BOARD02588

• Board Meeting Date: 5/24/1999
• Description: Directors' Reports
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
www.cwcb.state.co.us

STATE OF COLOR.A.DO

Q

Bill Owens
Governor

MEMORANDUM

GregE. Walcher
Executive Director

TO:
FROM:
DATE:
RE:

Colorado Water Conservation Board Members

Rod Kuharich
C\VCB Director
Dan McAuliffe
Deputy Director

Peter Evans

May 17,1999

Agenda Item 3(b), May 24-25,1999 Board Meeting--
CWCB Director's Report

This report is more extensive than those I have previously prepared, and I am anxious to
find out how you react to it. It is longer and covers a broad range of projects and activities
because we want you and our key constituencies to see our progress and benefit from the
information we gather. As vacant staff positions continue to be filled and our capacity increases
to fulfill the Board's responsibilities, these status reports are easier to assemble and they will be
given greater priority. Dan McAuliffe has given me a great deal of assistance in preparing this
document, as have the rest of our Senior Staff and I owe them great thanks for their hard work.

Agency Management

Board member confirmations: The Senate has confirmed all three new Board members
appointed by Governor Owens. Louis Entz of Hooper (representing the Rio Grande basin) and
Don Schwindt of Cortez (representing the San Miguel-Dolores/San Juan River basins) were
confirmed on April 15. Harold Miskel of Colorado Springs (representing the Arkansas River
basin) was confirmed on April 28.

Hiring and organizational chart: I have hired Dan McAuliffe, formerly a DNR
Assistant Director, to be my Deputy and promoted Mike Serlet to be the Chief of the Water
Project Construction and Planning section, Dan and Mike bring great strength to the Senior
Staff, adding their experience, team spirit and enthusiasm. With these actions, all Senior Staff
positions are filled and fully engaged and I am confident you will see the benefits very quickly.

Several more vacancies remain to be filled: a Platte River program coordinator; two
Colorado River Decision Support System (CROSS) experts; a Construction Fund contract
compliance specialist; two additional scientists to support interstate activities and an office
manager. As we press on with the hiring of great employees to fill these positions, we also need
to prepare for an important period of time in the development of our agency that requires:
. closing our budget allocations for the Fiscal Year 1999, which ends June 30,
. setting up budget allocations for FY-2000,
. evaluating employee performance for FY-99,
. planning FY-2000 workload objectives for each employee (which will be the pilot year for
the "pay-for-performance" program) and

Flood Protection. Water Project Planning and Financing. Stream and Lake Protection
Water Supply Protection. Conservation Planning