Safety, Housing, Education  
& Homelessness Committee  
Minutes  
Wednesday, January 8, 2025, 10:30 AM  
Chair: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Vice Chair: Chris Hinds  
Members: Kevin Flynn, Stacie Gilmore, Amanda P. Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
11 -  
Present:  
Gonzales-Gutierrez, Hinds, Flynn, Gilmore, Sawyer, Sandoval, Torres, Kashmann,  
Parady, Romero Campbell, Watson  
Action Items  
24-1795  
Approves a contract with Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. adding 24  
months for a new end date of 1/31/2027 to provide electronic monitoring  
products and services to justice involved individuals, citywide. No change  
to the contract amount. (SAFTY-202161193/SAFTY-202476478).  
A motion offered by Council member Sawyer, duly seconded by Council member  
Torres, that Council Resolutions 24-1795 and 24-1896 be approved for filing in a  
block, carried by the following vote:  
7 - Gonzales-Gutierrez, Hinds, Flynn, Gilmore, Sawyer, Sandoval, Torres  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
24-1796  
Amends a contract with B.I. Incorporated to add $1,650,000 for a new total  
of $3,150,000 and a new end date of 1-31-2027 to provide electronic  
monitoring products and services to justice-involved individuals, citywide  
SAFTY-202161198/SAFTY-202476479).  
A motion offered by Council member Sawyer, duly seconded by Council member  
Torres, that Council Resolutions 24-1795 and 24-1896 be approved for filing in a  
block, carried by the following vote:  
7 - Gonzales-Gutierrez, Hinds, Flynn, Gilmore, Sawyer, Sandoval, Torres  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
Briefings  
24-1877  
Update from Prosperity Denver Fund  
Consent Items  
24-1847  
Amends a contract with Catholic Charities to add $42,518.61 for a new  
total of $1,848,161.78 to provide Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) to  
Head Start and Early Head Start awardees as a delegate agency of  
Denver Great Kids Head Start (DGKHS), citywide  
(MOEAI-202477093-01/MOEAI-202474472-01).  
Council Resolution 24-1847 was approved by consent.  
24-1851  
24-1870  
24-1871  
Approves a contract with Family Star to add $20,138.63 for a new total of  
$874,905.78 to provide Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) to Head Start  
and Early Head Start awardees as a delegate agency of Denver Great  
Kids Head Start (DGKHS), citywide (MOEAI-202476981-01 - LEGACY:  
MOEAI-202474473-01).  
Council Resolution 24-1851 was approved by consent.  
Amends a contract with Volunteers of America to add $42,907.24 for a  
new total of $1,282,853.67 and a new end date of 6-30-2025 to provide  
Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) to Head Start and Early Head Start  
awardees as a delegate agency of Denver Great Kids Head Start  
(DGKHS), citywide (MOEAI-202477092-01/MOEAI-202474483-01).  
Council Resolution 24-1870 was approved by consent.  
Approves a non-financial access agreement with Embrey Builders, LLC,  
through 12-31-2026 for access to city property located at 650 West Colfax  
Avenue to access groundwater wells owned by the city to perform certain  
groundwater monitoring activities as required by the Colorado Department  
of Public Health & Environment, in Council District 10  
(ESEQD-202476196).  
Council Resolution 24-1871 was approved by consent.