Lakewood Informer

The May 16 West Metro Fire Protection District Regular Board Meeting highlighted the educational possibilities in Denmark. Fire Chief Lombardi shared the techniques developed at West Metro at the European Diversity Conference in April.  Deputy Chief Metz will attend the Officers Development Program in June. Both events were hosted by the Federation of European Fire...

Lakewood City Council Member Anita Springsteen announced that she had the "amazing honor" to be asked by the NAACP to start a chapter in Jefferson County. The NAACP is the "home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice." Springsteen will continue to tackle inequality and abuses through her work with the organization. She...

The City of Lakewood adopted the 2021 International Building Codes on May 8th. This move will increase the price of new and existing homes and increase the city’s authority to regulate maintenance on private property. Multiple City Council members stated that these changes were necessary for public safety. Safety The safety factor was directed toward...

The May 8th Lakewood City Council meeting included an item to repeal and reenact Lakewood Municipal Code governing Parks and Recreation. The staff presentation delineates several updates. In the "other" items category, the voiceover includes "clarify the authority" of the Community Resources Director. In fact, the proposed language will transfer all authority from the City...

On May 1, 2023, Lakewood City Council held a workshop on adding a censure policy to council procedures. The idea was prompted by using a specific word (“girls”) used in Council once, in an old-fashioned, politically incorrect way that was taken as a personal insult by some Council Members and residents. A public reprimand, which...

There are several special districts in and around Lakewood, which are often overlooked but control a lot of money, policy, and services. To help keep them in mind, we provide the list below. Cancelled elections only have enough candidates to fill the seats, therefore no contested elections. Please contact us with any additions or corrections....

The Lakewood Advisory Commission (LAC) was established to provide research on local issues to City Council. The questions of “how much research?” and “what for?” came up when City Council voted to update the LAC Ordinance. One resulting change was that the LAC can initiate their own research projects, for a grassroots, bottom-up approach instead...

Lakewood City Council Members have decided to oppose several state legislative efforts: Land Use bill, Right of First Refusal, and Regulating Local Housing Growth Restrictions have now all been officially opposed or strongly opposed by Lakewood. This is almost a reversal of where Lakewood started on these issues, with only two Councilors wanting to oppose...

The Jefferson County Legislative meeting on April 24 revealed many different viewpoints and issues, ultimately leading the county to take an amend position on the governor's land-use bill, SB23-213. Commissioner Kraft-Thorpe brought up many reasons to oppose SB23-213, including that the county should show support for all the cities within the county that have officially...

At the April 5 Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) meeting, Lakewood City Council Member and DRCOG Representative Jeslin Shahrezaei expressed support for DRCOG taking the leadership role over regional pollution reduction grant. The grant is newly available through the EPA called the  Climate Pollution Reduction Grants (CPRG). These grants are a part of the...