The Denver Gazette: A few Denver councilmembers on Monday clashed with the city auditor over a proposal to give the latter powers to subpoena the city’s contractors and compel them to produce records.   

On a 9-4 vote, the City Council preliminary approved the proposal expanding the city auditor’s subpoena authority, with supporters saying it would give the office better access to documents when internally investigating the performance of departments. 

Some councilmembers questioned the need for the expanded authority, arguing the auditor cited only two instances in which the office needed it in the past five years. In both cases, one councilmember said, the auditor was actually granted access to information, but the office wanted to “possess” the data.  

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