Date: 03/11/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1256

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 15-1256 to the Committee of the WPASS



01:35 PM -- HB15-1256

 Representative Mitsch Bush, sponsor, presented House Bill 15-1256 concerning the classification of Routt County. The bill reclassifies Routt County as category II for the fixing of salaries of county officers. Routt County is currently classified as category III. Representative Mitsch Bush distributed letters of support (Attachment A).

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Representative Mitsch Bush answered questions from the committee members regarding the industries in Routt County and the responsibilities of county officers.

Representative Klingenschmitt distributed and discussed a handout to the committee members (Attachment B) on the populations of Colorado counties. Representative Mitsch Bush discussed the current practice for changing the categorization of a county. She also discussed the responsibilities of county officials in relation to services and a county's population.

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01:45 PM

Representative Mitsch Bush and Representative Klingenschmitt continued to dialogue regarding the correlation between population and work load for county officers.

Representative Saine discussed the current process for county categorization.

01:51 PM -- Doug Monger, Routt County Commissioner, spoke in favor of the bill. He discussed the issues that county officers deal with in relation to populations and industries. Commissioner Monger discussed the need for Routt County to be changed to category II.

01:54 PM -- Eric Bergman, Colorado Counties, Inc., spoke in favor of the bill. He discussed the current categorization of Colorado counties.

01:55 PM -- Richard Orf, representing Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado, spoke in favor of the bill. He discussed the need to change Routt County to category II.

Representative Mitsch Bush provided closing comments on the bill
BILL:HB15-1256
TIME: 01:57:29 PM
MOVED:Arndt
MOTION:Refer House Bill 15-1256 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:Saine
VOTE
Arndt
Yes
Danielson
Yes
Keyser
Yes
Klingenschmitt
Yes
Navarro
Yes
Ransom
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Saine
Yes
Singer
Yes
Lebsock
Yes
Fields
Yes
YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS