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Pueblo County approves intergovernmental agreements for May 6, 2025 elections
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved intergovernmental agreements with Rye Fire Protection District and Pueblo West Metropolitan District to administer the May 6, 2025 election; county clerk estimated a large property-owner ballot mailing and said election costs will be split among participating entities.
The Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 27 approved intergovernmental agreements with the Rye Fire Protection District and the Pueblo West Metropolitan District to have the county administer those entities’ May 6, 2025 election.
The agreements outline the responsibilities of the county clerk’s office and the special districts for the May election, county Attorney Cynthia Mitchell told commissioners during the meeting.
Michael Lynch, identified as representing the clerk’s office, said the county is expecting a much larger mailing this election because state law now requires property-owner ballots in some districts. "We're estimating a total of between 97 and a 30,000 ballots in this election just kind of so that you guys know where we're at," Lynch said. He added that the county will send property-owner ballots this year for the first time since the law changed.
Lynch said the cost of the election supplies and ballots will be passed through to the entities on the ballot. "The cost we pass on to the entities. So the entities pay for the cost of the election. It's split between them," he said, noting the county does not bill for internal administrative work.
Commissioners moved and seconded approval of items 2a and 2b; after an oral vote the board recorded the motion as carried.
Why it matters: the county will manage logistics and printing for multiple special-district contests on May 6, increasing the county’s operational workload and requiring cost-sharing among participating local entities. The required property-owner ballot mailings substantially increase the expected number of mailed ballots compared with a typical general election, the clerk’s office said.
What’s next: the clerk’s office will proceed under the approved intergovernmental agreements to prepare and mail ballots for the covered entities and implement procedures for processing returned property-owner ballots as described in the meeting.
Votes at a glance: The board approved items 2a and 2b (intergovernmental agreements for the 2025 May election). The motion was made and seconded and passed on a voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.
