Date: 01/24/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB06-1087

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer HB 06-1087 to the Committee of the Whole. TPASS


02:04 PM -- House Bill 06-1087

Representative Larson and Representative Rose provided an explanation of the provisions of HB 06-1087 to change the classification of Montezuma County for the purpose of increasing the salaries of elected county personnel (Attachments A, B, and C). Representative Larson provided an overview of the demographics of Montezuma County.


02:07 PM

Dewayne Findley, Montezuma County Commission, spoke in support of the bill. He explained some of the reasons for the increase in the classification level including increased population and increased property assessment values. He spoke to the resolution adopted by the county commission in support of the increase in the county classification level. Mr. Findley responded to committee questions regarding the amount of time county commissioners spend on their jobs.


02:13 PM

Mark Vanderpool, Montezuma County Assessor, spoke in support of the bill. He spoke to the assessed value figures he put together for Attachment B and he spoke to the increased level of new construction in Montezuma and to the increased land values in the county.

Representative Larson responded to a committee question regarding the need for the statutory provision that sets county officials' salaries as opposed to allowing county commissions to set their own officials' salaries.

Representative Larson and Representative Rose provided closing comments on the bill. Representative Larson spoke to county-wide support for the bill and Representative Rose spoke to the increased population in Montezuma County. Representative Larson and Representative Rose responded to a committee question regarding the nature of the growth in Montezuma County.
BILL:HB06-1087
TIME: 02:21:37 PM
MOVED:Stafford
MOTION:Refer HB 06-1087 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion carried on an 11-0 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Curry
VOTE
Berens
Yes
Cerbo
Yes
Curry
Yes
Decker
Yes
Massey
Yes
May M.
Yes
Merrifield
Yes
Soper
Yes
Stafford
Yes
Lindstrom
Yes
Hodge
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS