Due to term limits there will be three board seats open on the SDA Board. As the Association moves through the year of important legislation, economic challenges and opportunities to provide, service and benefit to Colorado I encourage any special district board member to throw their hat in the ring to be a part of this vital and dynamic board. The Board meets five times a year at the SDA offices and are a large part of the SDA Annual Conferences. The Board is divided by geographical regions and no more than 2 members from a certain type of district to insure equal representation.

We have just learned that the Senate is planning to vote on mandatory collective bargaining as early as this week. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is attempting to add S. 3194 to the supplemental appropriations legislation H.R. 4899. IPMA-HR is opposed to the Public Safety Employer Employee Cooperation Act because it gives the federal government a significant role in state and local public safety collective bargaining. States and localities are free to choose whether or not to engage in collective bargaining and many already have.

In the Denver Post this morning, found HERE, Governor Ritter pledged his support of the campaign against Amendment 60, 61 and Prop 101, which will appear on the ballot this November. Ritter told the paper, “They are devastating to the state economy.” According the Post, the Governor will also voice his opposition of the ballot measures during every public speaking engagement from now until November.

The law firm of Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe is offering three free workshops for Colorado volunteer and combination fire departments. The workshops will be held in Steamboat Springs, Alamosa and Woodland Park and will focus on the following issues: