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Boulder County Board of County Commissioners
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- board
- Meets
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- How often
- no meetings in the last two years explorer count
- Last meeting
- none on record
- Next meeting
- none listed
- Members
- 3 on the roster
How it is constituted
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- C.R.S. 30-11-103 · governs · Commissioners to exercise powers of county source
- C.R.S. 30-11-101 · governs · Powers of counties source
- C.R.S. 30-10-306 · governs · Commissioners' districts - vacancies source source
- C.R.S. 30-10-306.5 · governs · Increase in number of commissioners (the route of the 2026 Ballot Questions 200 and 201) source
- Appointed by
- electorate. Elected by the voters of the whole county; no one appoints the commissioners. Each commissioner must live in one of three districts but is elected countywide (C.R.S. 30-10-306). source source as of 2026-10-30
- How
- County election in November of even years. Three districts: each commissioner must reside in a different district (District 1 includes the City of Boulder, Jamestown, Ward and Nederland; District 2 Longmont and Lyons; District 3 Erie, Louisville, Lafayette and Superior), but all voters in the county vote for every seat. A commissioner who moves out of the district vacates the office (C.R.S. 30-10-306). The November 3, 2026 ballot carries a citizen-initiated question (Ballot Questions 200 and 201, C.R.S. 30-10-306.5) to grow the board to five members, elected either all by district or three by district and two countywide; if approved, five commissioners would take office in January 2029. · even-year November general elections; terms begin in January source source source source source as of 2026-10-30
- Seats
- 3 source as of 2026-10-30
- Seat types
- District 1 commissioner (resides in District 1: Boulder, Jamestown, Ward, Nederland; elected countywide) ×1 elected
- District 2 commissioner (resides in District 2: Longmont, Lyons; elected countywide) ×1 elected
- District 3 commissioner (resides in District 3: Erie, Louisville, Lafayette, Superior; elected countywide) ×1 elected
- Term
- 4 years source as of 2026-10-30
- Term limit
- Two consecutive terms (the 1994 state constitutional term limit, Colorado Constitution Art. XVIII sec. 11). Boulder County voters have extended the limit for other county offices but not for the commissioners; in 2001 they rejected a measure that would have removed it. The county attorney's reading (backed by Attorney General opinions of 2000 and 2005) is that finishing someone else's term does not count. source source source as of 2013-12-05
- Staggering
- Staggered by election year: the District 1 and District 2 seats were filled at the 2024 election (terms through January 2029); the District 3 seat was filled at the 2022 election (four-year term from January 2023), so it is next on the ballot in 2026. source source source as of 2026-10-30
- Powers
- mixed. Decides: The governing board of Boulder County: exercises the county's powers (C.R.S. 30-11-103); enacts county ordinances; sets the county budget, including the budgets of the other elected offices; approves spending, contracts and grants; makes land use decisions for unincorporated Boulder County; appoints residents to the county's 27 advisory boards and commissions; and oversees the County Attorney, the Office of Financial Management, OSCAR and the County Administrator, who manages the appointed departments.. To council: None: it does not report to City Council. With City Council, City Planning Board and the County Planning Commission it is one of the four bodies that adopt the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. source source source source source as of 2026-10-30
- Council liaison
- not applicable: A county body: City Council sends no liaison to the Board of County Commissioners. The two meet as co-adopters of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan (see relations).
- Staff liaison
- Commissioners’ Office source source as of 2026-10-30
Relations
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners appoints Boulder County Planning Commission source source
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners appoints Boulder Public Library District · ratifies the trustees' appointments, as City Council does ratifies by two-thirds source
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners appoints Boulder Urban Renewal Authority (BURA) · One county representative. source source
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners appoints Mile High Flood District · one Boulder County commissioner seat source
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners joint with Boulder County Planning Commission · Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan: the two county adopting bodies (joint public hearing June 11, 2026) source
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners joint with City Council · Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan: one of four adopting bodies (2026 major update approved August 2026) source source
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners joint with Planning Board · Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan: one of four adopting bodies source source
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners member of Boulder County Consortium of Cities · a county commissioner chairs (2026: Claire Levy) source source source
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners member of BVCP Update Process Subcommittee source
- Boulder County Board of County Commissioners member of Selection Committee source
- Boulder County Planning Commission recommends to Boulder County Board of County Commissioners · Land Use Code updates, development applications and planning matters source
0 meetings
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Meetings
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