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Wheat Ridge legislative advocacy program outlines a 3–5 bill targeting approach and threshold criteria for 2025 session
Summary
City staff updated council on a four‑part legislative advocacy program (agenda, committee, advocacy position resolutions, lobbying); committee plans to vet a legislative agenda, use threshold criteria to select 3–5 priority bills for advocacy and coordinate with Colorado Municipal League and local legislators.
City staff reviewed a proposed legislative advocacy program and the council discussed criteria for selecting priority bills for the 2025 Colorado legislative session.
Cole, presenting for staff, described the four components of the proposed program: a legislative agenda that states the city’s positions on types of bills to support or oppose; a legislative committee to vet priorities; advocacy position resolutions that explain impacts and authorize staff lobbying; and lobbying activities such as testimony and…
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