The decade-old RiNo business improvement district has been renewed for another 10 years, but a key change is being made following criticism from those whose tax dollars fund the entity.

The Denver City Council voted unanimously on Monday, with one member absent, to renew the BID, which works to promote businesses in the former warehouse district and is funded by taxes on commercial property.

Arguably no part of Denver has changed more in the past decade than RiNo, with large apartment complexes and office towers replacing auto repair shops and plumbing supply stores, and national retailers and hip restaurants moving in.

The BID renewal process attracted attention when multiple property owners, including Erico Motorsports co-owner Tai Beldock and Denver Rock Drill owner Bryon Weiss, called last fall for the BID to be disbanded, saying it had lost its way and become ineffective.

Other property owners, including EXDO Group Cos. CEO Andrew Feinstein and Sage Hospitality CEO Walter Isenberg, declined to go that far, but said the BID needed to re-focus and should cut its mill levy in half.

One key point of contention was the role of the RiNo Art District, which was contracted to manage the BID in its first decade. The art district also has other goals — notably, promoting the area’s art scene — and critics felt BID dollars were supporting those objectives at the expense of the business community.

Monday’s vote renews the BID at its existing mill levy, of four. But the BID will hire its own staff for its second decade. It will no longer outsource management to the art district, although it may contract with the organization for certain tasks. The split goes into effect in July.

Jamie Giellis, a local consultant who specializes in the operations of special taxing districts, has been tapped to conduct a search for someone to lead the BID. She’s just coming off a search for someone to lead the new Ballpark general improvement district.The RiNo Art District, meanwhile, is also in a transition period. Its top two leaders, Sarah Cawrse and Alye Sharp, submitted their resignation within weeks of each other this spring. BID board member Adam Larkey and art district board member Gerald Horner are leading the organization on an interim basis.

“Looking forward, our priorities are projects like the 38th Street underpass, further improving connectivity within the neighborhood, expanding the No Vacancy program and greater cooperation with surrounding neighborhood organizations,” Larkey said Monday.

Speaking to BusinessDen on Tuesday, Beldock said she feels “really good” about the outcome.

“One thing I’m still continuing to watch is who they put on the new board, because there are empty seats,” she said.

Beldock, who advocated for the creation of the BID a decade ago, has previously said the board lacked enough representation from commercial property owners, and added Tuesday that it’s also light on institutional knowledge.

But asked if she was interested in rejoining the board, she demurred.

“I’ve just spent the last two years of my life fighting a street closure and figuring out how to put the BID back the way it should be, so I don’t have it in me,” Beldock said.