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Minutes
WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
May 13, 2013
RECEIVED
JUN 19 2013
WELD COUNTY
The Weld County Council met in regular session in full conformity with tRNMMICAIPArne
Rule Charter, Monday, May 13, 2013, at the Weld County Southeast Complex, Fort Lupton,
CO.
ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order by Councilman Don Mueller and on roll
call the following members were present, constituting a quorum of members thereof:
Councilman Don Mueller
Councilwoman Marge Klein
Councilman Brett Abernathy
Councilman Bernard C. Kinnick
Councilman Jeffrey Hare
Also present: Weld County Planning Director Tom Parko and Karleen Watson, Council
Secretary. Ft. Lupton Mayor Tommy Holton could not attend.
Ei APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Councilman Hare made a motion to approve the May 13,
2013 Agenda. The motion was seconded by Councilman Kinnick and carried.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Councilman Hare made a motion to approve the April 15,
2013 minutes. The motion was seconded by Councilman Abernathy and carried with Marge
Klein abstaining.
REIVEW PROGRAM:
Weld County Planning Director Tom Parko described the Planning Department which
encompasses Planning and Zoning and the Building Inspection Divisions and the
corresponding duties of the Planning Department. It has 23 employees.
Mr. Parko stated that the trends of his department and the oil and gas in Weld County have
traditionally been done by truck movement and are going to pipelines being built to handle
crude oil and natural gas. Water treated as use by right which helps his department save
costs and eliminates a lot of trucks on the roads and their impact on those roads. Mr. Parko
stated that the oil industry is constantly changing. An example Mr. Parko provided was the
horizontal drilling which enables oil companies to consolidate to one area of a section by going
straight down and then two miles out. This limits the surface impact but the drawback is more
of an impact in one area.
Mr. Parko discussed the Niobrara Harp Program which is a working group that comes together
to discuss issues arising from the oil and gas industry. Representatives from the state go to
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these meetings. Funding for roads comes from a variety of sources such as HUTF and
severance taxes received by the county from oil and gas production.
Presently, oil is driving the housing/residential market. Mr. Parko advised that the number
building permits are up.
Mr. Parko discussed the implementation by the BOCC of small business incentive programs
for the purpose of promoting and sustaining businesses in the county while reducing red tape
and streamline department's processes.
The department is considering creating an oil and gas liaison that would work full-time and be
tasked with being with the industry, keeping the lines of communication open, possibly
administer economic development and work with Jennifer Finch to get out information. Also,
possibly rebranding/renaming the department to better describe the different roles the
department is playing.
Mr. Parko stated that the Planning Department continues to try to better outreach. They are
setting up meetings with builders/appraisers to explain department processes. Implemented a
program called EXCELA designed to go paperless and reduce the time spent on projects
which would reduce costs. There is a component called "Citizen Access Portal" on county
website which is now running. The public can follow a particular case and see where it is in
the process with the intent of the department to be more transparent and disseminate
information. The BOCC is considering the implementation of social media such Facebook,
Twitter and You Tube to get information out in a one-way feed.
Highway 85 Coalition is a group that meets once a month and comprises all the municipalities
in county from Brighton to Niwot. They have begun a Planning Environmental Leakage (PEL)
study. It is a $1.4M study which the Coalition hired FHU to look at the Access Control Plan to
make some modifications. They work with CDOT and a large part of the funding came from the
state but other communities also assisted.
PUBLIC COMMENT: None at this time.
OLD BUSINESS: The issue regarding term limitations of elected officials has been
resolved per court decision.
NEW BUSINESS:
• Coordinator Reports
✓ Bernard C. Kinnick visited with Judy Griego of Human Services about her
department's Vision, Mission and Values. He will forward a copy to all WCC
members. Jeffrey Hare is coordinator for July's program which is Judy Griego.
✓ June's program is Elizabeth Relford and she will be discussing transportation and
the Hwy 85 Coalition.
✓ September is Mike Wallace, the new communications head
• Mileage Reimbursement —change to 90 days as an reimbursement
• Upcoming Meetings/Invitations — Monica Mika would like to speak to WCC
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• Budget line item to be removed from budget would be the audit portion. Don will meet
with Don Warden.
• *Pay Bills:
Mileage for Councilman Mueller
Mileage for Councilman Abernathy
Mileage for Councilman Kinnick
Mileage for Councilman Hare
$35.97
$16.35
- $30.00
$61.04
Councilwoman Klein made motion to approve the payment of bills. The motion was seconded
by Councilman Hare and carried.
ADJOURNMENT: By acclamation, the meeting a. adjourn a-1'7:44 p.m.
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Ceuncil Presid nt'Mueller
Council Secretary Karleen Watson
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