A blog bringing transparency to Delta County, Colorado government.
JOANN KALENAK/DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — A proposed gravel pit site in Delta appears to be located in a GMA or Growth Management Area according to Delta County’s proposed land-use plan and the recently updated Master Plan. While still a work-in-progress, Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — At a recent Delta County Planning Commission (PC) meeting, members voted 8-to-1 to approve a gravel pit next to a county gem – Confluence Park. About halfway through the discussions, the news broke that Read on…
JOANN KALENAK/DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — Despite comments from three residents who told Planning Commissioners that they had not received prior notice, Commissioners voted 8-to-1 to recommend approval of a sand and gravel mining pit adjacent to Confluence Park. Yesterday evening, Read on…
• Via resolution, Commissioners declared Delta County a Second Amendment Preservation County in response to a bill still in state legislature that would allow a judge to order the removal of firearms from a mentally unstable person as identified by Read on…
• Commissioners awarded a $2.4 million (final estimate still in negotiation) commercial builder’s contract to Stryker and Company, Inc., of Montrose to oversee the design and construction of a new Human Resources building. The new building is part of a Read on…
• In a series of speech-style presentations that brought tears to the eyes of this blogger, students from The Paonia Experiential Leadership Academy told Commissioners about their hopes for the future of Delta County and the planet. Each speech focused Read on…
Director of Community and Economic Development Elyse Casselberry has hired long-time planning consultant Kelly Yeager as a permanent employee. Yeager, who had been contracted by Delta County for the past four years, was quietly hired on February 1 as the Read on…