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WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
March 18, 2024
The Weld County Council met in regular session in full conformity with the Weld County Home
Rule Charter at 6:30 p.m., Monday, March 18, 2024, at the Weld County Administration Building,
1150 0 Street, Greeley, CO.
ROLL CALL:
El The meeting was called to order by President Nancy Teksten. Councilmembers Elijah
Hatch, Cindy Beemer, James Welch and Trent Leisy were present, constituting a quorum of
members. Also present was Council Secretary Linda Kane.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA :
Councilmember Hatch made a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by Councilmember
Welch and carried.
APPROVAL OF DOCUMENTATION:
Approval of February Minutes
Councilmember Beemer made a motion to approve the February minutes, seconded by
Councilmember Leisy, and the motion carried.
REVIEW PROGRAM:
There was none.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
There was no public comment.
OLD BUSINESS:
Discuss Salary Setting Process
Councilmember Beemer said it would be helpful to establish a process to gather necessary data
for evaluating salaries. She said a work session would likely be necessary prior to salary setting.
Having established guidelines would make salary setting more efficient.
Councilmember Welch said there currently are no guidelines when it comes to setting salaries
for elected officials. He said having guidelines would make the process much smoother.
Setting guidelines would be a public -facing process. Salaries for commissioners will be set in
the fall with other elected officials' salaries being set in two years.
See Addendum 1.
Councilmember Hatch made a motion to adopt the process of establishing guidelines for salary
setting, it was seconded by Councilmember Leisy and carried unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS:
Discuss Rescheduling the June Meeting
Councilmember Hatch made a motion to reschedule the June meeting from June 17 to
June 24, it was seconded by Councilmember Leisy and carried.
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There were none.
Coordinator Reports/Councilman Reports
Bills
Councilmember Hatch made a motion to approve bills, it was seconded by Councilmember
Welch and carried. The bills were paid as follows:
o Weld County Phone Bill for February $25.00
ADJOURNMENT:
By acclamation, the meeting was adjourned at 6:58 p.m.
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CpGncil President, Nancy Teksten
Council Secretary, Linda Kane
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Announce and publicize the upcoming meetings and process for salary setting to provide plenty of notice to public
August Regular Meets - Presentation from Receipt of Data:
Data: (keep ongoing so we have historical record and only have to add new info)
State set elected official salaries
Weld County elected official salaries
Weld County department head & 2nd in command salaries
COLA raises for county employees
Salary information for County Managers & Assistant County Managers in comparable counties
Commissioner head count for comparable counties
HR Presentation: detail would depend on Council Members' needs (new vs. tenuredl
❑etails/analytirs on how salaries (department heads, 2nd in commands) are set by the County Commissioners
Details on retirement, health benefits & all other benefits for elected officials in comparison to regular county employees
retirement vesting, health benefit deductions, vacation & sick day payouts, transition from regular employee to elected, etc.
Requests for any other desired data/information to have for Work Session
Work Session - End of Auguste Early September
ublicize and invite public to attend
nput from any elected officials
discussion of data & information regarding salaries
Setenrrber Re uiar Meetin
Formai proposal of salary resolutions, public comment and vote
Public comment and publization of late September work session (if needed)
1�1ork Session ® Late Se tember 'i ede
ontinued discussion of date & information regarding salaries
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October Regular Meet g
Final opportunity for formal salary adoption if necessary
Publization of input Opportunities (Summary)
Press release following July meeting invites people to send in input &/or attend August regular meeting
l� g and late August/early September work session
-- public can comment at regular August meeting
Press release following August meeting invites people to send in input &/or attend work session and to view August meeting online
-- interested members of the public can opt to go online & view the video of the August meeting to hear information presented
--- public can submit comments until 3 business days prior to work session --
Press release following work session announcing that salary resolutions are scheduled to be considered at the regular September meeting
-- press release will not include the specific salary to be considered in resolutions as this will encourage people to view the August Work Session video to have the full
context of the discussion
-- public can comment at September meeting as part of consideration of resolutions
Alter as appropriate if 2nd work session is scheduled &/or consideration of resolutions is pushed to October
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