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RE: APPROVE REAPPOINTMENT OF TOBY TAYLOR AS VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER
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 County's Veterans Service Officer is to be appointed for two-year terms
in accordance with C.R.S. § 28-5-802(2), and
WHEREAS, the reappointment of Toby Taylor as Weld County's Veterans Service Officer
was reaffirmed by Resolution of the Board, dated February 26, 2018, with his term to expire on
June 30, 2018, and
WHEREAS, the Board now deems it advisable to reappoint Mr. Taylor as Weld County's
Veterans Service Officer, with said term to expire on June 30, 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, Colorado, that the reappointment of Toby Taylor as Weld County's Veterans Service
Officer be, and hereby is, approved with said term to expire on June 30, 2020.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted
by the following vote on the 27th day of June, A.D., 2018.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
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Weld County Clerk to the Board
Stev Moreno, Chair
Mike Freeman
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TITLE 28. MILITARY AND VETERANS
VETERANS
ARTICLE 5.VETERANS
PART 8. VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE AND OFFICERS
C.R.S. 28-5-801 (2015)
28-5-801. Establishment of veterans service offices
(1) The board of county commissioners of each county in this state shall establish a county
veterans service office and shall appoint a county veterans service officer for such county,
and such board of county commissioners may also appoint any assistant and such clerical
help as may be deemed necessary, each at such compensation as shall be fixed by such
board, together with the necessary and actual traveling and other expenses incurred in their
work as shall be approved by such board of county commissioners and such other expenses
as such board may deem necessary for the proper operation of such office, payable monthly
out of the county general fund in the manner provided by law. The board of county
commissioners, in its discretion, may appoint any county officer, official, or employee as
such county veterans service officer or as such assistant, if qualified to serve as such under
the provisions of section 28-5-802, or as clerical help to such county veterans officer, at
such additional compensation for such additional duties as shall be fixed by the board of
county commissioners.
(2) The boards of county commissioners of adjacent counties may act jointly in establishing
a veterans service office for such counties and in appointing a veterans service officer and
an assistant and such necessary clerical help as may be deemed necessary to operate such
office for such counties, at such compensation as may be fixed by the joint action of the
boards of county commissioners joining in the appointment of such officer and assistant and
clerical help, together with the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the conduct of
their work, as shall be approved by such boards of county commissioners. The salaries and
expenses and all other jointly approved expenses necessary for the proper operation of such
office shall be paid monthly by the boards of county commissioners out of their respective
county general funds in the manner provided by law, each county bearing its share thereof
in the proportion that the population of each county bears to the total population of the
counties combining to establish such office.
28-5-802. Qualifications - term of office
(1) The county veterans service officer or assistant at the time of appointment, shall be a
resident of the state, shall have served in the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine
Corps, or Coast Guard, or any auxiliary branch thereof and shall have been honorably
discharged therefrom or shall be an officer released from active duty with the armed forces
and placed on inactive duty therein. Before such appointments shall be made, the board of
county commissioners making such appointments shall have sought the advice and counsel
of the chief officer of each post of the regularly established and existing veterans
organizations of the county wherein such officer or assistant is to serve as to the
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qualifications and experience of the applicant for such position, Such appointee shall be
well -qualified based on his or her education and experience to perform the duties of county
veterans service officer. The division shall recommend education and experience
qualifications for the position of county veterans service officer.
(2) Such appointments shall be for the term of two years. At the expiration of such term or
in case of a vacancy, the board of county commissioners making the appointments may
either reappoint the present incumbents to the positions of county veterans service officer
or assistant, or may consider new applicants and make appointments of other applicants as
such county veterans service officer or assistant in the manner specified in this article.
28-5-803. Duties
It is the duty of the county veterans service officer and his or her assistant to assist any
resident of the state of Colorado who is a veteran, or their surviving spouse, administrator,
executor, guardian, conservator, or heir of any said veteran, or any other person who may
have proper claim, by the filing of claims for insurance, pensions, compensation for
disability, hospitalization, vocational training, or any other benefits which such person may
be or may have been entitled to receive under the laws of the United States or the state of
Colorado by reason of such service.
28-5-804. Cooperation with division of veterans affairs
The county veterans service officer shall cooperate with the division of veterans affairs, its
officers and employees, and other national, state, or county veterans service officers in the
performance of his or her duties. He or she, on request, shall assist the division in every
reasonable way, including the rendering of any reports requested by the division and the
handling or processing of any veterans cases or other matters according to standard
procedures established by the division in furtherance of efficient and prompt service to all
veterans in the state of Colorado on a uniform basis. Such officer shall always work in the
best interest of his or her clients in an attempt to maximize the amount of federal veteran
benefits that they receive. Additionally, the county veterans service officer shall undertake
programs and engage in activities to reduce state public assistance expenditures as directed
by the division.
28-5-805. Office space and supplies
The board of county commissioners shall furnish the county veterans service officer and
assistant with office space and necessary supplies.
(Note: Past Veteran's Service Officers in Phillips County have worked out their home.
Phillips County has not supplied an office.)
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