Lake County asks state to reclassify county for elected-officer pay, board adopts resolution

The Lake County Board of County Commissioners voted on Feb. 19 to adopt Resolution 2026-08, asking the Colorado General Assembly to reclassify Lake County for county officer salary categorization under Colorado Revised Statutes 30-2-102.

Commissioner Candace Bryant, who led the discussion of the measure, said the resolution "is essentially saying that we would bump up one step on the pay amount for all all elected offices in Lake County." She told the board the change would affect incoming elected officials in the next election cycle and noted that a person named Andy, who is expected to run again, recused himself from the matter.

The resolution was formally moved and seconded on the record. One commissioner stated they would abstain from the vote; the transcript records the motion as approved but does not supply a full roll-call or a clear numerical tally in the record provided.

The request asks the General Assembly to apply the statutory salary categorization in a way that increases the county’s step for purposes of compensating county officers, citing CRS 30-2-102. The board did not discuss changes to salary schedules beyond the single-step reclassification during the recorded remarks.

Next steps noted during the meeting: the board adopted the resolution to forward the request to the General Assembly; any actual change in pay would require state action under the cited statute and subsequent local implementation if approved.

The board moved on to its next agenda item at the close of the recorded discussion.