Boulder County to increase minimum wage in 2024; chambers urge restraint

BOULDER — Boulder County officials said Friday that they plan to increase the minimum wage in unincorporated portions of the county by the start of 2024, and local business leaders are urging them to pump the brakes. 

A group of executives, managers and staff with the Boulder Chamber, Boulder County Latino Chamber of Commerce, Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, Longmont Chamber of Commerce, Louisville Chamber of Commerce and Superior Chamber of Commerce signed onto a statement this week that said county government leaders are “seeking to rush a decision on raising the current minimum wage before the end of the year,” a…