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COLORADO
WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
REPORT TO THE PEOPLE
January 20, 2004
The Weld County Council is mandated by the Home Rule Charter of Weld County,
Colorado, to report to the people matters relating to the Council's review of Weld
County government. This report summarizes the activities of the Weld County Council
during the fourth quarter of the calendar year 2003.
October 21, 2003 -Weld County Centennial Center
• Weld County's Public Health Director Dr. Mark Wallace presented a
comprehensive update to Council members regarding the challenges facing
Weld County's Health Department. He covered new public health concerns
since 9/11/2001 and the following topics regarding West Nile Virus (WNV) in
Weld County:; WNV transmission cycle; WNV clinical descriptions found in
Weld County including severe cases; Health Department's expanded lab
testing program; costs of WNV and control activities; WNV testing of animals,
birds, and humans; WNV immunization and vaccine issues; WNV public
education campaign; integrated control plan of mosquito management
including municipal collaborative approach and costs of same; summary of
human cases of WNV; and the results of the WNV control efforts. The Board
of County Commissioners is holding a spot in the 2004 budget until the Health
Department can complete compilation of 2003 West Nile Virus statistics. Dr.
Wallace praised the dedicated staff of Weld County's Health Department
stating staff members did an incredible job throughout the West Nile Virus
season.
November 18, 2003 -Weld County Centennial Center
• Weld County Planning Director Monica Daniels-Mika presented a
program outlining the Weld County planning process. She explained the
importance and use of urban growth boundaries and inter-governmental
agreements (IGAs) Ms. Daniels-Mika described the tools of land division
including recorded exemptions, land splits, Planned Unit Developments (PUD),
and agricultural clusters. She mentioned these"new" approaches to planning:
four-lot recorded exemptions, stream lining the subdivision process, and
advocacy planning. Ms. Daniels-Mika emphasized that the current Board of
County Commissioners is being proactive in planning and recognizes that the
future of planning is directed by today's public policy.
• Commissioner Masden, the Board's 2003 Planning Coordinator,
explained the Commissioners' activity in the following: personal property
rights; exit-strategies for special-use trailer homes; providing possibilities for
property lacking water due to the drought; and specific planning projects the
Commissioners have acted on in 2003.
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Weld County Council
Report to the People
January 20,2004
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December 16, 2003 -Weld County Centennial Center
• Council members discussed plans for the 2004 Weld County Council's
review programs. During the fourth quarter of 2003, Council members have
researched answers to questions and concerns brought to their attention by
citizens of Weld County. In that process Council members have talked
periodically with the Commissioners and various Elected Officials and
Department Heads.
Council meetings are on the third Tuesday evening of each month at 6:30 p.m. Ten
meetings a year are at the Weld County Centennial Center, Greeley, CO. Two
meetings a year the Council will meet at Weld County's Southwest Administration
Building in Longmont, CO. For information please contact the County Council Office.
WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
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President Douglas Rademacher ( 5'Ls )
Vice Presi ent Chip Marks ( /ES)
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Councilman Dwaine (yea')
Councilman Mitchell Martin .( c )
Councilman William Sanders ( )
Date Signed: January 20, 2004
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