BOARD01433

• Board Meeting Date: 12/18/1950
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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9. The Director reported that the appointment of Jean S. Breitenstein
by the Attorney General, as a special assistant, assigned to the Colorado Water
Conservation Board, would expire vmen the. present Attorney General goes out
of office shortly after the 1st of January, 1951; and it was pointed out',that
the salary of Mr. Breitenstein, under the former action of the Board, was paid
by the Board in the amount of $6,000 a year, payable in twelve equal install-
ments. It was explained that, after consultation with the Attorney General-
Elect Duke Dunbar, the Director believes that a contract between the Board and
Jean S. Breitenstein which would provide for the latter to serve as Attorney
for the Board during the ensuing year would be consented to and approved by the
Attorney General-Elect.

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Thereupon, it was moved by Judge Dan Hughes and
seconded by John Beaty that the Qolorado Water Conser-
vation Board appoint and retain Jean S. Breitenstein
as its Attorney and Counsel for the ensuing year,
(being the period from the time of expiration of. his
appointment by the present Attorney General and con-
tinuing for twelve months), subject to the consent and.
approval of the Attorney General, at a salary of $6,000
a year, payable in twelve equal monthly installments; and
that the Director of the Board is authorized to enter
into a contract, subject to the consent of the Attorney
General and the approval of other state officials required
in such cases.

On 'Tote being taken, the motion was unanimously carried
and declared adopted.

Further explanation of the proposed budget for the Colorado Water Con-
servation Board was made by the Director and the Chief Engineer of the. Board

It was moved by John Beaty and seconded by
C. J. McCormick that the proposed budget of the
Colorado Water Conservation Board for the biennium
July 1, 1951 to June 30, 1953, submitted to the
State Comptroller by the Director, be approved in
the amounts and as hereinabove set out in these minutes.

On. vote being taken, the motion carried unanimously
and was declared adopted.

The Board proceeded to consider the resolution adopted at hear~ngs
held, pursuant to previous ac;tion of the Board, by local, affected water groups
meeting at Brighton, Platteville and Littleton, Colorado, with respect to re-
vision of the official Colorado comments of July 12, 1945 on the South Platte
F~ood Control project, particularly with reference to paragraph' (1) (a) and
paragraph (2). These two paragraphs read as follows:

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