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<br />Elkhead Enlargement: The Colorado River water Conservation District will be hosting a BBQ for us <br />Monday evening., They will update us on the status of t1je Yampa Plan and the enlargement of Elkhead <br />Reservoir. In the meantime, they have posted a briefing paper about the status of the project on their <br />web site htto:/ /www.crwcd. gov/ elkheadlTheElkheadReservoirProi ect.pdf <br /> <br />Agency News <br /> <br />Interviews for Flood Staff: The process of hiring a replacement for Flood Protection staff Mark <br />Matulik continues. We received 40 applications, of which 27 applicants were invited to take an <br />examination on May 12. <br /> <br />Planning Retreat: We will be holding a senior staff planning retreat on June 3 to prepare for the DNR <br />Division Director's planning retreat in Grand Junction on June 12 and 13. <br /> <br />Governor Owens Signs Long Bill: On May 2 Governor Bill Owens signed the state budget - the so- <br />called "Long Bill" - for the fiscal year beginning July I, 2003. <br /> <br />The General Fund budget approved by the Governor inCludes a 4.2 percent increase for K-12 <br />education, a 3.4 percent increase for the Department of Corrections, a 3.3 percent increase for the <br />Judicial branch and a 5.6 percent increase for Medicaid (after one-time adjustments). <br /> <br />The state General Fund budgetthis year totals approxi1nately $5.5 billion, with the total budget for the <br />state now at $13.4 billion. <br /> <br />The Governor did veto certain headnotes and footnotes in the budget, including a footnote, which <br />would have allowed state colleges and universities to increase their tuition by as much as 10 percent. <br /> <br />Governor Establishes Civil Service Reform Commission: Governor Owens has formed a <br />Commission on Civil Service Reform. This Commissiqn will examine Colorado's current civil service <br />system and recommend possible Constitutional and statutory measures for consideration by the <br />General Assembly and Colorado voters. The bipartisan commission will be co-chaired by former <br />Colorado Governor Dick Lamm and the executive director of the Colorado Department of Personnel <br />and Administration, Troy Eid. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"Colorado's civil service system is one of the most archaic in the entire nation," Owens said. "I am <br />convinced that we can and should have a better, more ~esponsive system in place for our employees, as <br />well as the citizens they serve. The tinle has come to nj.odernize our state personnel system." <br /> <br />Owens said he is charging the newly formed Commission with reviewing Colorado's civil service <br />system to determine how the state can better address tJ:)e legal, regulatory, technological and business <br />realities that state government faces today. The requirements ofthe state's civil service system were <br />placed in the Colorado Constitution in 1918. ' <br /> <br />In addition to Lamm and Eid, the members of the Coll)1llission on Civil Service Reform are: <br /> <br />. Colorado State Sen. Norma Anderson (R- Lak~wood) <br />. John Bliss, consultant and retired vice president of Budget and Finance, University of Colorado <br />. Brian Bumett, chief financial officer, Colorado Commission on Higher Education <br />. Steven Farber, president and managing partner, Brownstein, Hyatt and Farber, P.C. <br />. Diedra Garcia, vice president, DRG Construction, and member, Colorado State Personnel <br />Board <br />. Salvador Gomez, president and chief executive officer, Source One Management Inc., and . <br />chairman of the board, Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce <br /> <br />23 <br />