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Votes at a glance: key outcomes from Denver City Council meeting, Jan. 27, 2025
Summary
Summary of final actions taken by the Denver City Council on Jan. 27, 2025, including proclamations, a failed health-plan resolution, a set of adopted resolutions and bills, and postponed shelter agreements.
The Denver City Council took several final actions Monday. Highlights: the council adopted two proclamations (supporting Denver's gas-planning pilot application under House Bill 24-1370 and celebrating Lunar New Year) and approved a block of resolutions and bills; it rejected a Kaiser-related resolution and postponed multiple shelter agreements for further review.
Key votes and outcomes
- Proclamation supporting Denver's application as a gas planning pilot community (Proclamation 25-00012): Adopted, roll-call 12 ayes.
- Proclamation recognizing Lunar New Year (Proclamation 25-00070): Adopted, roll-call 12 ayes. The proclamation designates a week of Lunar New Year celebrations and was accepted by Jory Zhang of the Denver AAPI Commission.
- Council resolution 25-00009 (first-amendment to an agreement with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado adding time and funds for employee medical plan options): The mayor's office requested council members vote no because the contract numbers did not match; council voted 12 nays and the resolution failed. Councilmember Flynn noted a $13,000,000 discrepancy between the contract amount and the resolution title and said the city attorneyhad advised a negotiated reduction preceded the paperwork error.
- A block of resolutions and bills was adopted in a single consent block (roll-call 12 ayes). The list of items included assorted resolutions and bills identified in the meeting record; council secretary announced the block passed with 12 ayes. (See meeting minutes for the complete list of block item IDs published by the clerk.)
- Multiple resolutions with the Salvation Army for emergency shelter and related services (Resolutions 24-16-49, 24-16-50, 24-17-03, 24-17-75) were postponed under council rule 3.6 until the next regular council meeting on Feb. 3, 2025, at the request of Councilmember Lewis.
Ending: The bodies of action on Jan. 27 included both unanimous adoptions and unanimous rejections; items the council declined or postponed will either return for corrected paperwork or additional community review at subsequent meetings.
