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Executive Committee of the Legislative Council

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

The Executive Committee of the Legislative Council unanimously approved constitutionally required funding for the 2026 Blue Book and property tax study, then absorbed a run of budget briefings — most pointedly a JBC warning that the state may not be able to afford the full slate of promised employee compensation increases, and a rundown of new elected-official pay recommendations set to take effect automatically in 2027.

Key Actions

·blue-book-property-tax-auditNo vote

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Notable Quotes

Given the budget situation, I think the Joint Budget Committee is highly uncertain that the state will be able to afford all all of those components of the WINS agreement.

Craig Harper (Joint Budget Committee Staff) · witnessThe central caution of the hearing — the JBC signaling the state may not be able to fund the negotiated employee compensation and benefit package.

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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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