The Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees certified the 2024 mill levy during its December meeting, which the college estimates will save taxpayers close to $22 million.

The mill levy will be paid by property owners in 2025. The board committed last spring that the revenue from property taxes would increase by no more than the rate of inflation, 4%, shielding taxpayers from valuation spikes during the 2023 reassessment cycle.

Board of Trustees appoints two new trustee positions

Trustees appointed Beth Helmke, Chaffee County deputy county administrator, and Magda King, general manager of Antlers at Vail, to fill positions created during the fall.

The original seven-member board unanimously agreed to expand the board’s size to nine members during its October meeting, promising to fill both seats by the new year.

“Expanding the board’s size is an intentional effort to ensure broader representation of the taxpayers from our mountain communities, and we were particularly interested in individuals who reside in and represent Salida and western Eagle County given CMC’s student and community demographics and current composition of the board,” Board President Chris Romer said in the release.

The board is made up of one elected resident from each of the following counties: Eagle, Lake, Pitkin, Routt, Summit, east Garfield and west Garfield. Salida has been represented by a non-voting trustee liaison since 2020, for a total of 10 trustees.

The two new positions are at-large, meaning they represent the entire district rather than specific geographic areas. Helmke and King will serve until November 2025, when they will stand for reelection. Trustees serve four-year terms.