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COLORADO
January 25, 1993
Secretary of State
Department of State
1560 Broadway, Suite 200
Denver, CO 80202
Board of County Commissioners
915 Tenth Street
Greeley, CO 80631
Weld County Council
P.O. Box 758
Greeley, CO 80632
Dear Secretary, Board, and Council :
Pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 24-18-109 (3) (b) and 24-18-110, this letter
constitutes disclosure of circumstances which may have the
appearance of impinging on my official duty and fiduciary trust.
I took office as a Weld County Commissioner on January 4, 1993 .
Prior to that date my wife became employed by a temporary
employment service and continues in that employment. She works for
a salary plus commissions on accounts she obtains and on some
accounts receives a commission during the entire period of time
that the temporary employee placed by the temporary employment
service is used by the customer. Prior to my taking office she
obtained at least one account with Weld County which does not
continue to this date. My wife ' s commissions in her dealings with
Weld County last year amounted to $5. 00, based on a percentage of
her employer' s net.
The Weld County procedure with respect to the use of temporary
services is to accept quotes at a staff level from the various
temporary service providers within the Weld County area for a
particular position and then fill the temporary employment need
based on the service which provides the lowest quoted price. There
is no master contract, but rather agreements that deal with the
individual placements and, because the cost to the County is small,
the County procedures do not require each individual contract be
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Board of County Commissioners
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approved by the Board of County Commissioners . The Board would
only become involved in this process if the Board made a policy
change to change the procedures for selecting temporary service
providers . Otherwise, an individual Commissioner would not have
the opportunity to exercise any influence on a decision to accept
a service provider.
I have consulted with Assistant County Attorney Lee Morrison, and
he and I share the opinion that these circumstances do not
constitute a conflict of interest. However, I am undertaking
additional safeguards .
I will refrain from taking any official action with respect to the
procurement of temporary employment services, whether it relates to
the service employing my wife or its potential competitors, and I
will refrain from attempting to influence other Board members or
members of the staff in any decision making regarding temporary
services . My wife will no longer handle accounts with Weld County.
Salaried clerks in the employment service, over whom she has no
supervisory authority, will handle all contacts and agreements with
Weld County and my wife will not receive any commissions .
By this letter I am requesting the Secretary of State issue an
advisory opinion.
Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Sincerely,
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Dale Hall
Commissioner
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pc Don Warden, Director of Finance and Administration
Dave Worden, Director of Personnel
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