A Monthly Publication from the CDOT Office of Policy INTERCHANGE & Government Relations ISSUE 156 DEC 2018 Happy Holidays

Leadership and Committee Announcements

Following the recent election the Democratic and Republican parties have announced leadership and transportation committee assignments for the upcoming legislative session. Senate Democratic Leadership Senate Republican Leadership

President: , Pueblo Minority Leader: , Parker President Pro Tem: Lois Court, Denver Asst. Minority Leader: John Cooke, Greeley Majority Leader: Stephen Fenberg, Boulder Minority Whip: Ray Scott, Grand Jct Asst. Majority Leader: , Aurora Caucus Chair: Vicki Marble, Ft Collins Majority Whip:D , Vail R Caucus Chair: , Westminster Senate Transportation and Energy Committee

Chair: Faith Winter, Westminster, D Vice Chair: , Lakewood, D Matt Jones, Boulder, D (vacancy committee choosing replacement beginning of January) Kerry Donovan,Vail, D Ray Scott, Grand Junction, R John Cooke, Greeley, R , Henderson, R

continued on page 2 Help Wanted

CDOT continues to look for additional permanent and seasonal full-time and part-time highway maintenance workers and snowplow drivers as fall moves towards winter. CDOT will plow all roads during this driver shortage. During storms, crews will focus on higher traffic roads first with lesser volume roads getting attention later.

Nationwide, there’s a shortage of drivers that have a commercial driver’s license (CDL) and it’s impacting how many people we have out maintaining the roads. CDOT is offering incentives, such as Increasing the pay rate from $19/hour to $22/hour and allowing retired CDOT maintenance personnel (due to their extensive experience) to drive plow trucks for $25/hour or their hourly rate, if it was higher when they retired.

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Committee Announcements continued from page 1 House Democratic Leadership House Republican Leadership

Speaker: KC Becker, Boulder Minority Leader: , Castle Rock Speaker Pro Tem: Janer Buckner, Aurora Asst. Minority Leader: , Majority Leader: , Denver Highlands Ranch Asst. Majority Leader: Chris Kennedy, Lakewood Minority Whip: Perry Buck, Windsor Whips: James Coleman, Denver, and Jeff Bridges, Caucus Chair: Lori Saine, Firestone GreenwoodD Village R Caucus Chair: , Boulder House Transportation and Local Government Committee (formerly the Transportation and Energy Committee)

Chair: , D-Broomfield Vice-Chair: Sr., Colorado Springs, D Jeff Bridges, Greenwood Village, D Rochelle Galindo, Greeley, D Edie Hooton, Boulder, D , Denver, D , La Jara, D Kim Ranson, Littleton, R, , Colorado Springs, R Steve Humphrey, Severance, R Kimmi Lewis, Las Animas, R Winter is Coming Snow, ice and freezing temperatures are returning to Colorado. Visit the Colorado Department of Transportation’s comprehensive travel website COTrip. org for the latest up-to-date travel and weather information as well as traffic cameras, route information and travel alerts. We want everyone to arrive safely at Grandmothers’s house...or where ever you final desitnation might be.

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