Posts Tagged ‘Commissioners’

Weld County announces department reorganizations

WELD COUNTY, CO – During Monday morning’s Board of County Commissioners meeting, three department-head appointments were announced and passed unanimously by resolution.   Trevor Jiricek, formerly the Director of Planning Services, will move into the position of Director of General Services while maintaining his role as the Director of the Environmental Health Services, a Division [...]

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Weld county to recognize Northern Water’s 75th anniversary

WELD COUNTY — The Weld County Board of Commissioners will recognize the 75th Anniversary of Northern Water at the Wednesday, September 19, 2012, board meeting at 9:00 a.m.   The Commissioners will read a resolution into the record and present representatives from Northern Water with a plaque. Northern Water representatives who will attend the Board [...]

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Governor to Weld farmers: Drop dead!

by Jack Minor –   Governor John Hickenlooper has responded to the concerns of Weld County farmers who face the potential of losing millions of dollars in crops by saying they are essentially on their own.   During a meeting this morning with Weld County commissioners the governor told them to work together with other farmers, municipalities [...]

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Commissioners formally ask for meeting with Governor

by Jack Minor –   WELD COUNTY, CO – The Weld County Commissioners have formally requested a meeting with Governor John Hickenlooper to ask for immediate action regarding the disaster emergency declared yesterday at the Commissioners’ Board Meeting.   On June 11, 2012, the Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution declaring a disaster emergency for Weld [...]

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Weld Commissioners declare disaster emergency over drought

Asks Governor to order wells turned on     by Jack Minor – The Weld County Commissioners today unanimously declared a disaster emergency for the county because of an historic drought and called on the governor to issue an order permitting area farmers to turn on wells that were ordered shut down by the courts [...]

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DOW to explore Moffat Firming Impacts to NoCo Watersheds

By Mike Bauman Source:   Colorado Division of Wildlife Members of the Colorado Wildlife Commission will be hosting two public meetings next week to hear concerns about the impact of Denver Water’s proposed Moffat Collection System Project on fish and aquatic resources. On Tuesday, Jan. 18, the public is invited to a meeting being hosted [...]

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Who are the Colorado Wildlife Commissioners

By Mike Bauman The Colorado Wildlife Commission is an eleven-member board appointed by the governor. There are nine voting members and two non-voting members of the Commission. The non-voting members are the Executive Director for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, and the State Agriculture Commissioner. The Wildlife Commission sets Division of Wildlife regulations and [...]

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Wind Farm Will Bring 200-300 New Jobs

By Ryan-Ashley Rodriquez Last week Weld County Commissioners participated in the “House Water and Power” sub-committee meeting in Greeley. They testified in favor of the NISP (Northern Integrated Supply Project) that would bring additional water storage to Colorado and help to preserve farms of ranches in northern Colorado. Weld County Commissioner Sean Conway stated that [...]

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