Memo on Gov appointments and Director

• Title: IBCC Governor Appointments and the Director of Compact Negotiations
• Date: 11/17/2006
• Author: Eric Hecox
• Interbasin CC - Doc Type: Correspondence/Memos

HB 05 - 1177 and HB 06 - 1400 are silent on the Director’s term of service. We have
interpreted this silence to mean the Director serves at the pleasure of the Governor.
Governor Ritter has the opportunity to appoin t the same individual as both the Director
of Compact Negotiations and the Executive Director of DNR or to appoint different
individuals to each position. Should the Governor decide to have a full time Director
of Compact Negotiations , additional appropri ations and 0.5 FTE will need to be
approved by the General Assembly for Fiscal Year 2007 and beyond.

Governor’s Appointments to the IBCC
HB 05 - 1177 created a twenty - seven member Interbasin Compact Committee to
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“facilitate the process of Interbasin compact negotiations.” The IBCC consists of:
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Two representative from each basin roundtable (18 basin representatives);
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One member appointed by the Chairperson of House Agriculture, Livestock,
and Natural Resources Committee;
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One member appointed by the Chairper son of the Senate Agriculture, Natural
Resources, and Energy Committee;
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Six at - large members appointed by the Governor; and
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The Director of Compact Negotiations.

The Governor’s six appointment are to “come from geographically divers parts of the
state and shall include individuals with expertise in environmental, recreational, local
governmental, industrial, and agricultural matters” and “no more than three of the
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Governor’s appointees shall be affiliated with the same political party.” The current
Gover nor’s appointments to the IBCC are:
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Eric Kuhn;
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Rita Crumpton;
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Melinda Kassen;
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T. Wright Dickinson;
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Wayne Vanderschuere; and
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Peter Binney.

HB 05 - 1177 is silent on the Governor’s appointment’s term of service. We have
interpreted this silence to mean the a ppointees serves at the pleasure of the Governor.
Governor Ritter may decide to retain the current appointees or replace some or all of
the members.

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C.R.S. 37 - 75 - 105(1)(a).
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