The proposal to allow University of Colorado Hospital to lease Memorial Health System is one step closer to reality after today’s informal City Council meeting. The council decided to vote on the issue during tomorrow’s formal meeting for an official vote, including a separate vote about setting up a committee for the lease negotiations. The [...] [...]
The Colorado Springs City Council handed Mayor Steve Bach a rare defeat during yesterday’s formal council meeting when it voted down Bach’s request to deny stepped salary increases worth $749,000 for city employees. [...]
A new solar company that aims to make solar available to the masses will host a celebration of its City Council approval along with an informative question- and-answer session at City Rock, 21 North Nevada Avenue, this evening from 5:30 to 7 p.m. City Council members Brandy Williams and Jan Martin will be at the [...] [...]
Banner Health, which has four hospitals in Colorado, plans to bid to lease Memorial Health System. The hospital system operates in seven states, and has a graduate resident program at one of its locations in Phoenix, Ariz. Its Colorado holdings are smaller, with hospitals in Loveland, Greeley, Sterling and Brush. However, that presence makes the [...] [...]
The Colorado Springs City Council unanimously approved regulations Tuesday that will allow a local start-up to build a community solar garden. Several community members showed up to voice their support for the initiative that will allow Colorado Springs Utilities customers to lease solar panels in a remote community solar garden and collect the credits for [...] [...]
The Regional Leadership Forum made headlines last week when the Colorado Springs City Council tapped it to sort out requests to lease Memorial Health System. But what — and who — is the Regional Leadership Forum? It’s a private, volunteer group comprised of business and community representatives from the city’s most powerful organizations that has [...] [...]
Doctors who attended a City Council meeting this week had a message for city leadership: Turn Memorial Health System into a nonprofit. Oh, and hurry up. Speaking in favor of a ballot initiative this week that asks whether the city should end its 62-year obligation to levy taxes if Memorial Health System’s finances needed help, [...] [...]
City Council member Tim Leigh has an idea about how to answer the question about what to do with Memorial Hospital and how to maintain the city’s parks system. He suggested that that the hospital system to take over at least two of the parks, possibly three – Memorial Park, Boulder Park and Monument Valley [...] [...]
Last week the Business Journal reported about the Convention and Visitors Bureau’s refusal to disclose details about how it plans to spend the $2.4 million in tax money it is getting from the city this year. The story revealed how blindly the Colorado Springs City Council and CVB board accept that if-asked-don’t-tell situation. During the [...] [...]
Voters this week elected six new members and one incumbent to the Colorado Springs City Council. The new council will be responsible for confirming the mayor’s appointees, appointing the Memorial Health System board of directors, overseeing Colorado Springs Utilities and fielding citizen complaints, among other duties. Here’s a look at where the new city council [...] [...]
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