BOARD02537

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

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appears that higher educational and
experience standards are imposed by
Colorado than in the other states, as
a condition of employment. In respect
to available personnel, both legal and
engineering, Colorado is deficient in
comparison with the States of Utah and
New Mexico, and somewhat better staffed
than Wyoming. However, again, in cer-
tain areas, even in comparison with
Wyoming, Colorado appears to be defi-
cient.

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The deficiency in staff in the
State of Colorado, compared with Utah
and New Mexico, exists in respect to
legal personnel available to the water
agencies. Of course, this situation is
compounded when comparison is made on
a per capita basis, and very much com-
pounded when comparison is made on the
basis of a complexity of the problems
dealt with.

Although a complete tabulation will
have to be made, it appears to be quite
clear that, with the possible exception
of Wyoming, Colorado expends on water
matters a fraction of that expended by
the other states on a per capita basis.
Again, though complete analysis has not
been made, it appears that the dispropor-
tionate per capita expenditures which
existed some years ago has been further
amplified. The most glaring example of
comparative weakness, as measured by
monies eXpended, is with the State of
New Mexico. Again, without complete
tabulation, it is interesting to note
that the State of New Mexico has avail-
able for the various aspects of its
responsibilities, approximately 30 pro-
fessional engineers and geologists, one
consulting engineer, plus consulting
engineers for specific matters when re-
quired, three full-time lawyers, and
two consulting attorneys whose total
compensation would appear to be approxi-
mately equal to that of the attorney
for this Board. When we bear in mind
that New Mexico has a population in the

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