Douglas County board puts $760,000 to $1.3 million yearly cost on Question 200
Oct 12, 2026 · 7 min · 6 segments
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Kim MonsonHost
Oct 12, 2026 · 7 min · 6 segments
Kim MonsonHost
The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners printed a $760,000 to $1.3 million annual cost on Question 200, the citizen petition to expand the board from three members to five, above the county's own $481,780 estimate for two commissioners with no new staff.
State Representative Bob Marshall, a Highlands Ranch Democrat, is challenging the board's separate Question 1A in Douglas County District Court.
The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners wrote an ongoing annual cost of $760,000 to $1.3 million into the ballot title of Question 200.
The citizen petitioned measure asking voters on November 3rd whether to expand the board from three members to five.
At the August 28th meeting where the board unanimously set the title, a county fiscal presentation put the cost of two more commissioners with no new staff at $481,708 a year, plus $95,830 in one-time costs.
County Manager Doug DeBoard and Deputy County Manager Dan Avery presented four scenarios, three of them benchmarked against Adams, Arapahoe, and El Paso counties, which seat five commissioners.
Adding two staff positions raised the ongoing cost to $760,150, six positions to $1,317,034, and 11 positions to $2,354,482.
Rounded, the two-position and six-position figures are the two ends of the range printed on the ballot.
The presentation states that decision-making authority lies with current and future board and calls those decisions inherently subjective.
Commissioner Kevin Van Winkle said, Voters deserve full economic transparency at the ballot box, Colorado Politics reported.
In August, the campaign behind the petition, 3 to 5 Dugco, put the total for two more commissioners at about $500,000 a year, counting benefits, equipment, and travel.
The Kim Monson Newsroom reported, State Representative Bob Marshall, a Highlands Ranch Democrat, said on the Kim Monson Show on October 12th that the campaign had always put the figure at no less than $500,000, and that everything above that, that's totally in the discretion of a future board.
Question 200 passes with a simple majority, and if it does, Question 201 offers two methods for electing the larger board, five commissioners who live in districts and are elected only by the voters of their districts, or three such district commissioners plus two at-large commissioners elected by the whole county.
Under CRS 30-10 to 306.5, the Board must adopt the method that receives the most votes.
The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners printed a $760,000 to $1.3 million annual cost on Question 200, the citizen petition to expand the board from three members to five, above the county's own $481,780 estimate for two commissioners with no new staff.
State Representative Bob Marshall, a Highlands Ranch Democrat, is challenging the board's separate Question 1A in Douglas County District Court.
The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners wrote an ongoing annual cost of $760,000 to $1.3 million into the ballot title of Question 200.
The citizen petitioned measure asking voters on November 3rd whether to expand the board from three members to five.
At the August 28th meeting where the board unanimously set the title, a county fiscal presentation put the cost of two more commissioners with no new staff at $481,708 a year, plus $95,830 in one-time costs.
County Manager Doug DeBoard and Deputy County Manager Dan Avery presented four scenarios, three of them benchmarked against Adams, Arapahoe, and El Paso counties, which seat five commissioners.
Adding two staff positions raised the ongoing cost to $760,150, six positions to $1,317,034, and 11 positions to $2,354,482.
Rounded, the two-position and six-position figures are the two ends of the range printed on the ballot.
The presentation states that decision-making authority lies with current and future board and calls those decisions inherently subjective.
Commissioner Kevin Van Winkle said, Voters deserve full economic transparency at the ballot box, Colorado Politics reported.
In August, the campaign behind the petition, 3 to 5 Dugco, put the total for two more commissioners at about $500,000 a year, counting benefits, equipment, and travel.
The Kim Monson Newsroom reported, State Representative Bob Marshall, a Highlands Ranch Democrat, said on the Kim Monson Show on October 12th that the campaign had always put the figure at no less than $500,000, and that everything above that, that's totally in the discretion of a future board.
Question 200 passes with a simple majority, and if it does, Question 201 offers two methods for electing the larger board, five commissioners who live in districts and are elected only by the voters of their districts, or three such district commissioners plus two at-large commissioners elected by the whole county.
Under CRS 30-10 to 306.5, the Board must adopt the method that receives the most votes.
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