Health and Safety  
Minutes  
Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 10:15 AM  
Chair: Darrell Watson, Vice Chair: Kevin Flynn  
Members: Serena Gonzalez-Gutierrez, Sarah Parady, Amanda Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie  
Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
7 - Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sandoval, Sawyer, Watson, Kashmann  
1 - Torres  
Present  
Absent  
Action Items  
25-1810  
Approves an on-call contract with IEM International, Inc. for $8,000,000.00  
with an end date of 12-31-2028 to provide temporary disaster-response  
staffing and operational support for Denver Human Services (DHS) and the  
Department of Housing Stability (HOST) when City capacity is strained or  
exceeded during emergency events or sever weather sheltering  
operations, on an as-needed, citywide (SOCSV-202581681).  
A motion offered by Council member Sawyer, duly seconded by Council member  
Gonzales-Gutierrez, that Council Resolution 25-1810 be approved for filing,  
carried by the following vote:  
6 - Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sandoval, Sawyer, Watson  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Torres  
Absent:  
Briefings  
25-1909  
Briefing on Department of Safety Axon Contracts  
Consent Items  
25-1865  
Amends a Grant Agreement with the Colorado Department of  
Transportation (CDOT) to add $224,424.00 for a new total of $605,484.30  
and adding one year for a new end date of 12-31-2026 for impaired driving  
enforcement and education by the Denver Police Department, citywide  
(POLIC-202370761/POLIC-202581279-02).  
Council Resolution 25-1865 was approved by consent.  
25-1866  
Approves a Grant Agreement from with the Caring for Denver Foundation  
for $2,104,859.00 with an end date of 11-30-2026 for the Co-Responder  
Program in support of the Crisis Intervention Unit (CIRU) to improve  
outcomes, streamline services, and create system efficiencies for those  
with behavioral health issues who have come to the attention of Denver’s  
first responders and criminal justice stakeholders, citywide  
(POLIC-202581722).  
Council Resolution 25-1866 was approved by consent.  
25-1903  
25-1904  
Amends a Landfill Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement with WM  
Renewable Energy, LLC to add a 20 Year Revenue Agreement for WMRE  
to design, build, finance, and operate new renewable natural gas plant  
(RC6A006/ESEQD-202475932-01).  
Council Resolution 25-1903 was approved by consent.  
Amends an intergovernmental revenue agreement with the Colorado  
Department of Human Services to add one year for a new end date of  
9-30-2026 to provide 18 beds for court ordered individuals needing  
competency services in custody at the Denver City Jail and the Denver  
County Jail, citywide (SHERF-202266238/SHERF-202580749-03).  
Council Bill 25-1904 was approved by consent.