The Denver City Council plans to add roughly $12 million to its rental assistance program through contract expansions with various partners. There are also expansions to contracts with The Second Chance Center and a $4 million purchase order for radiological detection equipment.

The trio of resolutions for rental assistance will bring the total cost of the Temporary Rental and Utility Assistance program to about $23.6 million, against the $29.1 million budgeted for 2024.

Denver opened applications for rental assistance in January. The program has expanded since it was first created and funding for it has more than doubled since 2021, when the city budgeted $13.6 million for the program.

Only two of the three partners in Denver’s assistance program are standing to gain through three separate resolutions. Two resolutions expand contracts with Brothers Redevelopment Inc. and The Community Firm for $4.4 million and $6.6 million, respectively. The third is a new contract worth about $759,000 for The Community Firm that will allow the business to set up a service call center.

Additionally, The Second Chance Center will see about $2 million in additional money through one contract amendment and a new expenditure agreement. The first, a $200,000- and one-year contract increase, will expand recovery services at community corrections facilities, according to the city agenda. The second, a new $1.7 million expenditure agreement will provide money for case management services for community corrections, citywide.

Here is a summary of other city council items:

Contracts and Resolutions:

• 24-0544: A resolution approving a contract with Centro Humanitario Para Los Trabajadores for $2,250,000 with an end term of 6-30-2025 to administer WorkReady Denver by providing immigrants who are on a path to work authorization access to education, training, and employment opportunities, citywide.
• 24-0554: A resolution approving a master purchase order with Bubble Technology Industries Inc. for $4 million through 10-31-2024 with renewals through 10-31-2026 for the purchase of mobile radiological detection units for regional mapping and event monitoring purposes for first responders.
• 24-0558: A resolution approving a purchase order to Sill-TeHar Motors Inc. for a total maximum of $1.1 million and through December for the purchase of twenty-four 2025 Ford Utility Police Interceptor Hybrid vehicles.
• 24-0553: A resolution approving a contract with Keene Concrete, Inc. for $2.4 million for citywide removal and replacement of deficient concrete curbs, gutters, sidewalk panels, valley gutters, concrete streets, and alley pavement.
• 24-0555: A resolution approving a contract with Silva Construction, Inc. for $1,417,513 for citywide spot repairs to concrete curbs, gutters, sidewalk, cross pans, street panels, and alley panels.

Bills:

• 24-0537: A bill approving an intergovernmental agreement with the Colorado Department of Transportation worth $800,000 for the design, purchase, and construction of new information booths located throughout Denver International Airport.
• 24-0542: A bill for an ordinance approving the transfer of funds and subsequent appropriation of $1.1 million from the Gateway Impact Fee Trust Funds to the Capital Improvement Fund for Gateway Regional Infrastructure for the construction of a fire station in Council District 11.
• 24-0455: A bill for an ordinance amending Ordinance 20220426, Series 2022, to extend the deadlines by which an applicant must obtain approval of a site development plan or site development plan amendment.

Public Hearings:

• 24-0423: A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 2670 N. Niagara St. in North Park Hill.
• 24-0419: A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 3150 W. Jewell Ave. in Harvey Park.
• 24-0420: A bill for an ordinance changing the zoning classification for 4343 N. Utica St. and Associated Properties in Berkeley.
• 24-0456: A bill for an ordinance amending Ordinance 20220424, Series 2022, to extend the deadlines by which an applicant must obtain approval of a site development plan or site development plan amendment and to impose timeframes around re-submittals of applications for site development plans in order to comply with the requirements of the Denver Zoning Code, as it existed prior to July 1, 2022.