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Senate panel advances three Clean Transit Enterprise nominees to full Senate
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Summary
The committee recommended reappointments and a new appointment to the Colorado Clean Transit Enterprise board—Matt Frommer, Dawn Block and Kathleen Brackie—and added those nominations to the consent calendar after brief introductions and questions about program authority and funding.
The Senate Transportation & Energy Committee voted to recommend three nominees to the Colorado Clean Transit Enterprise (CTE) board and placed them on the consent calendar for full Senate confirmation.
Craig Seacrest, director of the Clean Transit Enterprise, introduced nominees Matt Frommer and Dawn Block for reappointment and Kathleen Brackie as a new appointee. Frommer, transportation and land use policy manager at the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP), described work on bus electrification, depot upgrades and transit expansion. Dawn Block, a long‑time municipal official from La Junta, said she would represent rural transit interests; Kathleen Brackie described a 35‑plus year career in multimodal transportation and planning, including transit planning and financing in Boulder and Fort Collins.
Committee members asked questions about the CTE’s authority and funding mechanism. Senator Pelton asked whether the enterprise can set production‑fee levels on oil and gas; members noted that Senate Bill 230 (referenced) and the enabling statutes set the framework for production fees and that certain technical determinations (price index selection and quarterly price tiers) lie with other state entities. Craig Seacrest and nominees explained that SB 260 established the CTE and SB 230 added programs; they said the board will administer programs but that statutory instructions assign some fee‑setting steps to other agencies or committees. Seacrest noted the Prop 117 cap on total FY‑26 revenue from the oil and gas fee and indicated the board will consider that cap when setting fees for the coming year.
After questions, the vice chair moved to send the three nominations to the committee of the whole with a favorable recommendation; the motion passed on roll call and the committee placed the nominations on the consent calendar for the full Senate.
The nominees will continue to serve or be confirmed by the full Senate; the CTE is standing up programs to invest in vehicle electrification and public transit, as directed by recent statute.
