Legislative Affairs, City Manager's Office

State and Federal legislation has wide-ranging impacts on the City of Longmont and its citizens. The Longmont City Council closely follows a variety of legislative issues.

The Colorado General Assembly meets from January through May each year. When the Assembly session, this page is regularly updated with information on legislation in a variety of policy areas to Colorado General Assembly Schedule.

Legislative Policy Positions

The Longmont City Council has adopted the Colorado Municipal League (CML) 2011 - 2012 Policy Statement (PDF, 273 kb) and the City of Longmont Water Principles (PDF, 153 kb) as well as the Denver Regional Council of Governments Policy Statement (PDF, 303 kb) and the National League of Cities Federal Policy Statement (PDF, 3.48 MB).

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LEGISLATIVE TRACKING

Click on the link to view this Session's bills as of 2011:

Updated: 01/25/12

General Municipal Issues

Water Issues

Click on the link to view federal issue information:

2011 Federal Issues

COMMUNICATION

Contacts:

Send comments about specific legislation to City of Longmont staff: Sandra Seader, Assistant to the City Manager.

Contact your Council Member

Do your own research:

The Colorado General Assembly - Review bills, listen to live hearings.
The U.S. House
The U.S. Senate
Thomas - A federal legislation research tool provided by the library of Congress.
Colorado Municipal League
Regulations.gov is the U.S. Government web site that makes it easier for you to participate in Federal rulemaking - an essential part of the American democratic process.

How the Federal Economic Stimulus Bill helped Longmont - The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 provided great opportunity to Longmont as the City received stimulus funds for critical City programs.