Finance And Governance Committee Archives

Proposed $45 million cut to Denver’s budget to pay for illegal immigration crisis advances

Apr 16, 2024

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A panel of councilmembers has unanimously advanced Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposed $45 million in budget cuts — dollars the administration intends to use to pay for its response to the city’s illegal immigration crisis. The proposed budget cuts’ next stop is the full City Council. The budget cuts include a hiring freeze and service reductions.…

More Colorado cities moving to not profit off a state-imposed fee

Aug 16, 2022

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Dennis Huspeni

in Business

Three of Colorado’s largest cities have changed, or are in the process of changing, city laws that allowed for collecting sales taxes on government fees. Denver on Monday passed, on first reading, an ordinance “to exempt from taxation certain fees.” If the measure passes a second reading Aug. 22, it will become law. Under Senate…

Proposal aims to make Denver City Council meetings more efficient

Jun 21, 2022

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Lindsey Toomer

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver’s Finance and Governance Committee unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday that supporters say would make City Council meetings more efficient. If the resolution is approved by the full council, council meetings would start an hour and a half earlier than they do now with a…

Denver City Council narrowly moves forward with massive changes to marijuana regulation

Mar 16, 2021

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denver-gazette

in Government

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Three bills regarding marijuana regulations in Denver were passed through the Finance and Governance Committee Tuesday after narrowly surviving an attempted delay. If approved by the City Council, the bills will allow marijuana delivery and marijuana hospitality businesses within Denver and provide $350,000 to the…

Denver continues construction of National Western Center campus, halts future phases

Feb 17, 2021

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