At the Sept. 2 meeting of the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees in Leadville, the board unanimously approved language on a telecommunications service question that will appear on the November ballot throughout the college’s six-county district.
Several municipalities have already sought relief from a state law (SB 152) that prevents governmental entities from offering Internet service. If this ballot measure passes, the college would have the authority to offer such a service, should it ever be needed for its campuses or the communities it serves.
This fall some local governments are pursuing the same relief from SB 152, and since the college already has on the ballot four trustee seats, the board determined that it made sense to ask the voters to decide on the telecommunications issue at the same time.
Trustees also voted unanimously to move forward with a small land exchange with the Town of Breckenridge. The town has engaged CMC in discussions related to future development of land surrounding the college’s building in Breckenridge. To allow both the town and the college to make best use of the property, a one-acre land exchange is proposed. Before the land exchange can be finalized, additional approvals are needed, including from the CMC Foundation, which owns the property but leases it back to the college, and again from the trustees.
Trustees also approved funding for installing a sprinkler system at the college’s campus at Spring Valley.