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Oct 20, 2026
Rob LloydHOST
Hey, Adrian, it's been a few years for me.
Rob LloydHOST
Is DOLA Department of Local Affairs in Colorado?
Adrian LewisGUEST
Yes.
Adrian LewisGUEST
Yes,
Blake OlsonCORRESPONDENT
KDVR reports the build-out of a $16.6 million facility was previously rejected by voters.
Blake OlsonCORRESPONDENT
Mayor Colleen Whitlow says, though, that the Colorado Department of Local Affairs grant is $600,000, a lease purchase agreement, and $16 million through certificates of participation, which funds the project without raising taxes.
Blake OlsonCORRESPONDENT
The groundbreaking ceremony was held on Monday in Meade.
Blake OlsonCORRESPONDENT
The CSU student shot by campus police last week is out on bail.
Dionne StroterGUEST
Colorado has 64 counties and outside of the Denver metro area, there's a lot of variety in how other counties are sort of administered in Colorado.
Dionne StroterGUEST
And at the beginning of the pandemic, I I had an opportunity to go back to the state and work for a department that's called the Department of Local Affairs, which is really a department that is a liaison between the state and the 64 counties in Colorado.
Dionne StroterGUEST
And I spent several years working there, working on state policy, but also delivering support to all of the counties in Colorado and got to travel around the state.
Dionne StroterGUEST
And work with county administrations, with county managers, with county governments in the rural areas of Colorado, in the mountain towns of Colorado, all over the state and got to learn a lot more about county government, which I hadn't really done as much of when I was in Denver.
Kim MonsonHOST
The district's bond, FAQ, had told voters the bond would add approximately 12 mills.
Kim MonsonHOST
The bond levy was 12.479 mills in 2023, 16.399 mills in 2024, and 21.257 mills in 2025, according to the CDE's 2024-25 mill levy summary, and the Division of Property Taxation in the Colorado Department of Local Affairs.
Kim MonsonHOST
Over the same years, the district's assessed value fell from $216,075,390 to $136,138,330.
Kim MonsonHOST
Voters in the Holyoke District approved ballot issue 5K on November 5, 2024, authorizing up to $14.84 million in debt, a repayment cost of up to $28 million, and taxes of up to $1.4 million a year for a new elementary school.
Kim MonsonHOST
Local governments with gas restrictions may have increased legal services and costs to conform the codes with state law and to modify permitting, inspection, and compliance activities, the Blue Book says, and it gives no dollar estimate.
Kim MonsonHOST
It says Amendment 82 also may minimally increase expenditures for state agencies, primarily the Department of Local Affairs, to revise technical assistance to local governments concerning building codes that conflict with the right to purchase or sell natural gas.
Kim MonsonHOST
SB 21264, signed June 24, 2021, requires each gas utility with more than 90,000 retail customers to file a clean heat plan with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, PUC, with targets of 4% below 2015 greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 and 22% below by 2030.
Kim MonsonHOST
SB 23-016, approved by Governor Jared Polis on May 11, 2023, set statewide goals of cutting greenhouse gas emissions 65% by 2035, 75% by 2040, 90% by 2045 and 100% by 2050, compared with 2005 levels.
Greg LopezGUEST
He's sweeping money away from the Department of Natural Resources.
Greg LopezGUEST
He's sweeping money away from the Department of Local Affairs to the tune of $90 million that he's taken away from them to balance the budget, and this is all from the severance tax that comes from oil and gas.
Greg LopezGUEST
People don't even know that, and it's, it's wrong.
Greg LopezGUEST
Because the people said the severance tax should go to help schools, should go help local communities, and the governor has decided he's gonna sweep those accounts, and he can do it.
Monica DeWittGUEST
So really a lot of special districts, school districts, counties using mill levies for additional tax dollar revenue sources.
Monica DeWittGUEST
And those specific property tax rate calculations come from the Department of Local Affairs.
Monica DeWittGUEST
So you can check out DOLA, the Department of Local Affairs for your specific rates and check on the local data through DOLA.
Monica DeWittGUEST
through them or through your local county treasurer's office.
Jennifer Garcia RosendoHOST
Really, really great information.