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WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
February 16, 1977 GREELEy COLO
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, February 16, 1977 at 1:30 P.M.
ROLL CALL: The meeting began with an invocation by Nancy Clark, President.
On roll call the following Council members were present:
President Nancy Clark
Councilman Floyd Oliver
Councilman John T. Martin
Councilman Robert Martin
Absent: Councilman Bob E. White
Also present: County Engineer, Frank Smith and assistant Drew
Scheltinga, three press members and the council secretary.
MINUTES: The minutes of February 2, 1977 were approved upon motion of Floyd
Oliver and seconded by John T. Martin. Nancy Clark made a correction
on page two, second to the last paragraph, change first sentence to
read - "In the Court House three rooms were considered." Motion ,
carried unanimously.
REPORTS
CORONER: John Martin reported a citizen informed him the county coroner's
phone number was not listed in the Greeley phone book. Mr. Martin
will investigate this matter.
PERSONNEL: Nancy Clark directed a letter be sent to Mr. Charles Lucia,
Director of Personnel, to meet with the Council on March 2 at two
o'clock to explain the reorganization of this department.
CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING RELOCATION: Nancy Clark read a copy of the letter
Judge Carpenter sent to the United Way office requesting them to
vacate by April 1, 1977. Nancy Clark added that she had contacted
the United Way office and informed them if April 1 would cause a
hardship for them, the Council could extend this date.
Discussion followed on the choice of locating in the Court House.
The Anteroom in the Centennial Building had been offered but was
considered too small by Councilmembers.
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CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Nancy Clark read a letter
from June Steinmark dated February 9 regarding the receipt and
acceptance of the Council's opinions of the Dunbar and Jacobucci
conflicts of interest. The letter stated in part that they
accepted the Council 's reports and adopted them as part of their
records. They stated that they will review these opinions, conduct
an independent investigation, and take whatever actions deem proper.
Each Councilmember received a copy of a letter to Robert Miller from
Mr. McKenna on the Dunbar case to add to their files. The secretary
was directed to send Mr. McKenna the Council's report and resolution
on the Dunbar case.
It was noted that a resolution adopted February 7 by the Commissioner
Board to discontinue payment to the Dunbars was rescinded. The Board
will take the matter under study before making a final determination.
Nancy Clark mentioned that Mr. McKenna felt he had an alternative to
the Dunbar case that was more humanitarian that the Council 's decision.
Discussion followed on a possible re-study by the Council. Decision
• was to wait and see what action the Commissioners will take.
A resolution prepared by Robert Miller, D.A. , on the Jacobucci
conflict of interest was read. The resolution stated a conflict of
interest does exist for Jacobucci and that he should resign as
coordinator of the Engineering Department and hold no other official
positions in the Engineering or Road and Bridge departments for the
remainder of his term in office. Bob Martin made a motion to adopt
this resolution, seconded by Floyd Oliver. Motion carried unanimously.
WORK SESSION WITH COMMISSIONERS: The Council is scheduled to meet with the
Commissioners at their work session on February 28 at two o'clock.
The Council planned to meet prior to this at 12 o'clock for lunch.
LA SALLE SEPTIC TANK PERMIT ISSUE: Robert Martin reported that the LaSalle
City Council is currently trying to resolve this problem.
FORT LUPTON MEETING: Council members were concerned that the commissioners
also be invited to this Fort Lupton meeting. One Councilmember
remarked that the commissioners were invited but the letter• had been
sent to Mr. Glenn Billings and was apparently not forwarded to the
commissioners. Nancy Clark said the commissioners do feel invited
but that only Leonard Roe will attend.
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT INTERVIEW: Frank Smith, Director of the Engineering
Department and his assistant, Drew Scheltinga, presented to the
Council an overview of the structure of their department. Mr. Smith
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felt the new structure of the department was much more efficient
but again stressed the need for more qualified engineering tech-
nicians.
The Council asked how he determines which roads need to be paved
or repaired. Mr. Smith replied that a survey of the traffic flow
is done with extra consideration to school bus and mail routes.
The Council encouraged Mr. Smith to seek citizen input concerning
the decision of what roads are to be paved or repaired. It was also
mentioned that roads shouldn't be built on the basis of political
favoritism.
Mr. Smith said the accounting department hired someone to work on
the field making sure proper recording is done. So far he reports
that much more accurate accounting has been done.
The Council was invited to visit the Engineering Department. A
date will be scheduled in March for this visit.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by motion of
Floyd Oliver and second by John Martin.
Respectfully submitted,
Bonnie Hickman APPROVED-C�C57B-e 2 / (f,/ c, - //. c !c C,44.14.!(,
Council Secretary
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