A blog bringing transparency to Delta County, Colorado government.
KEY BUDGET ELEMENTS: 1) Total allocations = $35,623,713 up $100,000 from 2019 2) Total revenue = $31,697,552 up $800,000 from 2019 2) Total expected ending reserve in 2020 = $13,176,084 up $900,000 from 2019 (37% of total allocations) 3) Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — Delta County Ballot Issue 1A, commonly know as “Back the Badge,” lost by a little over 200 votes this past Nov. 5. The narrow margin, while a loss, showed how important public safety is even Read on…
JoAnn Kalenak, Senior Blogger, DCCR — For the past several years, I’ve studied Delta County’s budget and audits trying to understand how our citizens are taxed and how our commissioners choose to spend — or not spend — our money. Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR — On Aug. 6, 2019, contract auditor Pete Blair presented Delta County Commissioners and the public the results of his 2018 examination of county finances. Blair summed up his opinion in just a few words, “the financial Read on…
• County Planner Kelly Yeager removed the sketch plan discussion for SUB19-025 Stahl subdivision from the commissioner agenda stating that he had received a call from the landowner asking to be “removed” from the agenda. This subdivision application calls Read on…
Delta County Commissioners plan to discuss proposed changes to the county’s Specific Development Regulations that would repeal its rules governing oil and gas development in a public meeting on Sept. 3, 2019. Instead, commissioners are considering “an alternative process and Read on…
• Delta County Mosquito Control District #1 Manager Terry Stalcup presented commissioners with a resolution to address the use of chemicals used to control mosquitos in the vicinity of a hemp farm. Stalcup told commissioners that “industrial hemp is (grown) Read on…