Finance & Governance  
Committee  
Minutes  
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 10:30 AM  
Chair: Amanda Sawyer, Vice Chair: Diana Romero Campbell  
Members: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Paul Kashmann, Shontel M. Lewis, Amanda P. Sandoval,  
Darrell Watson  
Staff: Luke Palmisano  
Attendance  
Consent Items  
24-1510  
Amends master purchase order SC-00007959 with Nutrien AG Solutions  
Inc to add $2,600,000 for a new total of $3,000,000 for the purchase of  
fertilizer for Denver Parks and Recreation and Denver Golf, citywide. No  
change to contract end date.  
Council Resolution 24-1510 was approved by consent.  
24-1514  
24-1518  
Approve new contract for Garnett Powell Maximon Barlow & Farbes, LLC  
for $1,000,000 and an end date 7-31-2027 for assistance with complex  
cases as case load exceeds the capacity of the City Attorney’s Office  
and/or when there is a legal conflict, and the matter requires conflict  
counsel (ATTNY-202476259).  
Council Resolution 24-1514 was approved by consent.  
Approves a contract with Jon K. Takata Corporation, doing business as  
Restoration Management Company for $1,000,000 and an end date of  
3-31-2026 for restoration services, citywide (GENRL-202475587-00).  
Council Resolution 24-1518 was approved by consent.  
24-1529  
24-1539  
24-1540  
Approves the City Council reappointment of Thomas Allen to the Housing  
Stability Strategic Advisors.  
Council Resolution 24-1529 was approved by consent.  
Approves an ordinance establishing the 2025 Annual Appropriation (Long  
Bill).  
Council Bill 24-1539 was approved by consent.  
Authorizes an appropriation of $5,499,483 from General Fund Reserves to  
make a cash transfer to and appropriation in the Liability Claims Special  
Revenue Fund.  
Council Bill 24-1540 was approved by consent.  
24-1541  
24-1542  
Approves a rescission of $6,895,558 of unused capital improvements  
funds from a variety of capital programs as necessary for appropriations  
made in the 2025 Capital Improvement Plan.  
Council Bill 24-1541 was approved by consent.  
Approves creating a new Operating Fund (76100), Fleet Fund (76200),  
and Capital Equipment and Improvements Fund (76300) in the Sidewalks  
Enterprise Fund Series (76000).  
Council Bill 24-1542 was approved by consent.  
24-1543  
24-1561  
Approves a cash transfer from the Parks and Recreation Private Grants  
Fund to the Parks/Rec Private Donations Fund.  
Council Bill 24-1543 was approved by consent.  
Amends Ordinance No. 591, Series of 2021, as amended by Ordinance  
No. 706, Series of 2021, as amended by Ordinance No. 1145, Series of  
2021, as amended by Ordinance No. 1192, Series of 2021, as amended  
by Ordinance No. 374, Series of 2022, as amended by Ordinance No. 969,  
Series of 2022, as amended by Ordinance No. 1450, Series of 2022, as  
amended by Ordinance No. 0548, Series of 2023, as amended by  
Ordinance No. 1326, Series of 2023, as amended by Ordinance No. 1683,  
Series of 2023, as amended by Ordinance No. 0802, Series of 2024 to  
adjust allocations in the Administration and Recovery categories to better  
align with spending and to allocate interest earnings in the Revenue Loss  
category to Denver Department of Public Health (DDPHE) and FEMA  
Public Assistance Arbitration related to the City’s COVID claim.  
Council Bill 24-1561 was approved by consent.