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Home My WebLink About20200253.tiffNOTICE OF FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2020-03 was introduced on first reading on January 20, 2020, and a public hearing and second reading was held on February 10, 2020. A public hearing and final reading was completed on March 9, 2020, with no change being made to the text of said Ordinance, and on motion duly made and seconded, was adopted. Effective date of said Ordinance is listed below. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.weldgov.com). E-mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your e- mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@weldgov.com. ORDINANCE NO: 2020-03 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC WORKS, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE EFFECTIVE DATE: March 23, 2020 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: March 13, 2020 PUBLISHED: March 18, 2020, in the Greeley Tribune Q.ZOo20—d,253 Affidavit of Publication NOTICE OF. FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2020-03 was introduced on first reading on January 20, 2020, and a public hearing and second reading was held on February 10, 2020. A public hearing and final reading was com- pleted on March 9, 2020, with no. change, being made to the text of said Ordinance, and on motion duly made and seconded, was adopted. Effective date of said Ordinance is listed below. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building; 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be ac- cessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.weldgov.com ). E-mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your e- -mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@weldgov.com. ORDINANCE NO: 2020-03 • ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC WORKS, OF THE WELD.COUNTY CODE EFFECTIVE DATE: March 23, 2020 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: March 13, 2020 The Tribune March 18, 2020 STATE OF COLORADO County of Weld, I Jennifer Usher ss. of said County of Weld, being duly sworn, say that I am an advertising clerk of THE GREELEY TRIBUNE, that the same is a three days weekly plus Sunday newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Greeley in said county and state; that the notice or advertisement, of which the annexed is a true copy, has been published in said daily newspaper for consecutive (days): that the notice was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said notice, and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof; that the first publication of said notice was contained in the Eighteenth day of March A.D. 2020 and the last publication thereof: in the issue of said newspaper bearing the date of the Eighteenth day of March A.D. 2020 has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the period of at least six months next prior to the first issue thereof contained said notice or advertisement above referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3,1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. March 18, 2020 Total Charges: $9.97 18`" day of March 2020 My Commission Expires 08/13/2022 Notary Public VICKIE G GARRETTS NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO of NOTARY ID 20144031754 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUGUST 13, 2022 NOTICE OF SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2020-03 was introduced on first reading on January 20, 2020, and a public hearing and second reading was held on February 10, 2020, with no change being made to the text of said Ordinance. A public hearing and third reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on March 9, 2020. All persons in any manner interested in the next reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's Office at phone (970) 400-4225, or fax (970) 336-7233, prior to the day of the hearing if, as a result of a disability, you require reasonable accommodations in order to participate in this hearing. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.weldgov.com). E-mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your e- mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@weldgov.com. ORDINANCE NO. 2020-03 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC WORKS, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE DATE OF NEXT READING: March 9, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: February 14, 2020 PUBLISHED: February 19, 2020, in the Greeley Tribune Affidavit of Publication NOTICE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE. Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance, Number 2020-03 was introduced on first reading on January 20, 2020, and a public hearing and second reading -Was held on February 10, 2020, with no change being made to the text of Ordinance. A public hearing and third reading is scheduled the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld q"nistration Building 1160 9 -Street,. Greeley, dlorado 80631, on March 9, 2020. All persons in any manner interested in the next reading of said Ordinance are -requested to attend and may be heard Please contact the Clerk to the Office at one (970,) 400-4225or fax (970) 336,7233, ei'rl r of the head® if, as a rest of a disability, you jeaccomnhot ions in Order to ate in b mated l exhiite.or info n ation pow - d to the Board of County Commissioners concern matter may' be examined in the office of the Clerk to the of County Commissioners located within the Weld Coun istration Buildir 1'160 b Street, Greeley Colorado green *Ileum of 84, a. and 5:00 , onda ,.thru , Orme/ be accessed through theWeld ii Web Page", (www.we)dgov,00m) E-mail massages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in -the case file. To ensure InEfOraon of Our...Mallcorrespondence Into the ease file, a copy toe we iOTI porn 'NO.