break up a nearly 400-page zoning code proposal into four separate ordinances, with elected officials noting the complexity of the task and the need to individually tackle some issues. The councilmembers then plan to take up each one individually. The…
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Lakewood City Council approves 2040 comprehensive plan
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The Lakewood City Council unanimously approved the city’s comprehensive plan for the next 15 years on Monday evening after three years in the making. The council voted 11-0 in approving Envision Lakewood 2040, a master plan for the city created and adopted by the planning commission on April 23 after years of community engagement and…
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Mayor postpones measure on executive pay raises until fall
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Mayor Mike Johnston has postponed until fall a measure that would have raised the salaries of a dozen top executives. The proposed adjustments would have raised the salaries of 12 agency directors by nearly 44% on July 1, totaling nearly $500,000 in additional expenditures,…
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Denver City Council appears to support $100M sales tax increase
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A proposal to increase sales taxes to generate $100 million, which sponsors want to allocate for “affordable” housing, appears to have broad support within the City Council, though at least one member has expressed reservations about asking residents to pay more for goods. A City…
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Downtown Denver seeks funding to refill 16th Street Mall’s empty shops
Denver is looking to use the last of its American Rescue Plan Act money for downtown’s recovery exclusively for 16th Street Mall. Small businesses operating in the downtown attraction were first hit by the pandemic and further disrupted by 16th Street Mall’s drawn-out renovation construction project, leading to closures and nearly a third of ground-floor shops…