Category: Commissioner meeting highlights

• Seth Urbanowitz, CSU Extension Agronomist, gave an overview of hemp growing and processing in the state. Some of the more interesting pieces of information: • Colorado imports $70M of hemp – 90% was in hemp seed; hemp oil, seed Read on…

 • Commissioners approved a resolution supporting a 2019 ballot initiative that would raise sales tax by one percent. The additional funding will go toward local law enforcement and is being spearheaded by County Sheriff Mark Taylor, former County Sheriff Fred 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…

In an emergency meeting on Feb. 27, 2019, County Commissioners signed a resolution declaring Delta County a local disaster emergency in response to the Town of Paonia (and surrounding area) water outage. EXCERPTED FROM MEETING MINUTES: “We do have a Read on…

• Susie Kaldis Lowe and Carol Newman with the North Fork Valley Creative Coalition asked Commissioners for help to fund two permanent signs at the highway entrances that access the Town of Paonia. As part of a comprehensive signage campaign, Read on…