County finance officer to take budget questions over coffee Monday

Montezuma County’s commissioners hold their monthly Coffee with the County at 10 a.m. on Monday, November 9, and this month they are bringing the county’s finance officer with them.

The county said in a notice posted on its Facebook page on Thursday morning that Robert Dobry, the county finance officer, “will join the Commissioners to answer your questions about the proposed budget for 2027.” The session runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the BOCC Meeting Room at 109 W. Main St., Room 250, in Cortez.

The county describes the format as deliberately informal. “No formal agenda. No microphones,” the notice says. “Just good conversation and an opportunity to connect with your local government.” It invites people to ask questions, share ideas and “talk about the things that matter to you and our community.”

Why the budget is the subject

The county published its proposed 2027 budget on October 13. Dobry presented it to the commissioners at their October 13 meeting, where it appeared on the agenda as a “2027 proposed budget presentation.”

Colorado counties adopt a budget by the end of the year, so the weeks between the proposal and adoption are when the public normally gets its say. Monday’s session is not a public hearing and the commissioners take no votes at it.

A note on the date

The county’s own standing page for the series, at montezumacounty.gov, still reads “Next opportunity: October 19, 2026.” That page was last changed on October 15. The November 9 date and time come from the county’s Facebook notice, which is the more recent and more specific of the two, and the Current has gone with it.

Coffee with the County has been held monthly through the autumn, most recently on October 19.