BOARD01362

• Board Meeting Date: 6/22/1945
• Description: Table of Contents and Minutes
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Minutes

appoin~ments and advise the,Governor; and it further appearing
that in the above mentioned communication the Governor further
requested the Colorado Water Conservation B08~d to make appro-
priate recommendations as to the compensation which should be
allovred such commissioners for their services; and

~nEREAS, on the 26th day of March, 1945. the Board ap-
proved the appointment of the above named commissioners; and

WHEREAS, Charles L. Patterson, one of the above named com-
missioners, is on the regular payroll of the Colorado Water
Conservation Board as its chief engineer, the compensation fix-
ed for such commissioners applies only to the other three co~
missioners; and

vYHEREAS, it appears that the services of such commission-
ers require specialized knowledge of the Arkansas River and of
important interste,te problems; and

\TIiEREAS, the Board after discussion with tvro of these com-
missioners, has given the matter full consideration; and

iYHEREAS, the time which will be required for such work can-
not now be determined and will of re cessity be of an intermit-
tent nature, the compensation must be fixed on a per diem basis;

NOW, TllEREFORE, BE IT P~SOLVE.D by the Colorado Water Con-
servation Board that it recommend to the Governor of the State
of Colorado that the compensation for the commissioners Henry C.
Vidal"Gail L. Ireland and Harry B. Mendenhall be fixed at $50.00
a da~ for the time actually required in connection vdth com-
pact negotie,tions on the Arkansas River; that in addition there-
tc, all of the last named commissioners and Charles L. Patterson
be allowed their necessary traveling expenses and subsistence
while engaged in their duties as such commissioners awa~from
their respective headquarters; and that such compensation, to-
gether with expenses and subsistence when approved by the
Governor, be paid, as and when incurred, by vouchers drawn upon
the funds of The Colorado Water Conservation Board.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these reoommendations be sub-
rni tted to the Governor of the State of Colorado for his approval.

and
the

The adoption of the motion was seconded by Geo. A. Pughe,
upon vote being taken the motion was unanimously passed arid
resolution declared adopted."
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There VlnS then presented to the Board the question of the payment
of the annual assessment against the State of Colorado for the expenses and
maintenance of the National Reclamation Association. It vms explained that
the annual assessment against the State of Colorado for the present year
for the maintenance and operation of the National Reolamation Association
was $2,500; that the Colorado Director of the Association would be able
to collect the sum of $1,700 from various individuals and water user asso-