A resolution approving a proposed Amendatory Agreement between the City and County of Denver and Argus Event Staffing, LLC to provide security services at the Coliseum and portions of National Western to support consolidated shelters in the City on a temporary basis during the COVID-19 health crisis. Amends a contract with Argus Event Staffing, LLC by adding $2,303,784 for a new total of $2,753,784 and 56 days for a new end date of 6-30-20 with additional possible extensions through 9-30-20 to provide security services at the Denver Coliseum and portions of National Western complex to support auxiliary shelters in the City in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (THTRS-202054284). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 5-4-20. Councilmember Flynn approved direct filing this item on 4-9-20.
Thank you. Number one. Right, Madam Secretary, if you will, please put the next item out of our screens. Health care reform. Give me a quick second and then be ready to vote. Council. Vote three, four, five on the floor. Go ahead. Okay. Actually, this is Resolution 345 and this is one that was direct filed by me last week and in the interim over the weekend. This is a contract for security at the Western Center for the facility that we've opened up there. And the weekend. Before we get into it, promised just. Three or four departments. They moved the council resolution 345 we adopted. Here. It has been moved and seconded. Questioning and comments now a complete record. As I was saying before, I was properly interrupted. It was discovered after Argus got in and started doing forming under an initial issuance of the contract that this would amend to add value to. It was realized that their their expertize is not really a good fit for working in this sort of a situation. They do more event related activities like at the Colosseum, at Red Rocks, at the Arts Center, the theater, and and in fact, they also do Pepsi Center and maracas, I believe, under contracts with those entities. And it just wasn't a good fit. So what the administration has to do, I was told, and I'm sure this guy, Stuart or Evan will not agree one way or the other if I get this wrong, is that we will use an existing contract that has financial capacity with one of our security contractors, HFCS, to perform these functions in place of what Argus was going to do. So there is no need to to do this contract and to amend it to add value, in fact. So that's why I'm recommending that we now vote no, ask everybody to vote no on this so that it dies right here. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you. Council member. The Council never, ever said that you had a hand up or that it would look good. Right. Councilmember Ortega, hold on just a second. When you go over the you. All right, Councilmember Ortega, go ahead. Thank you. So what we did, what we did in some expenses. So how do we account for those that need to be paid to our guest for the work that they did do over the weekend? It's my understanding they work for three and a half days, so I'm assuming somehow we need to take care of that. And I don't know if we have an existing contract with them or we can just take care of it that way. Does anybody have an answer to that question? Like Councilmember Flynn you want to take out or do you want me to kick them over to the sky? Okay, hold on a sec. No. I can hear all of the great noise. I can get to it in the second year. Okay. Looks like you're good to go. Hi, Sky. Stuart. Mayor's office. So the way we move forward with several of these contracts, including the Argus contract, was in order to get people on site very, very quickly. We did a much smaller dollar, very short term agreement to get them paid and get them on site. So that agreement has been signed. It is in place. What we were considering tonight was an amendment to that contract to add capacity and time. So we just don't need to take that word. We have the original contract signed it in place to be able to pay for the 72 hours worth of service that our guest did provide on site. All right. Great, great. Thank you. I don't see anyone else with a hand up. So, Madam Secretary, hold on just a second. About to go to you, and then we'll do. And a reminder, the recommendation for this is a no vote or a no vote. On this one. I'm sorry. You are muted. Collect your. For Herndon. How can Sawyer. Dance? Tourists see tobacco. Gilmore. No kinds. Of things. Cashman. Ortega. We're clear. We didn't. It was. No. No. Sandoval. No. Council president. Now an electorate that is close to voting in its results. 13 nays. 13 nays. The resolution three four, they're not pleased with the next item on our screens and have been for as long as they're going to remember you for your. Question on.