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Most Denver offices, city services closed for Presidents Day

Most Denver offices, facilities and city agencies will close Monday in observance of Presidents Day.

Closures include all city libraries, workforce centers, county motor vehicle offices, City Council offices, the Mayor’s Office, the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, the Auditor’s Office and all county and state-operated courts.

The Office of the Medical Examiner, Denver Elections Division, Taxpayer Service Center, Vehicle Impound Facility and Wastewater Management Building will also close, in addition to the departments of building and zoning permitting, transportation and excise and licenses.

Trash, recycling and composting will not be collected Monday. Collections will be delayed one day for the remainder of the week.

All Denver recreation centers and pools are closed until further notice due to COVID-19; however, centers that serve as meal sites will not offer meal services on Monday.

Facilities that will remain open Monday include Denver International Airport, city-owned golf courses and Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre if weather permits.

Emergency operations such as Denver Health and the Denver sheriff, police and fire departments will operate as usual.

Denver Human Services locations will close Monday; however, emergency response teams and hotlines will remain open. Similarly, the Denver Animal Shelter will close but emergency response will be available.

The city’s information line for nonemergency services, 311, will close Monday.

Parking meters in Denver will be free Monday but subject to posted time restrictions.

Presidents Day might also affect the hours of operations for the city’s COVID-19 community testing sites. The modified hours vary by location and are available at denvergov.org.

The Denver City Hall building is pictured on Oct. 3,2020. (Forrest Czarnecki/The Denver Gazette)
Forrest Czarnecki
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