After the auditor sued Denver City Council, the council repealed the ordinance at the focus of the suit.
Councilmembers had moved to strip the auditor's subpoena powers, which were established in an ordinance approved in May 2021, after Auditorfiled a lawsuit against Denver City Council on March 1. In his suit, he argued that an amendment added to the original measure last spring chips away at the power of the auditor's office in a way that violates the city charter.
But because that amendment limited his office's actions, O'Brien ultimately filed suit. Since the entire ordinance — including that amendment — has been repealed, the suit is now moot. But Flynn and other councilmembers have promised to move quickly to re-establish the auditor's subpoena powers for minimum-wage enforcement.
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