A blog bringing transparency to Delta County, Colorado government.
Delta County government enjoys substantial taxpayer revenue from three major sources: Commercial and residential property tax collection, and regular sales tax collection. Since 2017, these combined sources of income have increased 28% growing from a total of $16.8 million Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — Delta County government enjoys substantial taxpayer revenue from three major sources: Commercial and residential property tax collection, and regular sales tax collection. Since 2017, these combined sources of income have increased 22% growing from Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — For the first time since Robbie LeValley’s hire in 2012, her raise was equal to that of the general staff — 2% (in 2020, she got a 9% raise while most others got 3%). Read on…
JoAnn Kalenak, DCCR Senior Blogger — Contract auditor Pete Blair presented Delta County Commissioners his 2020 audit of county finances earlier this week. In the snapshot report, Blair told Commissioners that the county had ended 2020 with $19.3 million in Read on…
On Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 9:00 am, the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission will hear a complaint filed by Delta County Citizen Report president and senior blogger JoAnn Kalenak alleging County Administrator Robbie LeValley fiscal wrongdoing. The complaint passed its Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — The local district attorney will not charge a Sheriff Department’s officer in the shooting death of Paige (Schmidt) Pierce. During a press conference held this morning, Seventh Judicial District Attorney Seth Ryan issued Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, SENIOR BLOGGER, DCCR — Delta County School board members wasted no time putting Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education (CHSE) back on the agenda — only slightly more transparently, this time — in response to DCCR’s complaint that they Read on…