The Senate Local Government & Housing Committee advanced four bills and confirmed eight gubernatorial appointments, with the most contested action being the 6-1 passage of a mobile home park water quality fix bill over industry objections about vague welfare standards and a fire suppression program renewal also clearing 6-1. Senator Mark Baisley cast the lone dissenting vote on three separate measures.
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Tawny Payton (Rocky Mountain Home Association) argued mobile home parks are 'being mandated to provide higher quality water than any other housing provider, hospital, school, jail, etc.' and that the regulations are 'not consistent with the EPA's safe drinking water act.' Senator Mark Baisley echoed this concern, stating 'this should not be something specific to one area of household.' Senator Lisa Cutter responded that mobile home parks have 'unique' infrastructure and that the program was specifically identified as a problem in that context. Amy Bove (Colorado Manufactured Housing Coalition) requested amendment language tying the welfare standard to 'measurable characteristics established in the division's mobile home park water quality policies'; Senator Cutter responded that park owners liked CDPHE's existing policy, making codification unnecessary.
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“We're all holding our breath and we're very concerned about how we're going to flush toilets. We rely on these funds. We are desperate for them. Across the entire rural donut of Colorado, everyone's infrastructure is failing.”
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Sign in to subscribeSenate Local Government Housing Committee will come to order. Ms. Alanzaro, please call the roll. Senators Basley. Present. Ball. Linstedt. Present. Liston. Rich. Snyder. Mr. Chair, good afternoon. We have a busy afternoon and we will start with some confirmation hearings for the Energy Impact assistant advisory committee. Mr. Laycock. Briggs. Scroll. Oh, Jillian Laycock, Please, please Prop the dice. And Gerard Biggs and Jeffrey Scroll. And they're online. And if you'll pull those two up. Last two up online. Thank you very much. Yeah. And Mr. Bergman, welcome back. There we go. How soon we forget. I forget everything. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, members of the committee, and thank you so much for having us today. I'm Eric Bergman, Director of the Division of Local Government, the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. It is my distinct pleasure to appear before you today and present three esteemed local government professionals who have been appointed by the Governor to serve on the Advisory committee for the Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Fund Program, or EIF for short. Purpose of the EIF program is to assist political subdivisions that are socially and or economically impacted by the development, processing or energy conversion…
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