HomeMy WebLinkAbout20223455.tiffHEARING CERTIFICATION
DOCKET NO. 2022-96
RE: 2023 FINAL BUDGET
A public hearing was conducted on December 12, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., with the following present:
Commissioner Scott K. James, Chair
Commissioner Mike Freeman, Pro-Tem
Commissioner Perry L. Buck
Commissioner Steve Moreno
Commissioner Lori Saine
Also present:
Clerk to the Board, Esther E. Gesick
County Attorney, Bruce Barker
Director of Finance and Administration, Donald D. Warden
The following business was transacted:
I hereby certify that pursuant to a notice dated November 2, 2022, and duly published
November 4, 2022, in the Greeley Tribune, a public hearing was conducted to consider the
2023 Final Budget for Weld County. Donald Warden, Director of Finance and Administration,
made this a matter of record and reviewed the summary of 2023 Budget Changes made since
the Proposed Budget. Mr. Warden further summarized budgetary amounts as reflected in
Exhibit "A" to the Adoption Resolution.
11 No public testimony was offered concerning this matter.
Commissioner Moreno moved to approve the Resolution to Summarize Expenditures and
Revenues for Each Fund and to Adopt the 2023 Budget as submitted. The motion was seconded
by Commissioner Buck, and it carried unanimously.
El Mr. Warden confirmed Emergency Ordinance #259, In the Matter of the Annual
Appropriation for Weld County, Colorado, for Fiscal Year 2022, was previously read into the
record by audio, and he referenced the amounts reflected in Exhibit "A." He explained, in
accordance with Section 3-13 of the Home Rule Charter, the emergency status is due to the
assessed valuation which must be received by the Assessor five (5) days prior to December 31st,
and he provided the appropriated amount of $441,083,883.00. No public testimony was offered
concerning this matter. Commissioner Buck moved to approve Ordinance #259 on an emergency
basis. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Freeman, and it carried unanimously.
Mr. Warden recommended approval of the Resolution setting the mill levy at 15.038 mills,
which is anticipated to generate $272,470,563.00. He explained the total mill levy is actually
22.038 and he recommended a continuation of a temporary mill levy of 7.000 mills, for a net
reduction of 8.361 mills and a temporary reduction for the general fund. He stated the reduction
results in a credit to taxpayers, in the amount of $126,831,622.00, which will actually push the
total amount of credit, since 2002, to more than a billion dollars to date. No public testimony was
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offered concerning this matter. Commissioner Moreno moved to approve the Resolution to Set
Mill Levy. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Saine, and it carried unanimously.
There being no further discussion, the hearing was completed at 10:24 a.m.
This Certification was approved on the 28th day of December, 2022.
APPROVED:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WE COUNTY, COLORADO
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ott K. James , Chair
Weld County Clerk to the Board
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EXCUSED DATE OF APPROVAL
Mike Freeman, Pro-Tem
Perry L. Buck
Steve Moreno
Lori Saine
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