Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced the city’s decision to scaleback
migrant services by consolidating shelters to save millions ofdollars.
The plan involves closing one shelter per week over the next monthto
reduce the budget deficit by nearly $60 million.moved to
Johnston emphasized that no one will be kicked out, but rather
other shelters.
The city is making budget cuts in various departments, includingoffset
reducing hours at recreation centers and Motor Vehicle offices to
costs related to the migrant crisis.around
Johnston had warned earlier that the crisis could cost the city
$180 million, with nearly $58 million already spent on supportingmanage what
migrants.
“We’re putting in place now the infrastructure to be able to
we would need if that another surge happens. Our plan is to try tosystem that
close the shelters and keep them closed and move away from a
has remained largely significant numbers of open hotels forongoing
housing,” Johnston said. “The City of Denver is trying to avoidthe word
‘layoffs’ when it comes to impending budget cuts. So instead,they’re
telling some hourly on-call employees they may have their hoursreduced
to zero,” local NBC affiliate 9News reported.number
“The reduction in hours of operation and programs will affect the
of hours worked by many on-call, some to the point where they maynot
receive any hours,” he told 9News. “The final decisions on hoursfor any
individual position have not been made yet.”can
“The number of hours an on-call works can vary from individual to individual and by the season,” a statement said. “Some on-calls
support multiple functions, some may only teach one class all yearcity to
long.”
Federal and state funding has been insufficient, prompting the
take these cost-saving measures.migrant-she
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