Grand County commissioners authorize response to governor’s veto of HB1088 on EMS billing

The Grand County Board of County Commissioners on June 2 directed staff to work with local stakeholders to draft a letter to the governor responding to his veto of House Bill 1088 and authorized signatures to be stamped and executed outside the meeting.

Commissioner Regner raised the idea of drafting a letter expressing disappointment and clarifying factual points after the governor sent a veto letter explaining his reasoning. The board discussed the bill, which the meeting record describes as having passed unanimously in the legislature with local EMS support, and agreed to collaborate with a local stakeholder identified as Austin to draft a response.

The board voted to allow staff to circulate a draft and to authorize the acting chair to stamp signatures on the letter outside the meeting; final execution was to be contingent on each commissioner’s individual approval via email. The action was described as a formal response to the governor’s veto concerning EMS billing legislation.

No direct quotes from the governor’s veto letter were read into the record during the meeting; the board directed staff to analyze the governor’s stated reasoning and to work with local EMS advocates on factual clarifications prior to sending any correspondence.