Finance and Business meeting summary
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The committee approved a bill to modernize entertainment licensing and a separate bill to transfer ARPA operating funds to ARPA capital for HOST Micro Communities and to allocate related interest earnings. Consent approvals included a purchase order for a wastewater vacuum truck, on-call construction contracts, a DMV lease amendment, and a land-acquisition ordinance for the Smith and Sandown over Quebec Bridge project. Attendance: six present, one absent.
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The committee updated city rules for entertainment licenses and adjusted related application and license fees, which affects how venues and entertainment businesses will be licensed. The committee also moved federal ARPA funds from an operating account to a capital account and dedicated interest earnings to cover ARPA-related staff and grant software through 2027—money that will support HOST Micro Communities projects. Other approved items fund a wastewater truck, on-call construction services, extend and add funding to the DMV lease at the Monaco Parkway site, and authorize property acquisition needed for a bridge project.
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- Approved Council Bill 26-0921 to amend multiple chapters of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to repeal outdated amusement and cabaret license types, modernize entertainment licensing provisions, and update application and license fees (approved for filing; vote 6-0, 1 absent).
- Approved Council Bill 26-0926 to transfer cash from the ARPA Operating Grant Fund (11011) to the ARPA Capital Grant Fund (38395) for HOST Micro Communities Projects and to allocate interest earnings in the Administration Category to support ARPA-related personnel and federal grant software/subscriptions through 2027 (approved for filing; vote 6-0, 1 absent).
- Approved Consent Item 26-0913: Purchase Order with Kaiser Premier, LLC for $523,901 for one Kenworth T480 Urban X Vacuum Truck for the Wastewater Division (PO-00184687).
- Approved Consent Item 26-0914: Contract with Novus Construction LLC for $1,000,000 for on-call general contractor services at All in Mile High sites (GENRL-202684010).
- Approved Consent Item 26-0915: Contract with Catamount Constructors, Inc. for $1,000,000 for on-call general contractor services at All in Mile High sites (GENRL-202684042).
- Approved Consent Item 26-0924: Amendment to lease with CA New Plan Villa Monaco, L.P., adding $1,119,023.08 for a new total of $2,293,823.00 and extending the lease by 57 months and 23 days to 12-31-2030 for the Department of Motor Vehicle office and business license bureau at 2223 South Monaco Parkway (FINAN-201521864/FINAN-202683698-01).
- Approved Consent Item 26-0925: Land Acquisition Ordinance authorizing acquisition (negotiated purchase or condemnation) of property interests as needed for the Smith and Sandown over Quebec Bridge Project at Smith Road and Sandown Road over North Quebec Street.
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