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WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
February 24, 2025
The Weld County Council met in regular session in full conformity with the Weld County Home
Rule Charter at 6:30 p.m., Monday, February 24, 2025, at the Weld County Administration
Building, 1150 0 Street, Greeley, CO.
ROLL CALL:
The meeting was called to order by President Nancy Teksten. Councilmembers Elijah Hatch,
James Welch and Jeff Reck 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
Reck, and the motion carried.
APPROVAL OF DOCUMENTATION:
Approval of January Minutes
Councilmember Welch made a motion to approve the January minutes, seconded by
Councilmember Hatch, and the motion carried.
Approval of 4. Quarter Report to the People
Councilmember Hatch made a motion to approve the 4th quarter Report to the People, seconded
by Councilmember Welch, and the motion carried.
REVIEW PROGRAM:
There was none.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
There was no public comment.
OLD BUSINESS:
Interview Candidates for At -Large Vacancy
Councilmember Hatch made a motion to approve the interview process for the At -Large
vacancy, it was seconded by Councilmember Welch, and the motion carried.
The first candidate was Mark Lawley of Eaton. He said it's important to elect government
representatives who are responsible to the people. He sees the role of a councilmember as
ensuring things run properly in a manner consistent with good governance.
He's had more than 40 years of experience working in government as an employee and as a
consultant. He worked for Weld County in the past, acting as the director of public health.
The second candidate was Terry DeGroot of Kersey. He said he wants to be a voice of reason
on the Council and to act as a liaison between the Council and citizens of Weld County. He said
he's built relationships with Weld County representatives, the commissioners and state
senators.
Mr. DeGroot owns a dairy farm and said he would represent the working class.
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The third candidate was Ali Hobbs from Eeri, Nho said she wants to serve her community.
She said she would be a representative who is approachable and gets things done. She
expressed her interest in learning more about ounty government in general.
The fourth candidate was Blair Howe of Greeley. He is an elected board member of the Front
Range Fire Protection District. He said his responsibility as a councilmember would include
overseeing the $19 billion budget and delivering on services promised to the citizens.
He said he's enjoyed being an elected official in the Milliken and Johnstown fire service and
being a councilmember would be a great opportunity to serve the community. He would look
forward to the interactions between departments and would manage the responsibility
effectively, with integrity and humility.
After tallying the rankings, there was a tie between Mr. DeGroot and Mr. Howe. Council was
discussing how to break the tie when it agreed to public comment.
Terrie Meyer of Greeley and former councilmember Tonya Van Beber of Eaton both spoke on
behalf of Mr. DeGroot, stating they support his appointment.
Council agreed to ask Mr. DeGroot and Mr. Howe another question to try to break the tie. Then
Council President Nancy Teksten entertained a motion made by Councilman Hatch that she
refrain from the vote according to Roberts Rules of Order, it was seconded by Councilman
Welch, and another vote was taken where Mr. DeGroot received the majority vote.
NEW BUSINESS:
Appoint Candidate to At -Large Vacancy
Councilmember Reck made a motion to appoint Mr. DeGroot to the At -Large vacancy, it was
seconded by Councilmember Hatch, and the motion carried.
Coordinator Reports/Councilman Reports
There were none.
Bills
Councilmember Hatch made a motion to approve bills, it was seconded by Councilmember Reck
and carried. The bills were paid as follows:
o Weld County Phone Bill for January $31.00
o Prairie Mtn Media — 3`d quarter RTTP $132.00
ADJOURNMENT:
By acclamation, the meeting was adjourned at 8:11 p.m.
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Council Prsident, Nancy Teksten
Council Secretary, Linda Kane
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Interview Process for County Council Replacement Positic
• Candidates will check in with Linda and draw for their place in the interview process.
• Candidates will be escorted to a meeting room and asked to surrender their phones
until after their interview.
• Each Council member will prepare a small list of potential questions to ask the
candidates. From discussion of these questions among the Council members, each
member will decide on two questions that they will ask each candidate.
• The Council will agree upon a time limit for each candidate's questioning at Monday
night's meeting.
• The Council will have to decide the process used to break a tie. Executive Session is NOT
an option.
• When the Council has reached the point in the meeting under new business allowing for
the interview process to begin, the candidate having drawn #1 will be escorted to the
meeting and the podium.
• Each candidate will be asked two (2) questions by each County Council person beginning
with the Council member to the far left of the President. T
• After all candidates have been interviewed, each Council member will rank the
candidates. The scoring system will go from 1 to X with X being the total number of
candidates interviewed. The score of X will be their first choice and 1 the last. For
example, if 5 people are interviewed, the first choice will receive a 5, second a choke a 4
and so forth until the last choice receives a 1.
• Linda will use a roll call method to ask each Council member to provide their candidate
ranking numbers.
Linda will tally the numbers and provide the results.
It is agreed that the candidate receivirg the highest number will be selected to fill the
vacancy. A motion and second must be made to officially welcome our new member to
the Council.
In case of a tie, the process previously decided upon will be used.
Items highlighted in yellow are action Items to be decided before the interview process begins.
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