2017 city budget
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Denver City Council starts 2017 budget review
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Denver City Council members started a more than two-month-long city budget review process Monday with explanations from Mayor Michael Hancock’s administration about how they developed the proposed $1.9 billion spending plan for the coming year. In a council work session, chief financial officer Brendan Hanlon said the budget assumes Denver’s economy will continue to grow,…
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Budget adds more cops, helps homeless
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Denver would have close to 50 new police officers next year to help place more emphasis on patrolling the 16th Street Mall without sacrificing coverage in other areas, under Mayor Michael Hancock’s 2017 budget proposal submitted to the City Council on Monday, Sept. 12. Homeless residents and those in need of affordable housing would also…