Health and Safety  
AGENDA  
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 10:30 AM  
City & County Building, Room 391  
Chair: Darrell Watson, Vice Chair: Kevin Flynn  
Members: Serena Gonzalez-Gutierrez, Sarah Parady, Amanda Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie  
Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
Action Items  
25-1789  
Approves the Mayoral appointment of Al Gardner as  
Executive Director of Department of Safety, pursuant to  
Charter Section ยง 2.2.6 (D).  
Consent Items  
25-1745  
Amends a contract with Vivent Health, Inc. by adding  
$147,558.00 for a new total of $1,233,404.00 to provide  
care, treatment, and supportive services to individuals  
living with HIV/AIDS in the Denver Transitional Grant  
Area (TGA). No change to contract term, citywide  
(ENVHL-202368215/ENVHL-202578469-04).  
25-1747  
Approves a grant agreement with Caring for Denver  
Foundation for $638,713.00 with an end date of  
7-31-2027 to provide co-response outreach and crisis  
intervention/de-escalation, respond to 311 calls, facilitate  
appropriate and necessary linkage to behavioral health  
services/care, treatment support for persons with  
behavioral health challenges, including mental health and  
substance misuse issues and related disorders, related  
operational costs and resources for client support,  
citywide (ENVHL-202581914).  
25-1750  
Amends a contract with Colorado Health Network, Inc. by  
adding $976,936.00 for a new total of $7,383,358.00 to  
provide care, treatment, and supportive services to  
individuals living with HIV/AIDS in the Denver  
Transitional Grant Area (TGA). No change to contract  
term, citywide  
(ENVHL-202368045/ENVHL-202581777-05).  
25-1755  
25-1810  
Amends a contract with La Clinica Tepeyac by adding  
$75,009.00 for a new total of $505,972.00 to provide  
care, treatment, and supportive services to individuals  
living with HIV/AIDS in the Denver Transitional Grant  
Area (TGA). No change to contact term, citywide  
(ENVHL-202368214/ENVHL-202581723-05).  
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).  
25-1818  
Amends a contract with La Raza Services, Inc., dba  
Servicios de La Raza, Inc. by adding $53,525.00 for a  
new total of $643,509.00 to provide care, treatment, and  
supportive services to individuals living with HIV/AIDS in  
the Denver Transitional Grant Area (TGA). No change to  
contract term, citywide  
(ENVHL-202368047/ENVHL-202581737-05).  
25-1820  
Amends an agreement with RRK Enterprises Inc. to add  
$1,750,000.00 for a new total of $11,300,200.00 and  
adding seven months for a new end date of 7-31-2026 to  
continue providing residential and non-residential  
community correction services and align funding with the  
state fiscal year, citywide  
(SAFTY-202056979/SAFTY-202580889-02).