BOARD02487

• Board Meeting Date: 9/7/1995
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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Western States Water Council:

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We attended the Western States Water Council meeting in Rapid City, South Dakota. The
Council is considering revising its position On the Clean Water Act reauthorization in light of the
bill which recently passed the House. The present version contains elements which are both
positive and negative from the State's perspective, and the Council would like to review their
position in the hopes of offering a compromise which may be acceptable to the V.S Senate. I
have asked David Holm and Paul Frohardt to work with us in reevaluating Colorado's position.

Colorado Water Congress:

The Colorado Water Congress through the leadership of Disk McRavey is beginning the
development of a long range plan for the organization. We participated in their annual summer
workshop and believe that they are off to a good start. We wish them the best of luck and
encourage them to make the effort. The Congress has played a key role for 35 years, and
hopefully will continue do so.

Budget - Operating Expenses:

We are reviewing past years' budgets and attempting to develop a better understanding of our
cost allocation. Since the last budget year FY94-95, which ended June 30, 1995, was our first
complete year with a full staff, there is a need to adjust and reallocate expenditures. One of the .
areas where we find an increasing trend is the expense of mailings and copying costs. The law
requires that we recover our costs and that we develop guidelines for charges. Consequently, in
November we will be bringing a set of guidelines to the Board which will include a revision of
how costs are to be charged.

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