For the first six months of the year, The Salvation Army ran Mayor Mike Johnston’s All In Mile High individual shelters without being paid for its work.
The organization has been tapping its reserves, essentially floating the city a non-interest loan for millions of dollars while the Johnston administration, the nonprofit church and City Council debated the finer points of the contracts.
This week, Denver City Council approved contracts and spending, and the city is finally getting caught up on what it owes.
The contracts were mired in controversy.
Homeless advocates pushed lawmakers to cut ties with The Salvation Army, arguing the organization was ill-equipped to run shelters…