Monday at City Council: a guide to everything else on the agenda on budget amendment night

Monday, Nov. 2, is the Denver City Council's last regular meeting before Election Day, and the headline is the budget: 15 amendments to Mayor Mike Johnston's 2027 plan, covered in our latest story.

But the agenda has dozens of other items, from a held $11 million security contract to a rezoning hearing. Most will pass in a single block vote unless a member "calls out" an item for a separate vote or a delay. Here is what is on it, grouped by topic, with links to our earlier coverage.

Items held over from last week

Securitas security guards and the Red Rocks Toyota sponsorship. On Oct. 26, Council member Shontel Lewis called out both for a one-week delay, as we reported. 26-1497 would add $11 million and nine months to the city's Securitas Security Services USA contract, for a total of $82.2 million through Sept. 30, 2027. 26-1480 would add $861,000 and two years to an exclusive Denver Arts & Venues sponsorship with the Denver Region Toyota Dealers Advertising Group, for a total of $2.09 million through May 2029. A one-week postponement does not stop a vote; both are back Monday.

A public hearing

North Mariposa Street rezoning. 26-1406 would rezone three Highland lots to allow townhomes up to three stories. One lot now allows five stories. Our preview has the details and the committee vote.

Police, safety and oversight

• A $65,000 settlement. 26-1655 would pay $65,000 to settle a lawsuit involving the Denver Police Department, filed in Denver District Court in 2025. We mentioned it in our story on the police recording lawsuit. The resolution does not describe the claims.
• A Citizen Oversight Board appointment, 26-1507, covered here.

Housing, health and food

• Family rapid rehousing. 26-1576 adds $1,471,349 to a Volunteers of America Colorado contract for families experiencing homelessness, and 26-1577 adds $627,200 to a second one for families fleeing domestic violence. Both run through 2028. See our committee roundup.
• Behavioral Health Solutions Center. 26-1513 adds $3,670,867 to the Mental Health Center of Denver's contract to run the crisis center, for a total of $27.1 million, covered here.
• Healthy Food for Denver's Kids. 26-1510 is a $747,719 contract with Metro Caring. See today's story on the program's approaching sunset.

Development and land

• Soccer stadium easements. 26-1508 gives up two easements at Broadway Station so the site can be re-platted for the women's soccer stadium. Our story.
• Old Denver Post building. The Alterra Mountain Company lease at 101 W. Colfax Ave., 26-1337, and a related Downtown Development Authority funding agreement, 26-1334, are on the agenda. Our earlier story.
• Right-of-way occupancy rules, 26-1485, the code rewrite on balconies, planters and other encroachments, covered here.
• Colfax Mayfair Business Improvement District. 26-1536 would add property to the district. If it is ordered published, a public hearing follows Nov. 9, the agenda says.

Streets, water and the airport

• Harvard Gulch flood control, 26-1521, adds $4.7 million. Today's story.
• Pedestrian mall maintenance districts. Eight bills set 2027 costs that property owners pay for upkeep, from $8,200 to $200,000. Today's story.
• Emergency wastewater repairs. 26-1509 is a three-year, as-needed contract of up to $3 million with Reynolds Construction for repairs to ponds, outfalls, trash racks and storm and sanitary sewers. The request says the amount "is no guarantee of work" (request).
• Peoria Street Vision Zero, 26-1522, $2.1 million for three Montbello intersections, covered here.
• Airport contracts, including the $37.9 million self bag drop maintenance deal and wildlife hazard work, covered here.

City workers and jobs

• Workers' compensation. Four contracts for medical care and prescriptions for injured city employees. Today's story.
• State workforce grant. 26-1531 accepts $1,323,550, the first allocation under a state Department of Labor and Employment agreement running July 2026 through June 2028, in federal money for workforce programs under state law and the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Arts

• Loretto Heights lobby art. 26-1515 is a $550,000 contract with Arts & Contraptions LLC for an original artwork in the lobby of the Theatre at Loretto Heights, in District 2, through 2028.

What's next

The meeting starts at 3:30 p.m. Monday in the Council chamber at the City and County Building. Committees meet Tuesday and Wednesday, including on Election Day; our week-ahead guide lists them. The Council adopts the budget on Nov. 9.