Castle Rock council votes to direct staff to draft resolution supporting Douglas County home‑rule process

After a presentation from Douglas County officials, the Castle Rock Town Council voted unanimously to ask town staff to prepare a resolution supporting Douglas County's move to pursue home rule.

County Attorney Jeff Garcia told the council the county is beginning a multi-step process under Article 14 of the Colorado Constitution to form a charter commission and ultimately ask voters whether the county should adopt a home‑rule charter. Garcia said the first election question on June 24 will ask whether to form a 21‑member charter commission, and that, if approved, the commission would draft a charter for a later countywide vote.

The move matters locally because home rule would change the way state law applies to unincorporated Douglas County and could allow the county greater authority over taxation, contracting and some land‑use and regulatory…