Health and Safety  
Minutes  
Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 10:30 AM  
Chair: Darrell Watson, Vice Chair: Kevin Flynn  
Members: Serena Gonzalez-Gutierrez, Sarah Parady, Amanda Sandoval, Amanda Sawyer, Jamie  
Torres  
Staff: Anne Wallace  
Attendance  
8 - Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sandoval, Sawyer, Torres, Watson, Hinds  
Present  
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.  
A motion offered by Council member Sawyer, duly seconded by Council member  
Parady, that Council Bill 25-1241 be approved for filing, carried by the following  
vote:  
7 - Flynn, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Parady, Sandoval, Sawyer, Torres, Watson  
0
Aye:  
Nay:  
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).  
Council Resolution 25-1209 was approved by consent.  
25-1214  
25-1216  
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).  
Council Bill 25-1214 was approved by consent.  
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).  
Council Resolution 25-1216 was approved by consent.  
25-1228  
25-1229  
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).  
Council Bill 25-1228 was approved by consent.  
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).  
Council Bill 25-1229 was approved by consent.  
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).  
Council Resolution 25-1231 was approved by consent.  
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).  
Council Resolution 25-1232 was approved by consent.