City and County of Denver - File #: 19-0781

• File #: 19-0781
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/29/2019
• In control: Finance & Governance Committee
• On agenda: 8/26/2019
• Final action: 8/26/2019
• Title: A bill for an ordinance submitting to a vote of the qualified and registered electors of the City and County of Denver at a special municipal election to be held in conjunction with the general election of November 5, 2019, a proposed amendment to the Charter of the City and County of Denver concerning ranks and grades in the fire department. Refers a proposed Charter amendment to a vote of the qualified and registered electors of the City and County of Denver at the 11-05-19 election to add Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) as a named rank of the Denver Fire Department and to allow the Fire Chief to assign duties of Shift Commander to an assistant chief of the Denver Fire Department. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 8-6-19.
• Indexes: Jonathan Griffin

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/28/2019	1	Council President	signed
8/28/2019	1	Mayor	signed
8/26/2019	1	City Council	placed upon final consideration and do pass	Pass
8/19/2019	1	City Council	ordered published on first reading
8/6/2019	1	Finance & Governance Committee	approved for filing	Pass

Other/Miscellaneous Request Template (Appointments; ROW; Code Changes; Zoning Action, etc.)

Date Submitted: 7-29-19

Requesting Agency: Fire
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name: Chief Eric Tade/ Adriana Lara
Email Address: eric.tade@denvergov.org / Adriana.lara@denvergov.org
Phone Number:

Item Title & Description:
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These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).

Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
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A bill for an ordinance submitting to a vote of the qualified and registered electors of the City and County of Denver at a special municipal election to be held in conjunction with the general election of November 5, 2019, a proposed amendment to the Charter of the City and County of Denver concerning ranks and grades in the fire department.
Refers a proposed Charter amendment to a vote of the qualified and registered electors of the City and County of Denver at the 11-05-19 election to add Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) as a named rank of the Denver Fire Department and to allow the Fire Chief to assign duties of Shift Commander to an assistant chief of the Denver Fire Department. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 8-6-19.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Executive Summary with Rationale and Impact:
Detailed description of the item and why we are doing it. This can be a separate attachment.
This referred measure is proposed to be submitted to the voters at the November 5, 2019 election.

The Denver Fire Department (DFD) and Denver Health Paramedic Division provide emergency medical care to the citizens of Denver and the surroun...