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Denver City Council rejects contract that would have given video maker 8-year deal
Denver’s Office of Human Resources will have to get creative to attract new city employees and place them in “hard-to-fill” jobs after a proposed five-year contract extension, valued at $600,000, failed to gain favor with the Denver City Council. The deal would have provided Florida-based Sunny Side Up Solutions LLC with an overall eight-year agreement with…
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Denver City Council to consider $248M in airport contracts
Denver International Airport leaders anticipate that the Denver City Council will approve resolutions for three large airport contracts totaling more than $248 million. The council will consider a $135 million, 10-year program management agreement for the North Terminal Expansion and an $83.3 million contract for operations and maintenance of DIA’s Individual Carrier System, a high-speed…
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Sarah Parady steps down from Denver City Council, special election announced
Denver City Councilmember Sarah Parady officially resigned Wednesday, citing an undisclosed illness. Her resignation prompted the Denver City Council to pass a resolution declaring the seat vacant and setting a special election for Nov. 3 to coincide with Colorado’s general election. She announced that she would be stepping down June 1 but delayed her departure.…
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Denver City Council keeps 2 a.m. nightlife cutoff, approves $18 million for George Floyd protest claims
Nightlife establishments will not get a two-hour operating extension after the Denver City Council passed an amended version of a bill that keeps the current 2 a.m. closing time. As originally proposed, venues would have been able to keep music, dancing and other entertainment going until 4 a.m., but alcohol service would still have ended…
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Denver City Council to weigh Xcel franchise, $18M move to liability fund
The Denver City Council will hold a combined courtesy hearing during its regular Monday meeting to consider a previously introduced trio of Xcel Energy measures. The first would ask voters to extend the utility company’s franchise license with the city through 2026. The franchise license question would go before voters on the Nov. 3 ballot.…
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Denver council delays vote to extend nightlife to 4 a.m.
The Denver City Council voted Monday unanimously to delay for two weeks a decision on an ordinance that would allow some entertainment establishments to operate until 4 a.m. Alcohol sales and consumption would still end at 2 a.m. under state law, but establishments could keep music, dancing and other entertainment going for two additional hours.…
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Democrats and the siren call of socialism | SONDERMANN
The political pendulum continues to swing, though its arc these days seems far more volatile and exaggerated. While there have always been outliers and more extreme actors on the political spectrum, the pendulum for many years was more of a steady, often predictable metronome. The country would experience periods of ascendancy on the left, followed…
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Denver to introduce biennial budget legislation, hear zoning changes for five neighborhoods
The Denver City Council will consider asking voters to overhaul parts of the city budget process, including an amendment to the City Charter to move to an optional two-year budget cycle and new requirements for public engagement. Two proposed linked “Budget Together Denver” measures will be introduced Monday, allowing the city to use either a…
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Xcel franchise renewal clears first Denver City Council committee hurdle
More than $180 million a year in franchise fees, infrastructure relocation savings and undergrounding funds would continue flowing to Denver under a proposed 20-year franchise agreement with Xcel Energy. It cleared a major City Council hurdle Tuesday, while adding new shareholder-funded bill assistance and requirements for neighborhood-compatible substation design. The current agreement, in place since…
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Denver City Council considers criminal code update
Returning to the Denver City Council chambers this week is an ordinance that would update the city’s criminal code to align local penalties with state laws and recent Colorado Supreme Court rulings. It primarily aims to reduce the maximum possible jail time and fines for lower-level, city-specific offenses. The code update was postponed during the…