Executive Committee of the Legislative Council

Tuesday, February 10, 2026·51m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Executive Committee of the Legislative Council approved two constitutionally required Long Bill appropriations unanimously, while receiving informational presentations on statewide employee compensation, interim committee costs, the Colorado Youth Advisory Council budget, and independent elected official pay commission recommendations — with no action taken on the latter four items pending further JBC decisions and scheduled action dates.

Key Actions

·Long Bill – Blue Book Appropriation (FY27)Passed

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Controversies

PERA unfunded liability payment — Governor's proposed reduction vs. JBC staff recommendation

Craig Harper reported that the Governor's office budget request sought to reduce the total PERA unfunded liability payment from 10% to 9% (reducing AED and SAED each by 0.5%), while JBC staff member [Alfredo Chem / Mr. Kim — STT?] recommended against the reduction based on information from PERA showing it would significantly impact their unfunded liability situation. The JBC approved [Mr. Kim's — STT?] recommendation, maintaining the payment at 10%.

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Notable Quotes

“Our recommendation is $3.1 million for the Blue book. Our recommendation for the property tax study is $852,000. That is the same amount that was appropriated for this year.”
Natalie Castle, Director, Legislative Council Staff — Castle was presenting the two constitutionally required Long Bill appropriation recommendations for FY27 — the voter information ballot guide (Blue Book) and the property tax study — at the opening of the hearing.

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TranscriptPreview

The executive committee of the Legislative council will come to order. Ms. Kurtz, Phelan, please call the roll. Senators and Representatives Caldwell. Here. Duran. Here. Rodriguez. Here. Simpson. Here. Mr. President. Happy birthday, Esther. Madam Speaker. Here. Happy birthday. That's a good way to start our day. We do have a quorum. Members, I want to call your attention to a very full agenda. We will be starting with a review of long bill appropriations specific to the blue book and property tax audit taking action today. And then we will receive presentations on compensation common policies, interim committees, Colorado Youth Advisory Council, the independent elected official pay compensation recommendations, and any other business with that. Director Castle, we'll ask that you kick us off with a review of the Blue book and property tax audit. Thank you so much, Madam Chair. Natalie Castle. For the record, you have in your packet a reprint of some of the slides from the budget presentation I made a few weeks ago that reiterates some of the information that I presented at the time about the two long bill appropriations that the executive committee makes recommendations to the joint budget committee about for…

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