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WELD COUNTY COUNCIL 3 1J77
January 19, 1977 c2
MINTY CLERK AND.RECORDER
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The Weld County Council met in regular session in full conformity
with the Weld County Home Rule Charter at 401 N. 15th Avenue,
Greeley, Colorado, on Wednesday, January 19, 1977 at 1:30 P.M.
ROLL CALL: The meeting began with an invocation by the Council president,
Nancy Clark. On roll call the following members were present:
President Nancy Clark
Vice President Bob E. White
Councilman John T. Martin
Councilman Robert Martin
Absent: Councilman Floyd Oliver
Also present: Bonnie Hickman, Secretary; Commissioner Ed Dunbar;
Commissioner Victor Jacobucci; Walt Speckman, HRD Executive Director;
Carl Lake, HRD Fiscal Officer; and several members of the press;
and Commissioner June Steinmark.
MINUTES: The minutes of January 5, 1977 were approved by motion of John Martin
and seconded by Bob White. Motion carried.
REPORTS
PURCHASING POLICE CARS: Bob Martin expressed thanks to the Commissioners on
behalf of the Council for the purchasing rather than leasing of
new police cars.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULING - E. DUNBAR: Commissioner Ed Dunbar presented
to the Council a possible conflict of interest involving the use
of county and state funds to care for a foster child in his home.
In December of 1968 Mr. Dunbar took the foster child into his home.
At that time he was a County Commissioner and it was then ruled as a
conflict of interest.
Nancy Clark read into the record a letter to County Attorney David
from Eugene McKenna which stated that Mr. Dunbar will still, be
eligible for state aid and that during Mr. Dunbar's previous term
the commissioners approved payment from county funds by resolution.
Bob White then read a statement prepared by him which stated that it
would probably be legal for the commissioners to again approve
county aid to Mr. Dunbar, but felt this could cause other problems.
Bob White made a motion to draft a resolution that if the county
provides financial support for this foster child it would be a
conflict of interest for Mr. Dunbar to accept it. The motion was
seconded by John Martin and unanimously approved.
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January 19, 1977
WELD COUNTY OPPORTUNITY AGENCY: Walt Speckman, Human Resources Department
Executive Director and Carl Lake, HRD Fiscal Officer presented to
the Council the facts concerning the shortages of items from the
Weld County Opportunity Agency (WCOA) .
Mr. Speckman gave a brief history of the WCOA which existed as a
private agency from the early 1960's to 1974. During that time
there were no records of any inventories taken. Mr. Speckman
determined the items lost from an inventory performed in 1974
taken at the closing of WCOA. During 1976 the HRD performed a
physical inventory to clarify and reconcile those materials and
equipment missing prior to 1974. In this 1976 inventory many of
the items were found. The current WCOA inventory lists items lost
valued at $5,677.78 instead of the $15,000 the newspapers reported.
(The $15,000 was the original list of items missing in 1974 before
the 1976 physical inventory.) Mr. Speckman feels that many of the
still missing items were loaned out to other county agencies and
poor record keeping accounts for these missing items.
Mr. Speckman expressed thanks to the Council for discussing this
matter with them.
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENCE: The Council received a copy of a letter
which the Personnel Director, Mr. Charles Lucia, sent to the U.S.
Department of Labor and Manpower Administration in Denver. The
letter is a resume of the implementation of personnel system
requirements in Weld County. Nancy Clark asked that a letter be
sent to Mr. Lucia complimenting him on the work being done at this
time and inviting him to meet with the Council in March to discuss
his role in the personnel department.
RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES UPDATE: Bob White made a motion to
eliminate number nine of the Rules and Regulations and Procedures.
John Martin seconded and carried unanimously. Discussion followed.
Council members felt they liked the liberty of the current report
style.
Nancy Clark suggested discussing item number seven at the next
meeting.
CHANGE IN OFFICE LOCATION: Nancy Clark reported she investigated the avail-
ability of office space in the Court House and Centennial Center.
Of the spaces mentioned, the Council preferred a first floor office
in the Court House where United Way is temporarily being housed.
This matter will be discussed again at the next meeting.
FORT LUPTON COUNCIL MEETING: The Council received a letter from the Ft. Lupton
city clerk giving a tentative date of February 17 at 8:00 P.M.
at the "Little Theatre" in the new high school for the meeting of
the Council with the southern Weld representatives. The Council
agreed on this date and will notify the city by return mail.
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January 19, 1977
The Council dismissed for a five minute recess.
JACOBUCCI INTERVIEW: Commissioner Jacobucci read a statement prepared for
the Council regarding the action that transpired involving the
improvement of County Road No. 2 on a four mile segment between
Interstate 25 east to Weld County Road No. 17 known as Quebec
Street. Mr. Jacobucci 's attorney also attended with him,, Jim Shelton.
Council felt an interview with Mr. Jacobucci would help them in
determining if his actions were a conflict of interest.
Adams County had approached County Engineer Frank Smith about
repairing the above mentioned road and came to an agreement with
Mr. Jacobucci in sharing the work with both counties. Mr.
Jacobucci, along with other persons, donated dirt to rebuild the
road. Jacobucci said it was blow dirt and waste dirt that had
accumulated at the end of his lake and covered a fence.
Mr. Jacobucci explained that the County has no formal agreement
for obtaining dirt. He said he did not consult the County Council
as to the possibility of conflict of interest because he never
thought of it as a conflict and there wasn't a definite ruling on
the Home Rule Charter at that time. Prior to the Home Rule the
decision of where to get dirt was done by the overseer.
Mr. Jacobucci estimated that $3500 worth of dirt was removed from
his farm and felt the benefit he received was far less than the
worth of the dirt. He also felt the benefit in enlarging his lake
was negligible.
Bob White made a motion to take this matter under advisement and
make a ruling as soon as possible. John Martin seconded and
unanimously carried.
Mr. Jacobucci invited the Council to visit his farm and view the
work done on Saturday, January 22 at 1:00 P.M.
GRAVEL SALE: A private citizen, Mr. Baty, made a verbal agreement with
Commissioner Moser to have the county purchase gravel from his
farm, reported a council member. Mr. Baty reported he has never
been paid and no one knows how much gravel was taken. The Council
discussed this with County Attorney David.
There being no further business the Council adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
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