Denver’s 2017 city budget will include additional composting pickup routes, money to plan for improvements along Colfax Avenue, and safety improvements for a half-dozen or more outlying intersections.

Mayor Michael Hancock in a letter released Monday agreed to five of seven consensus budget amendment requests by the City Council, made last week.

The changes will add nearly $2.2 million to the proposed $1.9 billion operating budget by tapping more money from city reserves and a few other funds. Hancock said general-fund reserves will remain above the city’s 15 percent target.

The rejected items on the council’s original $2.8 million request list were $600,000 more for paving of arterial streets next year and $70,000 for a new city inspector position in the Department of Excise and Licenses to aid enforcement of new regulations allowing short-term rentals of some homes.

Hancock’s letter says he stands by the current $24 million paving plan for 2017, given other transportation needs. It already includes an additional crew that is expected to pave 70 lane miles, making for a total goal of 430 lane miles paved next year, the letter says.

And he wrote that the extra inspector position for short-term rentals won’t be needed because the licensing director has shifted an existing position to take on that responsibility.

Council president Albus Brooks said he had not had a chance to discuss the mayor’s letter with his colleagues but “the general response is favorable that the mayor has agreed with us on 70 percent of our budget adjustments.”

The council’s public hearing on the budget is set for Oct. 24, and it has until Nov. 14 to adopt or reject the mayor’s spending plan.

The budget additions accepted by Hancock are: