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CODE ORDINANCE 2012-5
IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 3
HUMAN RESOURCES, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF
WELD, STATE OF COLORADO:
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with
the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners, on December 28, 2000, adopted Weld
County Code Ordinance 2000-1, enacting a comprehensive Code for the County of Weld,
including the codification of all previously adopted ordinances of a general and permanent
nature enacted on or before said date of adoption, and
WHEREAS, the Weld County Code is in need of revision and clarification with regard to
procedures, terms, and requirements therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Weld, State of Colorado, that certain existing Chapters of the Weld County Code be,
and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are
revised to read as follows.
CHAPTER 3
ARTICLE III - STANDARDS OF CONDUCT
Amend Sec. 3-3-110. Appearance/dress.
A. The County requires all employees to present a professional image to the public and our
customers. Accordingly, each employee is required to wear appropriate attire.
Employees are expected to dress neatly and appropriately and practice good grooming
and hygiene.
B. Employees working in an office environment with public contact are not authorized to
wear blue denim jeans (blue jeanc) to work except on the fourth Friday of the monthday
before the 9th of July holiday to honor tho Crccicy Independence Stampede
Celebration, and on the Friday of the week of the County Fair. These leans must be
professional looking, without holes, frays, fading, etcetera, and may be worn on the
fourth Friday of the month only. Shorts are not authorized to be worn by any County
employees while at work. If uniforms are provided, employees may be required to wear
them. Certain jobs in the County have specific safety requirements, such as hard hats
and steel-toed shoes.
Remainder of Section - No change
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board that the Clerk to the Board be, and hereby
is, directed to arrange for Colorado Code Publishing to supplement the Weld County Code with
the amendments contained herein, to coincide with chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and
subsections as they currently exist within said Code; and to resolve any inconsistencies
regarding capitalization, grammar, and numbering or placement of chapters, articles, divisions,
sections, and subsections in said Code.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board if any section, subsection, paragraph,
sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held or decided to be
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof. The
Board of County Commissioners hereby declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance in
each and every section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses, or phrases might be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
The above and foregoing Ordinance Number 2012-5 was, on motion duly made and
seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 20th day of August, A.D., 2012.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
ATTEST:
Sean P. Conway, Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
William F. Garcia, Pro-Tem
BY:
Deputy Clerk to the Board
Barbara Kirkmeyer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
David E. Long
County Attorney
Douglas Rademacher
First Reading: July 9, 2012
Publication: July 18, 2012, in the Fort Lupton Press
Second Reading: July 30, 2012
Publication: August 8, 2012, in the Fort Lupton Press
Final Reading: August 20, 2012
Publication: August 29, 2012, in the Fort Lupton Press
Effective: September 3, 2012
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