`, 2020- E: tN TR MATTER C3 REPEALING AND ;lii'PTE WITH AM�MENTS CHR 8 PUBLIC t ;WEL NTYCbix The, tribune •: February 1%1020 STATE OF COLORADO County of Weld, I Jennifer Usher SS. of said County of Weld, being duly sworn, say that I am an advertising clerk of THE GREELEY TRIBUNE, that the same is a three days weekly plus Sunday newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Greeley in said county and state; that the notice or advertisement, of which the annexed is a true copy, has been published in said daily newspaper for consecutive (days): that the notice was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said notice, and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof; that the first publication of said notice was contained in the Nineteenth day of February A.D. 2020 and the last publication thereof: in the issue of said newspaper bearing the date of the Nineteenth day of February A.D. 2020 has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the period of at least six months next prior to the first issue thereof contained said notice or advertisement above referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3,1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. February 19, 2020 Total Charges: $11.88 19th day of February 2020 My Commission Expires 08/13/2022 '\isuottn6ctleiL Notary Public VICKIE G GARRETTS NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID 20144031754 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUGUST 13, 2022 NOTICE OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld County Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2020-03 published below, was introduced and, on motion duly made and seconded, approved upon first reading on January 20, 2020. A public hearing and second reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on February 10, 2020. All persons in any manner interested in the reading of said Ordinance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's office at phone (970) 400-4225, or fax (970) 336-7233, prior to the day of the hearing if, as the result of a disability, you require reasonable accommodations in order to participate in this hearing. Any backup material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (www.weldgov.com). E-mail messages sent to an individual Commissioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your e- mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@weldgov.com. ORDINANCE NO. 2020-03 ORDINANCE TITLE: IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC WORKS, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE DATE OF NEXT READING: February 10, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: January 24, 2020 PUBLISHED: January 29, 2020, in the Greeley Tribune ******* WELD COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE 2020-03 IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC WORKS, 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 the County of Weld, State of 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 2020-0253 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 certain existing Chapters of the Weld County Code be, and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are revised to read as follows. CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC WORKS ARTICLE I - Snow Policy Amend Sec. 8-1-20. Snow watch plan. A. — No change. B. In order to ensure that sanding/plowing operations are initiated in a timely manner at other than normal working hours, feedback regarding road conditions by Sheriff's Office Deputies and any other agency, including the Colorado State Patrol, shall be sent to the Weld County Regional Communications Center (WCRCC). The WCRCC shall then notify the scheduled on -duty Snow Boss. The Snow Boss shall then initiate sanding/plowing operations as per reports. Amend Sec. 8-1-30. Snow removal priorities. A. thru B.1.c. — No change. 2. Control of operations shall be exercised at the Public Works Department Operations Center (PWDOC). Communications with regional supervisors and operators shall be according to the following order of priority: 1) County Radio System; 2) cell phone; 3) CB radio. The Director of Public Works shall be in charge of snow removal operations and shall staff the PWDOC as necessary to carry out operations efficiently. This authority shall be delegated to the assigned Snow Bosses. 3. Any emergency calls for the Sheriff's Office, ambulance or helicopter services received at the PWDOC shall be forwarded to the appropriate agency. 4. All incoming calls regarding snow removal or emergencies shall be routed to the PWDOC (970-304-6496) from dispatch or in-house Public Works unless a specific person is requested. C. Operations. 1. The PWDOC shall be staffed as soon as determined necessary by the Director of Public Works, the Snow Boss or the Commissioners. The Snow Boss shall assume charge immediately by initiating recall, making contact with all units in the field and determining their status, and shall direct operations in accordance with the priorities established herein. If additional resources are needed, the Director of Public Works may contract for additional resources in accordance with the provisions of Section 8-1-40 of this Code. 2. If weather information indicates that operations are anticipated in advance of the approaching storm, the Director of Public Works shall direct specific operators to be at work and ready to commence operations as soon as practical. If more than two (2) days of continuous operations are anticipated, no operator shall work more than (12) hours in a day without approval of the Director of Public Works. 