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In the Matter of Repealing and Reenacting, with Amendments, Chapter 2
Administration 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 Weld County, 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 Chapter 2 of the Weld County Code be, and hereby is,
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows.
Chapter 2
Administration
ARTICLE I — Board Procedures
Amend Sec. 2-1-60. - Referral/response to correspondence.
All complaints or requests from citizens received by the Board of County
Commissioners shall be handled as follows, unless regarding confidential information:
A. A copy of each complaint or request received will immediately be sent to the
appropriate department. These documents will be marked to the attention of the
elected official or department head, but may be delegated to a division director or
equivalent.
B. The Clerk to the Board or Commissioners' Office Manager, depending on receipt
of complaint or request, will keep the original letter in a suspense file in order to
verify that final responses are sent within a reasonable time limit.
C. Elected officials or his/her delegate are asked to submit a copy of their response
to the Clerk to the Board and Commissioners' Office Manager for the
Commissioners' information, and to be listed with the original complaint or request
as an item of Communications on the Commissioners' Consent Agenda.
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D. The department head or his/her delegate will be asked to respond within three (3)
business days or, if unable to do so, to send an email to the Clerk to the Board and
Commissioners' Office Manager, stating the time required for further research or
review. If a response is not able to be sent within three (3) business days, the
department head or his/her delegate will contact the sender with an anticipated
timeframe for response. The response and the original complaint or request will be
listed as an item of Communications on the Commissioners' Consent Agenda. The
Commissioners will have a chance to review said response prior to listing and
reserve the right to request further action or response.
E. The Department of Human Resources can be contacted to request information
regarding submitting personnel complaints or requests.
F. Complaints or requests without remittance information will be reviewed by the
Commissioners but will not be responded to or listed.
G. Nothing in this Section 2-1-60 shall create an expectation in the procedures set
forth herein in any member of the public, nor create a right of action by any member
of the public if any of the procedures set forth herein are not complied with.
Be it further ordained by the Board that the Clerk to the Board be, and hereby is, directed
to arrange for Municode 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.
First Reading: June 2, 2025
Publication: June 6, 2025, in the Greeley Tribune
Second Reading: June 16, 2025
Publication: June 20, 2025, in the Greeley Tribune
Final Reading: June 30, 2025
Publication: July 4, 2025, in the Greeley Tribune
Effective: July 9, 2025
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The Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, adopted the above
and foregoing Ordinance, on motion duly made and seconded, by the following vote on
the 30th day of June, A.D., 2025:
Perry L. Buck, Chair: Aye
Scott K. James, Pro-Tem: Aye
Jason S. Maxey: Aye
Lynette Peppier: Aye
Kevin D. Ross: Excused
Approved as to Form:
Bruce Barker, County Attorney
Attest:
Esther E. Gesick, Clerk to the Board
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