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City Council barely approves new Municipal Court fee to help fund police technology
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Colorado Springs took a big step to implement a new municipal court fee to help cover a portion of the Colorado Springs Police Department’s technology costs. The police technology surcharge was barely passed 5-4 by the Colorado Springs City Council at the Monday morning meeting. Some of the Council’s fiscally conservative leaders opposed the fee…
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Tension boils over at Aurora Council meeting about public defenders, call for ceasefire
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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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‘A big step in the right direction’: Denver extends STAR alternative policing program citywide
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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 Monday, funding the STAR program through the end of 2022.…
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Denver City Council changes public comment to prioritize new speakers
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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 public comment session in the last 90 days will be sent to the top of the speaker list, followed by…
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Denver to spend $3.9M to expand managed homeless campsites
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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 by the Colorado Village Collaborative. The organization currently runs three…
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Denver council OKs electronic monitoring contract with private prison company
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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 $10 million of contracts with GEO Group and CoreCivic, another…
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Denver to pay $500,000 to student shot by police during George Floyd protest
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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 Denver Police Department in October 2020. The $500,000 will be…
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Denver’s homeless employment program extended through end of year
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The Denver City Council approved a contract extension Monday to fund the city’s homeless employment program through the end of the year. The contract, which the council passed unanimously without comment, will provide $705,300 to Bayaud Enterprises Inc. to administer the Denver Day Works Program through Dec. 31. “We’ve seen that this program works,” Councilwoman…
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Denver council OKs $1.1B to complete DIA’s Great Hall Project by 2028
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The Denver City Council approved a series of contracts Monday that allocate $1.1 billion to complete the Denver International Airport’s long-running Great Hall Project by the summer of 2028. The contracts passed in a block 10 to 3 vote, with council members Candi CdeBaca, Amanda Sawyer and Paul Kashmann voting “no.” All members in opposition…
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Denver council postpones final vote on $1.1B for DIA’s Great Hall Project
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The Denver City Council postponed its final vote on a series of contracts Monday that, if passed, would approve the spending of $1.1 billion to complete the Denver International Airport’s long-running Great Hall Project. Councilwoman Deborah Ortega led the postponement of the four contract additions, pushing the council votes to Monday, Jan. 10. “I’ve had…