3. Status of all snow removal operations shall be maintained at the PWDOC. Reports shall be made to the Public Works Emergency Notification Group intermittently throughout the snow event. These reports shall be directed by the Director of Public Works or applicable Snow Boss. 4. Plow operators are directed that the first priority is to get roads cleared as fast and safe as possible, emergencies excepted. Operators are authorized and directed to stop and assist disabled vehicles only if it is necessary to clear the road or if life or health is in danger. Requests for assistance from stranded vehicles, not involving an emergency, shall be radioed in to the PWDOC, who shall attempt to obtain assistance for the stranded party. The request for assistance shall be forwarded to the Regional Communications Center for action, such as a request for towing services. 5. If an abandoned vehicle is blocking the roadway, the operator shall radio in the location, license plate number and description of the vehicle to the PWDOC. The PWDOC shall contact the Regional Communications Center, informing the Dispatcher that a hazard exists and the vehicle should be removed from the County right-of-way. Dispatch shall contact the Weld County Sheriff's Office for appropriate action. 6. No school property or private roads or driveways off the County rights -of -way shall be cleared by County equipment, with the following exceptions: a. — No change. b. If a citizen needs a private road or driveway opened for a medical or other emergency, the citizen should call Emergency Services (911). Emergency Services will then contact the PWDOC. The PWDOC will then contact the appropriate operator who shall meet the emergency vehicle at the site and open the road or driveway for the emergency vehicle. 7. — No change. 8. Backup support shall be furnished by the Weld County Department of Fleet Services and all Public Works divisions to maintain and repair snow removal equipment. Personnel from these divisions shall be on standby or on duty, as directed by the Director of Public Works and the Director of Fleet Services. 9. — No change. D. Planning and preparation. 1. — No change. 2. Fuel stocks at outlying grader stations shall be monitored by the individual zone operators immediately prior to a snow event and status reported to the Director of Fleet Services. If a fuel delivery is necessary during a snow event, the Snow Boss may direct that the delivery route be cleared on a priority basis. Amend Sec. 8-1-40. Contracting for additional resources. In cases of EXTREME EMERGENCY and where County resources cannot maintain safe traveling conditions, it may be necessary to obtain additional equipment from Contractors. A. thru A.2. — No change. B. Command and control. Control of contractor equipment shall be exercised through the PWDOC. The Director of Public Works or the on -duty Snow Boss shall coordinate and control the efforts of all contractor equipment. C. Operations. 1. County and contracted workforces shall be employed so as to maximize the efficiency of the snow removal operation. Contracted equipment may be paired with County equipment to take advantage of County radio control. Remainder of Section — No change. Amend Sec. 8-1-50. Response plan for extreme snow and ice events. The following policy sets in place criteria for managing snow removal efforts on the County roadway network during extreme weather events. A. Weather event definition. Snow events are categorized using a storm level scale based on reports from the field as to the severity of conditions, as well as other methods, including forecasts, satellite images and common sense. With the vast expanse of Weld County, storm levels may vary depending on conditions in that area. The levels of storms are defined below: 1. Level 3: Snow Removal Operations shall focus on all roads. The effort and resources expended shall vary depending on accumulation and drifting conditions. The on -duty Snow Boss shall refer to direction provided in prior sections of this Code. 2. — No change. 3. Level 1: Snow removal efforts shall be ceased and equipment shall retreat to designated recovery stations located throughout the County for further instructions and redeployment as conditions warrant. Level 1 may be declared by the on -duty Snow Boss with the concurrence of the Director of Public Works, the Commissioner Coordinator or Alternate Commissioner Coordinator for Public Works. When redeployed, resources shall be committed to predetermined priority snow routes. Notification of a Level 1 Condition or any road closures shall be communicated to the Regional Communications Center and the Public Works Emergency Notification List. Remainder of ARTICLE I — No change. Delete APPENDIX 8-A — SNOW REMOVAL, in its entirety. 