Finance & Governance Committee

Minutes Finance & Governance Committee Committee Members: Black, Chair; Kniech, Vice-Chair; Hinds, Clark, Ortega, CdeBaca Committee Staff: Zachary Rothmier Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 1:30 PM City & County Building, Council Chambers, Room 450 Attendance Present: 5- Black, Hinds, Gilmore, Ortega, CdeBaca Absent: 2- Kniech, Clark Action Items 22-0383 Amends Section 18-91 of the Denver Revised Municipal Code to adjust annual salaries for appointed charter officers in accordance with limitations set forth in the Charter and applied retroactively to January 1, 2022. A motion offered that Council Bill 22-0383 be approved for filing, carried by the following vote: Aye: 4- Black, Hinds, Gilmore, Ortega Nay: 1- CdeBaca Absent: 2- Kniech, Clark a) Briefing b) 15' public comment c) Discussion and action To sign up to speak, go to www.denvergov.org/councilpublicinput Consent Items Block Vote Block Vote A motion offered to approve the following items en bloc, carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Black, Hinds, Gilmore, Ortega, CdeBaca City and County of Denver Page 1 Printed on 4/6/2022  Minutes Finance & Governance Committee Tuesday, April 5, 2022 Nay: 0 Absent: 2- Kniech, Clark 22-0360 Approves the Mayoral appointment of Venissa “Vee” Daise to the Commission for People with Disabilities for a term effectively immediately and expiring on 9-30-2024, or until a successor is duly appointed. A motion offered that Council Resolution 22-0360 be approved by consent en bloc, carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Black, Hinds, Gilmore, Ortega, CdeBaca Nay: 0 Absent: 2- Kniech, Clark 22-0361 Approves the Mayoral appointment of Frank deGruy, MD to the Denver Health & Hospital Authority Board of Directors for a term effectively immediately and expiring on 6-30-2022 (filling an unexpired, vacated term), or until a successor is duly appointed. A motion offered that Council Resolution 22-0361 be approved by consent en bloc, carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Black, Hinds, Gilmore, Ortega, CdeBaca Nay: 0 Absent: 2- Kniech, Clark 22-0364 Approves the Mayoral reappointment of James Garcia to the Board of Public Health and Environment for a term effective immediately and expiring on 12-31-2027, or until a successor is duly appointed. A motion offered that Council Resolution 22-0364 be approved by consent en bloc, carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Black, Hinds, Gilmore, Ortega, CdeBaca Nay: 0 Absent: 2- Kniech, Clark 22-0366 Approves the following Mayoral appointment and reappointments to the National Western Center Authority Board of Directors: appointment of Sandra Ruiz-Parrilla for a term effective immediately and expiring 12-31-2024, or until a successor is duly appointed, and the reappointments of Steven McCarthy and Lucia Guzman for terms effective immediately and expiring on 12-31-2026, or until a successor is duly appointed. A motion offered that Council Resolution 22-0366 be approved by consent en City and County of Denver Page 2 Printed on 4/6/2022  Minutes Finance & Governance Committee Tuesday, April 5, 2022 bloc, carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Black, Hinds, Gilmore, Ortega, CdeBaca Nay: 0 Absent: 2- Kniech, Clark 22-0373 Establishes a new capital fund, The American Rescue Plan Capital Project Fund (38395), and authorizes a cash transfer from the American Rescue Plan Act Grant fund (11011) to the new capital fund in the amount of $10,970,000, which equals the amount City Council previously approved in the ARPA Grant fund’s Recovery allocation for capital projects, as a corrective action to ensure that capital improvement expenditures occur in the correct fund series as authorized in the Denver Revised Municipal Code. A motion offered that Council Bill 22-0373 be approved by consent en bloc, carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Black, Hinds, Gilmore, Ortega, CdeBaca Nay: 0 Absent: 2- Kniech, Clark 22-0374 Amends Ordinance No. 0591, Series of 2021, as amended by subsequent ordinances, to allocate a total of $1,157,300 in spending for the Administration category in the American Rescue Act Plan (ARPA) Grant Fund to support data evaluation and analysis, public outreach expenses and technical support for community partners, and which will be funded from interest earnings generated by the ARPA program. A motion offered that Council Bill 22-0374 be approved by consent en bloc, carried by the following vote: Aye: 5- Black, Hinds, Gilmore, Ortega, CdeBaca Nay: 0 Absent: 2- Kniech, Clark City and County of Denver Page 3 Printed on 4/6/2022