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Denver council approves ordinance authorizing climate‑fund vehicle purchases after 9‑1 vote
Summary
On March 10 the Denver City Council passed Council Bill 25‑0167 authorizing capital equipment purchases from the Climate Protection Special Revenue Fund for city public‑safety vehicles; vote 9‑1, with Councilmember Lewis opposed citing limited funds.
The Denver City Council on March 10 passed Council Bill 25‑0167, an ordinance authorizing capital equipment purchases from the Climate Protection Special Revenue Fund for vehicle purchases to serve city public‑safety departments. The measure passed on final consideration by a 9‑1 roll‑call vote.
Council President pro tem Romero Campbell moved the bill onto the floor for final passage. Councilmember Lewis, who had called the item out for a recorded vote, said she would vote no and reiterated concerns she raised previously about limited funds and alternative funding sources. "These are very limited funds and also, there's a number of way places that we could pull dollars from," Lewis said during comments before the vote.
Roll call on Council Bill 25‑0167 recorded nine ayes and one nay. The council secretary announced the result as "1 nay, 9 ayes" and the bill was declared passed.
The ordinance text on the floor authorizes capital equipment purchases for the Climate Protection Special Revenue Fund to support purchase of vehicles for city public‑safety departments citywide. The mover was Council President pro tem Romero Campbell; a recorded second was not specified in the transcript.
Councilmember Lewis said her no vote reflected a concern that the city could use other funding streams for some vehicle purchases; she referenced a recent airport electric vehicle purchase presented to a committee as an example of other funding sources being used for similar procurement. No amendment to the measure was recorded on the floor, and no further direction to staff was stated during the vote.
The council did not specify dollar amounts, vehicle counts, or detailed procurement timelines during the floor discussion; those details are contained in the ordinance file and procurement documents not read aloud in the meeting record. The transcript does not show a department representative presenting the procurement scope or cost during the final consideration.
Outcome: ordinance adopted; next administrative steps (procurement, vendor selection, delivery schedule) were not discussed on the record at the March 10 meeting.
