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Joint Budget Committee approves interim supplementals amid debate over lab review and WIC contingency
Summary
The committee approved several 13‑31 over‑expenditure authorizations — for a capital reallocation, DOC contracted beds, environmental justice grants, and higher insurance claims — while limiting immediate DPHE lab contracting and deferring a WIC contingency decision pending legal review.
At its September hearing the Joint Budget Committee approved a package of interim supplementals (13‑31 over‑expenditure letters) after extended debate about priorities and legal authority.
Capital transfer: The committee unanimously approved (5–0) a staff recommendation to allow an over‑expenditure for a water tank replacement at East Canon City and to pursue a January supplemental to move $446,212 from a Buena Vista sewer project into that appropriation.
Corrections supplemental: After protracted discussion about jail backlogs and population‑management measures, the committee approved a Department of Corrections interim supplemental to fund 153 medium‑security contracted beds (vote 4–2). Staff said the request addresses a local jail backlog that JBC staff counted at roughly 545–650 inmates in August and that local jail per‑diem costs are higher than contracted prison beds. Members who opposed the motion said they wanted more…
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