City of Durango
Home rule with a City Council/Manager; five city council members are elected to four-year terms. The city is supported primarily by a sales and use tax imposed by the city at the rate of 2.5%. City sales and use taxes account for approximately 50% of general-fund revenues annually. Another 18% of the city's general-fund revenues come from the distribution of the County's 2% sales tax.

La Plata County
Three county commissioners elected to four-year terms. County Profile, 1999 - County Budget: $36.8 million; Number of Employees: 360; County Mill Levy: 8.5; Size: 1,690 Square Miles; Total Acres: 1,081,616; Public Lands (Acres): 444,678; Miles of County Roads: 924.41; Registered Voters: 30,914; Commissioners: Robert A. Lieb, Fred W. Klatt III, Frank Joswick; County Manager: Michael Scannell

State Of Colorado