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County reconvenes community roundtable as federal hiring freeze and funding reviews raise concern

2284610 · February 3, 2025
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County and federal partners said they will revive a community roundtable to coordinate responses to federal hiring freezes, executive‑order reviews of funding and possible suspensions that could affect services and public‑lands operations.

Chaffee County commissioners, federal partners and congressional staff said they will reconvene a community roundtable to coordinate responses to recent federal executive‑order actions, a hiring freeze affecting Department of the Interior and related agencies, and possible reviews of grant funding that could affect local programs.

Patrick Ortiz of U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper’s office told the group federal staff are “listening to every holdup or potential concern” and said his office is tracking developments closely. County staff…

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