Tag: City Council Meeting
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Looking ahead: Aurora council to confirm direction on homeless service provider funds
The Aurora City Council will confirm in a study session on Monday night its direction on agreements with homeless service providers that will receive American Rescue Plan Act funds, a decision the council made at its winter workshop in February. Due to a decrease in marijuana sales tax revenue, staff recommended reduced funding to homeless service…
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Tension boils over at Aurora Council meeting about public defenders, call for ceasefire
Tension boiled over at the Aurora City council meeting on Monday, when two items — a call for a “cease-fire” in Gaza and efforts to undo the request for proposals to examine the potential effects of privatizing the city’s public defender’s office — were removed from the agenda. Councilmember Alison Coombs, who had championed the “cease-fire”…
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Looking ahead: What’s on the agenda for Aurora’s first 2024 council meeting
Aurora City Council is gearing up for its first meeting of 2024 on Monday, during which council will try out a new format for meetings and discuss an array of topics facing the city including upgrades to the council chambers. At council’s last meeting of 2023, members voted to pass a resolution amending meeting times.…
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‘A big step in the right direction’: Denver extends STAR alternative policing program citywide
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver is expanding its Support Team Assisted Response (STAR) program citywide, providing civilian-led emergency response to low-level, nonviolent situations as an alternative to police. The expansion comes after the City Council unanimously approved a nearly $1.4 million contract with Mental Health Center of Denver on…
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Denver City Council changes public comment to prioritize new speakers
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council voted to change the sign-up for its weekly public comment session Monday, opting to prioritize people who haven’t spoken at previous meetings. From now on, people who haven’t spoken at a…
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Denver to spend $3.9M to expand managed homeless campsites
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver is set to spend $3.9 million on managed homeless campsites through the end of this year after the City Council approved the expansion of the program Monday. The expanded contract will fund at least four camps sheltering approximately 370 people through Dec. 31, run…
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Capitol Hill mansion designated as historical landmark
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A historic mansion in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood was designated as the city’s newest landmark Monday following an unanimous City Council vote. The mansion at 555 E. Eighth Ave. will now be preserved and protected from demolition and significant change. The mansion was built in…
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Denver council OKs electronic monitoring contract with private prison company
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council approved a $1.5 million contract Monday with B.I. Incorporated — owned by private prison giant GEO Group — for electronic monitoring equipment through Jan. 31, 2025. This comes after the council voted to cut ties with GEO Group in 2019, ending…
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Denver to pay $500,000 to student shot by police during George Floyd protest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Denver will pay $500,000 to a college student who was shot in the eye by Denver police while protesting after the death of George Floyd. The Denver City Council unanimously approved the payout Monday without discussion, settling the lawsuit filed against the…