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Denver Motor Vehicle offices will close for a week at a time on a rotating basis, recreation centers will reduce their hours and the parks department will slash programming by 25% to help offset th…
South American migrants staying in a shelter brave frigid weather to look through donations, including winter gear, from local volunteer groups in Denver on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Denver Motor Vehicle offices will close for a week at a time on a rotating basis, recreation centers will reduce their hours and the parks department will slash programming by 25% to help offset the fast-rising costs of sheltering migrants in the city.
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced the first round of budget cuts at a news conference Friday morning — changes that, including those reductions and other small ones, will add up to $5 million in budget savings this year, he said.in hotels and other places as of Friday morning, is projecting a potential $180 million budget shortfall in 2024 without more state or federal support. Friday’s announcement signaled a turning point for city leaders. They had been planning for potential budget cuts in recent weeks but were holding out hope that a tentative border deal in Congress would spare any major reductions in city services by providing federal funding to cities like Denver.earlier this week, the city was forced to pivot, said Johnston — who pointedly put the blame on former President Donald Trump, who had pressured Republicans to reject it, in “This is a plan for shared sacrifice. This is what good people do in hard situations as you’re trying to manage your way to serve all of your values,” the mayor said while flanked by City Council members and other officials, including Parks and Recreation executive director Jolon Clark. “Our values are we want to continue to be a city that does not have women and children out on the street in tents in 20-degree weather,” Johnston added. “And we also want to be a city that provides all of our constituents with the services they deserve and the services that they expect.”“We will reduce hours at our rec centers,” the mayor said. “Our regional centers that are seven days , we’ll come back to six days. Those sites that are six days will stay in six days but will reduce hours.”Denver has been host to more than 38,000 people since the migrant crisis began in December 2022, many of them asylum seekers fleeing social and economic strife in Venezuela. As of Monday, the city’s public dashboard estimated it hadPressures from Denver’s migrant crisis show up on City Council agenda Johnston emphasized Friday that the migrants themselves were not to blame for the city’s financial crisis. He again pointed the finger at federal leaders — particularly Republican politicians who derailed the border bill — who he said had not done enough to support cities or provide a path for migrants to legally work in the U.S.What happened to "Menver"? Denver daters say finding love is getting harder.Two killed in plane crash near Colorado-Utah line after taking off from Grand Junction airportPermits to hike in highly coveted sections of the Colorado backcountry go on sale soonWhy Nuggets stood pat with their roster at NBA trade deadlineCalifornia gov. sending DOJ, National Guard attorneys to Alameda County to beef up prosecutionsVideo contradicts Curtis Sliwa account of Guardian Angels “migrant” beating: NYPD source
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