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| The Board of Mesa County Commissioners convenes for the first public hearing of the new year. To watch the meeting, visit http://www.mesacounty.us/commissioners/webcast.aspx. |
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| Commissioners approve the Mesa County Commissioners' 2018 committee, panel and board assignments in public hearing on Monday. |
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| Mesa County Commissioner Scott McInnis gives a report on his last day as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners regarding the accomplishments and challenges the county faced in 2017. |
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| On Jan 8., 2018, the Board of Mesa County Commissioners voted Commissioner John Justman as the 2018 Chairman of the Board. Commissioner Justman succeeds Commissioner Scott McInnis, who served as Chairman in 2017. Commissioner Justman was elected to office in January of 2013 and is currently serving his second term which expires January of 2021. |
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| Women, Infants & Children Educator Kandis Fuller was selected for a January Spotlight on Excellence award at Mesa County Public Health (MCPH). Kandis, pictured with MCPH Executive Director Jeff Kuhr, was honored for her hard work and dedication to MCPH and Mesa County residents at an all-staff meeting this week. |
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| Mesa County Public Health (MCPH) Regional Epidemiologist Andrew Tyler, left, and MCPH Executive Director Jeff Kuhr pause for a picture after Andrew was presented with a January Spotlight on Excellence award earlier this week. |
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| Mesa County Commissioner Rose Pugliese talks to KKCO News Channel 11 Reporter Joey Prechtl about starting a community conversation about how state grants are treated under TABOR. To view the interview, visit https://goo.gl/2Yb6yt. |
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| Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Sheila Reiner and Motor Vehicle Manager Bobbie Gross work on customer flow via conference call with their vendor, Qmatic, for a new queuing system that is expected to be implemented at the end of February at Motor Vehicle. Qmatic is a company that specializes in technology solutions and insights using software platforms and hardware systems to streamline services. |
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| Clerk and Recorder Sheila Reiner and Customer Service Specialist Amanda Golightly work on a unique project Tuesday afternoon. |
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| In preparation for the Clerk and Recorders's state conference next week, Clerk Reiner works on one of her assignments. The theme of the conference is "change," and since huge statewide changes are coming down the pike for 2018, the leadership wants to make sure everyone gets comfortable and ready for it. |
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| Clerk and Recorder Sheila Reiner and Customer Service Specialist Amanda Golightly pause for a picture after cutting out images of coins/change for their assignment, which requires them to attend a statewide meeting (that revolves around changes) and dress accordingly. A staff member suggested they dress up as coins to represent change. |
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| Life-size coins lay on a table in the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's conference room before they are made into costumes to represent metaphorical change. |
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| Clerk and Recorder Sheila Reiner and Amanda Golightly get started on their costume creation. |
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| Clerk Reiner dresses up as "change" in preparation for a statewide meeting that will discuss innovation and modification processes that will be implemented in the Clerk and Recorder's Offices across Colorado in 2018. For example, this year Elections will manage the first primary for unaffiliated voters, while Motor Vehicle will adopt a new software system in August. |
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| Motor Vehicle Customer Service Specialist Katie Conner stops by the Clerk's conference room and asks what is happening. Clerk Reiner replies, "We are becoming change." |
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| Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Sheila Reiner is a change agent. |
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| Mesa County Animal Services Manager Doug Frye, right, and Noxious Weed and Pest Management Coordinator Teresa Nees break for a photo at KAFM Community Radio. Frye and Nees were on the Know Your County show discussing tips on how to keep pets safe during the winter months as temperatures drop. |
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| Mesa County Commissioners and County Attorney Patrick Coleman, left, meet with Mesa County Director of the Board of Directors of the Colorado River Water Conservation District (CRWD) Steve Acquafreca, right, regarding expectations, policy and budget changes for the district. |
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| Construction for the new and improved scales near the entrance of the Mesa County Landfill is now complete. The new scales replace deteriorated scales used to weigh vehicles when entering and exiting the campus. |
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| The new 70-foot scale on the outbound lane at the Mesa County Landfill is an improvement over the 40-foot deteriorated scale it replaced. |
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| Mesa County Solid Waste Management Scale House Attendant Cheryl Reece greets customers at the Mesa County Landfill with a friendly smile. |
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| Mesa County Solid Waste Director Barrett Jensen explains that older vehicles with four-wheel drive often have locking hubs (or freewheeling hubs) that have to be manually turned to lock the front wheels. |
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| On Wednesday, due to inclement weather and hazardous road conditions, Mesa County Landfill closed to the general public but remained open for commercial waste haulers. |
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| Mesa County Solid Waste staff help pull out a garbage truck that is stuck in the mud at the Mesa County Landfill. |
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| Mesa County Solid Waste Site Manager Brandon Hoskin works to keep roads safe and get them open as soon as possible at the landfill. |
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| Site Manager Brandon Hoskin blades dry material into the mud to improve slippery road conditions at the Mesa County Landfill. |
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| Solid Waste staff member Cody Schmalz helps keep roads safe at the Mesa County Landfill Wednesday. |
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| Conditions at the Mesa County Landfill are so muddy that even heavy equipment is slipping and sliding. |
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| Commissioner Rose Pugliese talks to KKCO News Channel 11 Reporter Joey Prechtl about a letter the Board of Mesa County Commissioners sent to Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Tuesday. The letter urges Gov. Hickenlooper to support new natural gas-fired electricity facilities to be fired up in western Colorado. "The Front Range continues making headlines for their economic prosperity while rural Colorado continues to lag behind," the Mesa County Commissioners wrote. "Locating new natural gas power plant capacity in western Colorado is an opportunity to create economic prosperity in rural areas of Colorado." To see the interview, visit https://goo.gl/UrTpYM. To read the letter, go to https://goo.gl/m53XeY. |
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| Meet Mesa County Clerk & Recorder's Office Land Records Technician Kim Cole. |
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| Many Mesa County offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 15, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This one-day closure does not include the Coroner’s Office, Criminal Justice Services, Grand Valley Transit (GVT), Mesa County Landfill or the emergency functions of the Sheriff’s Office. Animal Services will be open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For a detailed list of closures, visit https://goo.gl/ZfxzKz. |