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Health committee moves Denver Health operating agreement to full Council after budget briefing
Summary
Denver City Council’s Health & Safety Committee reviewed the annual Denver Health operating agreement and heard that the city requested roughly $5 million in reductions for 2026; Denver Health said it will absorb the cuts without layoffs and the committee voted to move the agreement to the full Council.
The Denver City Council Health & Safety Committee on Tuesday reviewed the annual operating agreement between the city and Denver Health and advanced the item to the full Council.
During the presentation, Megan Perizzo of the Department of Public Health and Environment (DDPHE) said the operating-agreement portion of the DDPHE budget is about $38 million and that the overall operating-agreement funding was roughly $74 million in 2025 and is budgeted at about $69 million for 2026 after the city requested approximately $5 million in reductions.
Why it matters: the operating agreement outlines services Denver Health provides to city residents and the annual funding and metrics that accompany those services. Council members and Denver Health leaders framed the 2026 changes as a short-term response to the city’s broader…
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