Finance & Governance  
Committee  
Minutes  
Tuesday, January 16, 2024, 10:30 AM  
Chair: Amanda Sawyer, Vice Chair: Shontel Lewis  
Members: Amanda P. Sandoval, Paul Kashmann, Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, Flor Alvidrez, Jamie  
Torres  
Staff: Luke Palmisano  
Attendance  
9 -  
Present:  
Alvidrez, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sawyer, Lewis, Kashmann, Torres, Parady, Romero  
Campbell, Watson  
1 - Sandoval  
Absent:  
Briefings  
24-0038  
Presentation on Municipal Tax, Property Tax, and Mill Levies  
Consent Items  
Block Vote  
Block Vote  
A motion offered to approve the following items en bloc, carried by the following  
vote:  
6 - Alvidrez, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sawyer, Lewis, Kashmann, Torres  
Aye:  
0
Nay:  
1 - Sandoval  
Absent:  
24-0009  
Approving the City Council reappointments of Leslie Mitchell and Florine  
Nath to the Audit Committee  
A motion offered that Council Resolution 24-0009 be approved by consent en  
bloc, carried by the following vote:  
6 - Alvidrez, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sawyer, Lewis, Kashmann, Torres  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Sandoval  
Absent:  
24-0010  
Approving the City Council appointment of Lila Hailey to the Head Start  
Policy Council  
A motion offered that Council Resolution 24-0010 be approved by consent en  
bloc, carried by the following vote:  
6 - Alvidrez, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sawyer, Lewis, Kashmann, Torres  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Sandoval  
Absent:  
24-0019  
Confirms the Mayoral appointments and reappointments of the following  
individuals to the Denver American Indian Commission for a term of 3  
years with an end date of 12-31-2026: Reappointment of Danielle  
SeeWalker, Rafael Maldonado Bad Hand, Thomas Allen, Shawna Maher,  
and Joshua Emerson. Appointment of Noelle Bailey, Philip Gover,  
(Cecelia) Duncan Bernice Bull Bear, and Trennie Burch.  
A motion offered that Council Resolution 24-0019 be approved by consent en  
bloc, carried by the following vote:  
6 - Alvidrez, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sawyer, Lewis, Kashmann, Torres  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Sandoval  
Absent:  
24-0031  
Approves a Lease Agreement with CoreCivic, Inc for 4511 East 46th  
Avenue and an end date of 6-30-2024, in Council District 8.  
FINAN-202472066-00  
A motion offered that Council Resolution 24-0031 be approved by consent en  
bloc, carried by the following vote:  
6 - Alvidrez, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Sawyer, Lewis, Kashmann, Torres  
Aye:  
Nay:  
0
1 - Sandoval  
Absent: