Resource Library
Use this page to explore resources for Commissioners and County Staff. Our publicly available resources include election results, research data, slide decks and more. For example, each year, CCI compiles sample ballots and a list of all county-wide ballot measures — ranging from sales and property tax changes to instating and extending term limits.
Federal Updates & Actions
Click the button below to view updates from the White House in Washington D.C.
Ballot Issues & Election Results
“Action to Support or Oppose on state-wide initiatives and referenda as an organization shall be made by the membership at any membership meeting per section 4 of this article.” CCI Bylaws, Article VI, Section 6
2024 Election Resources
Below, you will find the data CCI gathered on the 2024 General Election in Colorado. Please contact Kieran Boes (kboes@ccionline.org, 303.257.6531) with any follow up questions or accessibility issues.
In order to view the sample ballots, you must download the entire folder, open it, and select the ballot you wish to see.
Election Results
Election Results are compiled via Excel; clicking the links below will download the Excel file.
Taxpayer's Bill of Rights
This page includes: CCI’s TABOR Tracking Document, list of “De-Bruced” Counties and Spending Limit Waiver Ballot Questions
Commissioner Resources
Commissioner Handbook
County Official Directory
National Assoc. of County High Performance Leadership Training
Colorado Counties Inc. YouTube Channel
Below are all the slide decks & training materials from CCI’s New Commissioner Orientation for the 2025 class of incoming County Commissioners. You may cross reference the links below with the Agenda, linked here.
Wednesday, January 15th
What is CCI? County Government 101
Legislative Overview & Advocacy Training
Thursday, January 16th
Ethics & Open Meetings (pt. 1)
Ethics & Open Meetings (pt. 2)
County Land Use Overview
County Health & Human Services
CSU Extension Introductions
Finances & Budgeting
Road & Bridges
Friday, January 17th
Public Health
Parliamentary Procedures Training
Additional Recommended Reading: Parliamentary Procedures Training
In 1994, the citizens of Colorado passed Amendment 17 which established term limits for all local elected offices. Amendment 17 contains a provision allowing local governments to place term limit exemption questions on the ballot. To date 58 counties have successfully removed or extended term limits for one or more elected offices. The following is a listing of counties that have successfully repealed or extended term limits, the offices that were affected, and the year in which the term limit was repealed.
Resources
- County Term Limits by Office
- Yearly Attempts with ballot language (download Excel doc)
- Comprehensive Successes & Failures to Extend, Eliminate or Re-Instate Term Limits, by Year
- Comprehensive Successes & Failures to Extend, Eliminate or Re-Instate Term Limits, by County
Stats
- Term Limits eliminated for all positions: 16 counties
- Term Limits eliminated for all positions, except Commissioner: 15 counties
- Two Term Limit intact for all positions: 11 counties
- Commissioner, 2 x 4 year term limit: 32 counties
- Commissioner, 3 x 4 year term limit: 7 counties
- Commissioner term limits eliminated: 25 counties
CCI houses sample ballots from each county’s General Election, to request a county’s ballot, please call CCI at 303-861-4076.
Annual Conference Resources & Information
- Collaborative Water Strategies for Resilient Agriculture & Communities
- Why BESS Systems Sometimes Catch Fire – Navigating Battery Energy Storage Systems
- Igniting Collaboration: Elevating Partnerships Between Counties and the Behavioral Health Administration
- Conservation Finance: A Flexible Tool to Meet Local Needs
- US 50 Blue Mesa Reservoir Emergency Bridge Restoration Project
- From Vision to Reality: Local Housing Initiatives
- Jefferson County Housing Blueprint (Add-On to Local Housing Initiatives)
- What Makes a County Road? Select Laws on County Roads
- Behavioral Health in Rural and Frontier Counties
- SB24-212: Update on Renewable Energy Siting
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe Presentation
- Middle Income Housing Two Pager Summary
- Strategies in the Evolving Renewable Energy Landscape in CO Slide Deck
- 1041 Powers in Depth Slide
- Renewable Energy in Colorado Document
- CCI 2024 Legislative Wrap-Up
- Colorado Outdoor Strategy
- Human Services Leadership Panel
- Workforce Development
- Coroners Office 101
- Affordable and Attainable Housing: Demographic Realities and Public Perception Slide Deck
- Magellan Strategies: Colorado Housing and Land Use Opinion Survey Slide Deck
- Colorado Department of Veterans Affairs Update Annual Report
- Special Session Wrap-up Slide Deck
- Energy Office Resources and Funding Slide Deck
- CALPHO – Local Public Health Funding Slide Deck
- Colorado Department of Veterans Affairs Update Slide Deck
- Prop 123 Implementation Deep Dive Slide Deck
- Natural Medicine Act from Prop 122 to SB23-290 to Implementation slide deck
- NACo Legislative Update
- The Future of Water in Colorado – Where the Water is Used, Colorado River Infographic
- Colorado Division of Veterans Affairs Operational Overview – STAMM Spring Grant Training
- Front Range District Meeting Materials – Introduction to TASP
- Property Tax: An Evolving Revenue Stream Post Gallagher – Slide Deck
- Property Tax Assessment Rate Changes Pursuant to SB23-303
- SB23-303 Backfill Flow Chart by SDA
- Navigating Board Dynamics
- CSU Extensions 101 & Beyond
- Go Ask Alice: The Advent of Legalized Psychedelics in Colorado – Proposition 122 Overview
- Go Ask Alice: The Advent of Legalized Psychedelics in Colorado – Time. Manner, & Place Restrictions
- Learning How to Leverage the Unique Private Activity Bond Tool at the County Level: A Comprehensive 101 – PAB Overview
- Learning How to Leverage the Unique Private Activity Bond Tool at the County Level: A Comprehensive 101 – CHFA PAB
- Learning How to Leverage the Unique Private Activity Bond Tool at the County Level: A Comprehensive 101 – Douglas County Uses of PABs
- Progress of Colorado’s New Department of Early Childhood & Implementation of Universal Pre-K: Session #1 Early Childhood Updates
- Progress of Colorado’s New Department of Early Childhood & Implementation of Universal Pre-K: Session #2 News From CDEC
- District Meetings: Wildfire Ready Watersheds
- District Meetings: Affordable Housing Project in Southern Districts
- District Meetings: Land Use & Housing – Tools & Trends
- District Meetings: Opioid Settlement & Investment Update
- Best Practices for Sustainable County Road & Bridge Funding
- The War of Words & Building YOUR Storytelling Armory – How to Frame & Tell YOUR Story, & Build Your Brand on any Budget
- Opioid Settlement Funds: What Comes Next for Colorado’s Local Governments
- Maintaining the “Whole Person: Philosophy of Service in a Changing Human Services Landscape
- CCI & Behavioral Health
- District Meeting Slide Deck by Tim Wolfe, Colorado Tourism Office
- District Meeting Slide Deck by Dpt. of Local Affairs
- Magellan Strategies
- Transportation Projects: How to Get on Down the Road
- Behavioral Health – A System in a State of Improvement & Self-Reflection
- Opioid Settlement Best Practices
- Affordable Housing: Funding Opportunities for Counties (Atchley)
- Affordable Housing: Funding Opportunities for Counties (McFerson)
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction & Transportation Planning: Taking a Closer Look
- American Rescue Plan Act Updates (Bowman)
- American Rescue Plan Act Update (Bryant)
- Lifelong Colorado: Community Preparedness for an Aging Population (Hughes)
- Lifelong Colorado: Community Preparedness for an Aging Population (Posey)
- Lifelong Colorado: Community Preparedness for an Aging Population (Schneider)
- Youth Behavioral Health Deterioration (Alexander)
- Youth Behavioral Health Deterioration (Lofton)
- Youth Behavioral Health Deterioration (Jones)
- Colorado River Compact, Drought, & Counties (Rein)
- Colorado River Compact, Drought, & Counties (Whitaker)
- DFPC Update Presentation (Western, Southern District Mtg.)
- Attorney General Weiser’s Presentation (Opening General Session)
- Creating Inclusive & Equitable Organizations Workshop by Dr. Dwinita Mosby Tyler (General Session)
- American Rescue Plan from NACo (Issue Session)
- American Rescue Plan from DOLA (Issue Session)
- Opioid Settlement Presentation (Issue Session)
- Front Range Rail District Presentation (Front Range District Mtg.)
- Transportation Budget Presentation (Front Range District Mtg.)
- DFPC Update Presentation (Western, Southern District Mtg.)
- 2020 Colorado State Forest Service State Forest Action Plan
- Addressing Local Needs through Creative Affordable Housing Solutions
- Behavioral Health Task Force
- CO Behavioral Health System
- CO Dpt. Of Natural Resources
- Can We Eliminate Fire from Occurring in Colorado?
- 2020 Proposed Disconnection Legislation
- National Prescription Opiates Litigation & Colorado’s Opioid Response Blueprint
- Colorado Industrial Hemp Program
- How to be a Good Leader
- Office of Behavioral Health Overview & Funding
- Short-Term Vacation Rentals, Issues for Local Govt.
- Short Term Rental Regulations
- Strategic County Leadership
- The Politics of Hemp: the World’s Biggest Disrupter
- United States Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region, Forest Health/Mitigation/Fire
- Facilities & Fleet Management
- The Longevity Economy
- Ground Ambulance Licensing: A County Commissioner Responsibility
- Front Range Transportation Challenges
- CDOT’s Planning & Budgeting Approach
- Connected Cooperation (DRCOG)
- Meet the Cabinet
- Fleet Services & Strategy, Planning & Analysis
- Collaborative Initiatives for Age-Friendly Larimer County
- Fleet Services/Management
- Top Ten Ways to Make Your County More Business Friendly
- CO River District
- The Opioid Crisis in Colorado: Latest Developments & Responses
- CO Counties & the Historic Preservation Tax Credit
- Historic Preservation Tax Credits
- In Plain Sight: Detecting America’s Unseen Children
- Las Animas & Huerfano Counties District Health Department
- Protecting Property from Wildfire
- Growing Forward: Population & Economic Trends for Colorado & the Importance of Census 2020
- Routes to County Success, Why Budget?
- SB18-167
- County Board of Equalization: Ensuring Just & Equalized Valuations within the County
- CO Politics in 2018: Transition in Year of Disruption
- Successful Commissioner – Administrator Partnerships
Library of Resources
Allocation 101: CWAC, WAC, CCCAP
CCCAP Media Coverage
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform
Colorado Public Lands Facts & Figures
County Administration in a Small County
Example: Ouray County