The budget allocates $611 million to the department of public safety, 36% of the total general fund spending. That includes $8.4 million to fill 188 open officer positions at the Denver Police Department.
The Denver City Council voted to approve Mayor Michael Hancock’sfor 2023 on Monday. First, the council flexed its limited power in the budgeting process, voting to override a Hancock veto of a small amendment to the spending plan.
The amendment passed but Hancock sent a letter to the council three days later explaining that he had vetoed the change because it would have dropped the city’s projected year-end fund balance below 15%. That’s a target number that the city consistently aims to maintain and, according to Hancock’s letter, is a key factor in the city’s strong bond rating.
On Monday, the council voted unanimously to override Hancock’s veto and dedicated the $1.1 million to installing the signs. Sawyer noted that in the last two years the city budgeted to have a 15% of its general fund money in reserve and finished with more than 20% in fund balances in both years. Councilman Paul Kashmann spoke in favor of the amendment. Many of the calls that come into his office are “requests for safe passage for our families to and from school.”
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