- The Montezuma County commissioners are set to take up the thorny question of pay raises next week.
- The Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance is helping to install signs reminding Canyons of the Ancients visitors that motorized and mechanized travel are restricted to designated roads.
The Montezuma County commissioners are set to take up a thorny question Monday afternoon at 3:15. That’s when they will consider again whether to grant a pay hike to elected county officials. The Colorado legislature has given all 64 counties’ commissions the option of providing pay raises of up to 30 percent to county officials. The catch is: All nine elected officials, including the sheriff, assessor, clerk, treasurer, coroner, surveyor, and all three commissioners, have to receive the same amount. Any increase would take effect only after the 2018 and 2020 elections. The board also has the option of giving a smaller pay raise or none at all.
The Southwest Colorado Canyons Alliance is working with Canyons of the Ancients National Monument officials to install signs reminding visitors that motorized and mechanized travel are restricted to designated roads. In November, two members of the nonprofit alliance worked with monument officials to install two signs at the Big Point Overlook area near Sand Canyon Pueblo on the northern edge of the 164,000-acre monument. Alliance executive director Diane McBride tells KSJD that SCCA has contributed a total of 30 signs. More of them are expected to be put up soon at sites across the monument.
