Health and Safety  
AGENDA  
Wednesday, August 27, 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  
25-1241  
For an ordinance adding new section to article IV, chapter  
8 regulating the sale of animals by pet shops in the city.  
Council member Hinds  
There will be 15 minutes of public input on item 25-1241.  
To sign up to speak visit  
www.denvergov.org/councilpublicinput.  
a) Briefing  
b) Public Input  
c) Discussion/Action  
Consent Items  
25-1209  
Approves a contract with Volunteers of America Colorado  
Branch for $1,327,230.00 including non-federal share with  
an end date of 6-30-2026 to provide Head Start services  
to children and their families as a delegate agency of  
Denver Great Kids Head Start (DGKHS), citywide  
(MOEAI-202580228).  
25-1214  
Amends a revenue agreement with the Skyline Fire  
Protection District, to add $2,100,000.00 for a new total of  
$5,640,000.00, and to add ten years for a new end date of  
12-31-2035 to continue to provide fire protection services  
for the Skyline Fire Protection District  
(FIRES-RC87006/FIRES-202579991-02).  
25-1216  
25-1228  
Approves the collective bargaining agreement with the  
Denver Police Protective Association (DPPA) for the years  
2026 through 2028 regarding pay and benefits, citywide  
(SAFTY-202581039).  
Approves a revenue intergovernmental agreement (IGA)  
with Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and  
Financing (HCPF) for $1,294,788.40 with an end date of  
6-30-2026 to receive payments from HCPF as incentives  
for providing Medicaid eligibility-related work within the  
City and County of Denver, citywide (SOCSV-202580557).  
25-1229  
Amends a revenue intergovernmental agreement with  
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing  
(HCPF) to add two months for a new end date of  
8-30-2025 to continue receiving payments from HCPF as  
incentives for providing Medicaid eligibility-related work  
within the City and County of Denver. No change to  
contract amount, citywide  
(SOCSV-202263930/SOCSV-202263930-06).  
25-1231  
Amends a contract with Savio House-Denver Collaborative  
Partnership (DCP)/Family Strong to add $1,096,034.00 for  
a new total of $1,792,252.00 and to add 17 months for a  
new end date of 6-30-2027 to continue DCP fiscal  
oversight and Family Strong prevention program services  
for children or youth and their families in as part of the  
CMP in Denver aimed at serving youth and their families to  
keep youth in their own communities, citywide  
(SOCSV-202473917/SOCSV-202580402-02).  
25-1232  
Amends a contract with Savio House to add $200,000.00  
for a new total of $1,008,000.00 and to add one year for a  
new end date of 9-30-2026 to continue prevention  
program services through Promoting Safe and Stable  
Families (PSSF) of community-based family support  
services, family preservation services, time-limited family  
reunification services, and adoption promotion and support  
services in accordance with PSSF funding requirements.  
Services provided in this agreement are identified in a  
State memorandum of understanding for the State  
Collaborative Management Program operating in Denver  
County known as the Denver Collaborative Partnership  
(DCP), where Denver Human Services is one of several  
mandated partners, citywide (SOCSV-202160466/  
SOCSV-202580284-05).