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. Affidavit of Publication STATE OF COLORADO County of Weld, I Jennifer Usher SS. of said County of Weld, being duly sworn, say that I am an advertising clerk of THE GREELEY TRIBUNE, that the same is a three days weekly plus Sunday newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Greeley in said county and state; that the notice or advertisement, of which the annexed is a true copy, has been published in said daily newspaper for consecutive (days): that the notice was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said notice, and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof; that the first publication of said notice was contained in the Twenty -Ninth day of January A.D. 2020 and the last publication thereof: in the issue of said newspaper bearing the date of the Twenty -Ninth day of January A.D. 2020 has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the period of at least six months next prior to the first issue thereof contained said notice or advertisement above referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3,1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. January 29, 2020 Total Charges: $78.47 29th day January 2020 My Commission Expires 08/13/2022 Notary Public VICKIE G GARRETTS NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID 20144031754 MY COMMISSION EXPIRES AUGUST 13, 2022 r NOTICE OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE Pursuant to the Weld Bounty Home Rule Charter, Ordinance Number 2020-03 published below, was introduced and, on motion duly made and seconded, approved upon first reading on January 20, 2020. A public hearing and second reading is scheduled to be held in the Chambers of the Board, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 0 Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631, on February 10, 2020. All persons in any manner interested in the reading of said Ordi- nance are requested to attend and may be heard. Please contact the Clerk to the Board's office at phone (970) 400.4225; or fax (970) 336-7233, prior to the day of the hearing if, as the result of a disability, you require reasonable accommodations in order to participate in this hearing. Any back- up material, exhibits or information previously submitted to the Board of County Commissioners concerning this matter may be examined in the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commis- sioners, located within the Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday thru Friday, or may be accessed through the Weld County Web Page (ww .weldgov.com). E-mail messages sent to an individual Commis- sioner may not be included in the case file. To ensure inclusion of your e-mail correspondence into the case file, please send a copy to egesick@wetdgov,com. ORDINANCE NO. 2020,03 ORDINANCE TITLE: 'IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMEND- MENTS, CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC WORKS, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE DATE OF NEXT READING: February 10, 2020, at 9:00 a.m. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: January 24, 2020 PUBLISHED: January 29, 2020, in the Greeley Tribune WELD COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE 2020-03 IN THE MATTER OF REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC WORKS, 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 the County of Weld, State of Colorado, pur- suant 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 forthe County of Weld, including the co- dification of allpfeviously adopted ordinances of a general and perrkanent 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 proce- dures, terms, and requirements therein. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, that certain existing Chapters of the Weld County Code be, and hereby are, repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and the various Chapters are revised to read as follows. U CHAPTER 8 PUBLIC, WORKS ARTICLE I - Snow Policy Amend.Sec. 8.1.20. Snow watch plan. A. — No change. B. In order to ensure that sanding/plowing operations are initiated in atimely manner at other than normal working hours, feedback regarding road conditions by Sheriff's Office Deputies and any other agency, including the Colorado St patrol, shall be sent to the Weld.County Re- gional Communications Center (WCRCC). The WCRCC shall then notify the scheduled on -duty Snow Boss. The Snow Boss shall then initiate sanding/plowing operations as per reports. Amend Sec. 8.1.30. Snow removal priorities, A. thru B.1,c. — No change. • 2, Control of operations shall be exercised at the Public Works Department Operations Center (PWDOC). Communications with regional supervisors and operators.shall be according to the following order of priority: 1) County Radio System; 2) cell phone; 3) 00 radio. The Director 6f Public Works shall be in charge of snow removal operations and shall staff the PWDOC as neces- sary to carry out operations efficiently. This authority shall be delegated to the assigned Snow Bosses. 3. Any emergency calls for the Sheriff's Office, ambulance or helicopter services re- ceived at the PWDOC shall be forwarded to the appropriate agency. 4. All incoming calls regarding snow removal or emergencies shall be routed to the PWDOC, (970-304-6496) from dispatch of in-house Public Works unless a specific person is re- quested. C. Operations. 