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Commission trims Colfax County local funding for senior centers; allocates proportional reductions
Summary
The commission cut local contributions to Colfax County senior centers, approving $133,000 total for Colfax Senior Citizens, Inc., and adjusting Eagle Nest funding to $44,333, with the remainder returned to general fund. Commissioners asked staff to apply proportional cuts across miscellaneous appropriations.
Colfax County commissioners reduced local-commitment amounts for senior centers in the county and allocated the remaining balance back to the general fund.
Justin (finance staff) explained the senior centers' funding requests and the need to reduce local contributions as part of broader interim budget adjustments. The commission committed local funds to Colfax Senior Citizens, Inc., at $133,000 and amended the Eagle Nest senior-center allocation to $44,333; the commissioners recorded those adjustments by motion and roll-call vote (Commissioner Kern: yes; Commissioner Trujillo: yes; Chairman Tatum: yes).
Commissioners asked that similar proportional reductions be applied to other miscellaneous appropriations where contracts or statutory obligations did not preclude cuts. Justin was directed to make the line-item adjustments and to circulate updated figures to departments and commissioners for the reconvened budget meeting.
No service eliminations among the senior centers were recorded in the meeting minutes; commissioners repeatedly said the cuts were small but necessary given the county's larger budget gap.
