Public invited to attend and comment on budget items presented by staff and elected officials at two scheduled hearings – Oct. 24 and Oct. 29

Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Commissioners will hold two public hearings to consider 2014 budget requests from county department heads and elected officials.

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The first budget hearing, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24 at 9:30 a.m. will include flood-related budget requests only. The second hearing on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. will include all non-flood related budget requests for 2014.

  • Thursday, Oct. 24 at 9:30 a.m.  – Presenter: Budget Office
    Public Hearing: County Offices and Departments 2014 Budget Requests – Flood Related 
  • Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. – Presenter: Budget Office
    Public Hearing: County Offices and Departments 2014 Budget Requests – Non-Flood Related

The hearings will take place in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room on the third floor of the Boulder Courthouse at 1325 Pearl St. in Boulder, and members of the public are invited to provide input on 2014 funding for county services and programs. Both hearings will be webstreamed “live” atwww.bouldercounty.org/gov/meetings/pages/hearings.aspx and archived on that link for future viewing.

The County Commissioners will conduct their 2014 Budget Work Session  ̶  where they take action on requests presented in October  ̶  from 1-3 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room. The public is invited to attend the work session, but no public testimony will be taken. By state law, a county budget for the following year must be approved by Dec. 15.

Members of the public may provide comments about 2014 county funding in a variety of ways: in person at any of the budget hearings, by email to commissioners@bouldercounty.org, by mail to Boulder County Commissioners’ Office, P.O. Box 471, Boulder, CO 80306, or by phone at 303-441-3500.

Information about current and prior year’s budgets is available on the county’s Budget webpage. Visitwww.bouldercounty.org and search for “budget” in the search field at the top of the page.

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