BOARD02537

• Board Meeting Date: 9/17/1958
• Description: Minutes and Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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MR. BARNARD, JR.: "I did make these visits and unfor-
tunately this last one was so close to
this meeting that I didn't get a chance
to get the staffing study committee to-
gether and talk with you, Larry. How-
ever, it is surprising that what you
recommended is exactly what I recom-
mended in the preliminary report as a
result of what I learned in the other
states, with one exception. That is,
it appears to me that the amount of
legal services available is more dis-
proportionate in Colorado than it is
in the other states. Their engineer-
ing staffs are all, I think, larger.
Not better compensated but, as I say,
larger and with more programs under
way than the State of Colorado. Their
legal position is even stronger. They
have more people working on these pro-
blems than the State of Colorado has~
As a matter of fact, this is particu-
larly so in respect to Utah and New'
Mexico, about half the size of Colo-
rado, and in respect to Wyoming, about
20 per cent the size of Colorado. For
what purpose it might serve at this
time I submit the report. I got the
approval at the informal committee
meeting here and it might be useful to
the Board to have this report read be-
fore they act on Mr. Miller's motion."

MR. SPARKS:

MR. BARNARD, JR. :

I

"I think so. Will you read it,
John?"

"This is to the Colorado Water Cop-
servation Board from John Barnard, Jr.,
Chairman of the Committee on Water Board
Staff ing.

Your Committee was appointed by
action of the Colorado Water Conserva-
tion Board on June 5, 1958. Three meet-
ings have been held, and consultation I
has been had with the Director and the
Governor of Colorado. These meetings were
preliminary in nature, but it was deter-
mined that one of the first methods of
approach was to compare staffing policies
and compensation of the State of Colorado
with those of other states. It was de-
termined that mail communication should