1. The PWDOC shall be staffed as soon as determined necessary by the Director of Public Works, the Snow Boss or the Commissioners. The Snow Boss shall assume charge immedi- ately by initiating recall, making contact with all units in the field and determining their status, and shall direct operations in accordance with the priorities established herein. If additional resources are needed, the Director of Public Works may contract for additional resources in accordance with the provisions of Section 8-1-40 of this Code. 2. If weather information indicates that operations are anticipated in advance of the ap- proaching storm, the Director of Public Works shall direct specific operators to be at work and ready to commence operations as soon as practical. lf,more than twO (2) days of continuous oper- ations are anticipated, no operator shall work more than (12) hours in a day without approval of the Director of Public Works: 3. Status of all snow removal operations shall be maintained at the PWDOC. Reports shall be made to the Public Works Emergency Notification Group intermittently throughout the snow event, These reports shall be directed by the -Director of Public Works or -applicable Snow ' Boss. 4. Plow operators are directed that the first priority is to get roads cleared as fast and safe as possible, emergencies excepted. Operators are authorized and directed to stop and assist disabled vehicles only.if it Is necessary to clear the road or II life or health is in danger. Requests for assistance from stranded vehicles, not involving an emergency, shall be radioed in to the PWDOC, who shall attempt to obtain assistance for the stranded party, The request for assistance shall be forwarded to the Regional Communications Center for action, such as a request for towing services., . 5. If an abandoned vehicle is blocking the roadway, the operator shall radio in the loca- tion, license plate number and description of the vehicle to the PWDOC. The PWDOC shall contact the Regional Communications Center, informing the Dispatcher that a hazard exists and -the vehi- cle should be removed from the County right-of-way. Dispatch shall contact the Weld County Sher- iff's Office for appropriate action. 6. No school property or private roads or driveways off the County rights -of -way shall be cleared by County equipment, with the following exceptions: U a. — No change. b. If a citizen needs a private road or driveway opened for a medical or other emergen- cy, the citizen should call Emergency Services (911), Emergency Serviced will then contact the PWDOC, The PWDOC will then contact the appropriate operator who shall meet the emergency vehicle at the site and open the road or driveway for the emergency vehicle. 7. — No change. 8. Backup support shall be furnished by the Weld County Department of Fleet Services and all Public Works divisions to maintain and repair snow removal equipment. Personnel from these divisions shall be on standby or on duty, as directed by the Director of Public Works and the Director of Fleet Services. 9. — No change. D. Planning and preparation. 1. — No change. 2, Fuel stocks at outlying grader stations shall be monitored by the individual zone opera- tors immediately prior toe snow event and status reported to the Director of Fleet Services. If a fuel delivery is necessary during a snow event, the Snow Boss may direct that the delivery route be cleared on a priority basis, U Amend Sec, 8.1-40 Cohutracting for additional resources. In cases of EXTREME EMERGENCY and where County resources cannot maintain safe traveling conditions, it may be necessary to obtain additional equipment from Contractors, A. that A.2. — No change:. B. • Command and control. Control of contractor equipment shall be exercised through the PWDOC. The Director of Public Works or the on -duty Snow Boss shall coordinate and control the efforts of all contractor equipment. C. Operations, 1. County and contracted workforces shall be employed so as to maximize the efficiency of the snow removal operation.. Contracted equipment may be paired with County equipment to take advantage of County radio control ' Remainder of-Gection —No change. Amend Sec. 8-i-50, Response plan for extreme snow and ice events. The following policy sets in place criteria for managing snow removal efforts on the County road- way network during extreme weather events. A. Weather event definition, Snow events are categorized using a storm level scale based on reports from the field as to the severity of conditions, as well as other methods, including forecasts, satellite images and common sense. With the vast expanse of Weld County, storm levels may vary depending on conditions in that area, The levels of storms are defined below: 1.. Level 3: Snow Removal Operations shall focus on all roads.The effort and resources • expended shall vary depending on accumulation and drifting conditions. The on -duty Snow Boss. . shall refer to direction provided in prior sections of this Code. 2. — No change. - Level 1: Snow removal efforts shall be ceased and equipment shall retreat to designat- ed recovery stations located throughout the County for further instructions and redeployment as conditions warrant. Level 1 may be declared by the on -duty Snow Boss with the concurrence of the Director of Public Works, the Commissioner Coordinator or Alternate Commissioner Coordinator for Public Works. When redeployed, resources shall be committed to predetermined priority snow routes. Notification of a Level 1 Condition or any road closures shall be communicated to the Re- gional Communications Center and the Public Works Emergency Notification List. Remainder of ARTICLE I -- No change. Delete APPENDIX 8-A — SNOW REMOVAL, if its entirety, 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 Weid'County Code with the amendments contained herein, to coincide with chapters, articles, divisions, sections, and subsections as they currently ex- ist 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 Beard of County Com- missioners hereby declares that it would have enacted this Ordinance in each and every section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, and phrase thereofirrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrese.s. tnight be declared to be unconstitutional Or,invalid. The Tribune, January29, 2020 Hello