A blog bringing transparency to Delta County, Colorado government.
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…
After two ignored requests and being forced to CORA information about three industrial-sized buildings that have gone up on Powell Mesa in Hotchkiss, county planning and administration just sent out this news release: Curious About Growing Hemp in Delta County? Read on…
Commissioners approved the release of $10,000 in escrow funds, collected from residential developers via fire hydrant installation fees, to purchase a new fire truck for the Hotchkiss Fire District. “We have a truck under contract right now,” said Hotchkiss Fire Read on…
DCCR blogger and board president, JoAnn Kalenak, spoke to commissioners for a second time about issues resulting from Elyse Ackerman Casselberry’s employment as a contract Administrator and Planner for the Town of Collbran while holding a full-time job with Delta Read on…
• Commissioner Mike Lane was sworn in as County Commissioner from District 1. He replaces Doug Atchley who served two terms as commissioner. Commissioners are limited to two, four-year terms. • Commissioner Don Suppes was elected by fellow commissioners Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR BLOGGER — My earlier letter to the editor in the Delta County Independent revealing moonlighting and timesheet/billing anomalies on the part of Delta County employee Elyse Ackerman Casselberry has many people talking. That’s good; it means I’ve Read on…