Tag: Kevin Flynn
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Denver’s new property tax postcard has some residents riled
The city of Denver has launched a way of saving $100,000 toward this year’s projected $200 million budget shortfall: Instead of mailing out individual property tax bills, the city is sending postcards, reminding taxpayers that taxes are coming due and providing a website where they can find their bill. Denver’s Department of Finance says that…
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Denver streets official pressed by councilmembers on change of plans along Alameda Avenue
Denver City Councilmembers pressed Amy Ford, executive director of Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, for details following a public outcry over changes to its “lane repurposing project” on East Alameda Avenue. Councilmembers wrote Mayor Mike Johnston last week after a television news story was aired, alleging that the city had succumbed to lobbying pressure…
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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 Health poised to gain $70 million annually
Denver voters backed a sales tax increase designed to provide more money to Denver Health, the city’s safety net hospital system. Though votes were still being counted, the margin in favor of the tax hike was sizable at roughly 13 points, with 155,698 votes supporting the measure out of 275,723 counted so far, according to…
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Denver council votes down proposed amendments to 2025 budget, final vote next week
Following a multi-hour Denver City Council hearing, Mayor Mike Johnston’s proposed 2025 budget did not change Monday night. While Councilmembers Sarah Parady, Shontel Lewis and Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez collectively sought 12 amendments, none were approved. Four were withdrawn. An amendment brought forward by Parady sought to move the Street Engagement Team (SET) — the city’s camping ban…
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Amendment to cut Denver police budget by $3.2M fails
A proposed amendment to Denver’s 2025 budget reducing the police budget by $3.2 million, eliminating one of three cadet classes for next year, failed after councilmembers said reducing the police pipeline would do little to improve public safety in the city. The amendment was proposed by Councilmember Sarah Parady. Reducing the academy’s cadet classes would…
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Denver ponders lifting view plane restrictions for Ball Arena redevelopment
The Denver City Council on Monday advanced a bill that will amend the city’s municipal code by allowing buildings zoned as “Downtown Central Platte Valley-Auraria Center” to exceed an old view plane restriction. The “Downtown Central Platte Valley” zone code is being applied to the Kroenke Sports Entertainment-owned parking lot of Ball Arena, where KSE…
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Denver council OKs $6 million contract to aid immigrants
The Denver City Council on Monday approved a $6 million contract for a group to manage the distribution of food and provide services for immigrants participating in the city’s work program. The vote on the $6 million contract with Haven of Hope was postponed in late August and again last week after councilmembers grilled the…
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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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Two business Denver groups throw support behind sales tax increases
Two prominent Denver entities representing business interests are backing a proposal to increase the sales tax in order to help fund the operations of Denver Health. One of the business groups also threw its support behind Mayor Mike Johnston’s push to also hike the city sales tax in order to fund “affordable housing.” All…