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Legislators outline plans at Adams County breakfast BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Legislators talked about economic recovery, health care, child services, education, the environment and more during the annual Adams County Regional Partnership Legislative Preview Breakfast Dec. 10 at Northglenn’s Parsons Theater. But the first issue on deck? The timing of the meeting. “I think as business people and as a municipality, people that represent the community, should really pay attention to. And that is for a single parent to make a 7a.m. meeting, let’s think about this,” Adams County Commissioner Eva Henry pointed out to the crowd. “Let’s think about this. They have to get their 3-, 4-year old up at 5 a.m., get dressed, fed and out the door by 6 a.m. so they can make a 7 a.m. meeting that could easily be at 8.” The tired crowd applauded the idea. Rep. Matt Gray, who came late to the meeting after driving his children to school, said he would have benefited from a later meeting. On stage sat Rep. Adrienne Benavidez, Rep. Shannon Bird, Rep. Lindsey Daugherty, Gray, state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, state Sen. Dominick Moreno, Rep. Kyle Mullica and state Sen. Faith Winter. Much of the talk surrounded the American Rescue Plan Act. Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act, and legislators will brainstorm policy on how to distribute those funds. Four main
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issues legislators plan to support with those funds are behavioral health, affordable housing, economic recovery and relief, and workforce development, Moreno explained. “All of those different task forces have been meeting and developing policy solutions for what are the most effective ways to deploy
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