Lindsay Ellis, Director of Legislative Affairs for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, told the Joint Technology Committee that CDPHE’s IT capital request for its air division is a third phase of a multi‑year modernization effort aimed at permitting, compliance and reporting for stationary pollution sources.

"In front of you today is CDPHE's IT capital request number 1, which is our stationary sources modernization project," Ellis said, describing the request as the final of three phases. She said the original package totaled "just a little over $3,900,000" but the department had discussed ways to phase work and narrow the immediate ask.

Jim Reeser, Deputy Director for Business Operations for the Air Pollution Control Division, described the three elements the department proposes to fund first if the committee approves a scaled request: completing the Title V permitting system (about 50% finished), replacing the oil-and-gas reporting system (internal name: On Gear), and finishing compliance and inspection functionality so permitting and compliance teams can operate in the same platform.

"That project has not started, so would rely entirely on phase 3 funding," Reeser said of the oil-and-gas reporting system. He said completing the Title V component and the compliance/inspection pieces will reduce inefficiencies by eliminating gaps between permitting and compliance data.

Committee members discussed trimming the original request to make room for other priorities. Ellis and Reeser told the panel the department could pare the current phase‑3 proposal; the department presented a $2,000,000 immediate request focused on the three core pieces described above.

Senator Marchman expressed support for the scaled approach, thanking CDPHE for proposing a phased-in plan and calling the trimmed request "about a half of what the request was." Other committee members said the reduced ask could free funds for other IT projects while still advancing critical permitting and compliance work.

The discussion focused on sequencing (which components must be completed sooner) and interdependencies between permitting data and compliance workflows. No formal vote was recorded in the transcript; the department left the meeting having shared the narrowed scope and the $2,000,000 immediate figure for committee consideration.

The committee moved on after asking questions about other projects and next steps; CDPHE representatives left the dais after the department’s presentation and questions.