Commission weighs structured stakeholder outreach, surveys and confidential input

Jul 6, 2026

Members and the facilitator agreed to broaden stakeholder input beyond in-person public comment: proposed measures include targeted surveys, virtual office hours, regional sessions and an anonymous submission form to solicit specific, actionable operational and funding information.

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Senator Kirkmeyer urged the commission to move stakeholder and public input earlier in the schedule and to use targeted surveys for associations, family caregivers and disability groups so the commission could gather action-oriented responses rather than unspecific testimony. Facilitator Summer Gather Cole proposed a set of tools—stakeholder sessions, regional meetings outside the Denver metro area, virtual office hours and an anonymous Google form—to broaden and structure input.

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