All Entries in the "Commissioners" Category
Economic Rural Representation Diminishing?
Some southeast Colorado representatives are fearful this area of the state will face greater economic isolation from the Front Range in months to come. The developments at the state level were discussed earlier this week during the PCDI monthly board meeting, and broached again on Thursday during the Prowers County Commissioner’s meeting. Kelly Taylor, Assistant […]
Ports to Plains Update, New Lining at Lamar Landfill, City-County Funding Agreements
Lamar City Councilwoman, Bev Haggard, briefed council members on the Ports to Plains annual meeting she recently attended in San Angelo, TX. Haggard is the city’s liaison to Ports to Plains, and said representatives from Alberta, Canada to Mexico were on hand for regional progress reports on highway construction on the multi-million dollar project, intended […]
Election Deadlines are Drawing Near
October 25, (today) is the last day area residents can apply for a Mail-In ballot which will be sent by mail to a voter. This Friday will be the last chance to apply for a Mail-in ballot, but the voter must pick it up in person from the Prowers County Clerk and Recorder Office at […]
Hartman Residents Fed Up with Cemetery Conditions
The apparent lack of any continuous maintenance at Hartman Cemetery brought over a dozen Hartman citizens to the Prowers County Commissioners meeting last Thursday, October 20, to protest conditions, a lack of action from the current Hartman Cemetery board members, and to seek some guidance on how to correct the situation. Hartman Cemetery is one […]
Retail Food Regs Discussed at Commissioners Meeting
What foods are safe to eat? The issue of regulating and licensing retail food outlets was discussed recently by the Prowers County Commissioners and Jackie Brown, Director of the County Health and Environment Department and Keith Siemsen, Manager of Environmental Health. The commissioners approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the Colorado Department of Public Health […]
Wind Farm Eyed for South of Granada
Dr. Nick Azari, CEO of Arion Energy, LLC has requested a letter of support from the Prowers County Commissioners, part of the needed process to secure a permit to proceed for an application to construct a wind farm that will serve Colorado Springs. Azari spoke by phone to the commissioners and Lisa Nolder, Executive Director of PCDI […]
Commissioners Research Ambulance Service Options
Brandon Chambers, owner of Med-Trans Ambulance in Lamar, provided the Prowers County Commissioners with an update on the operations of the service this past Tuesday, September 27. Chambers said he employs four full-time and four-part time workers for his medical care transportation service. Commissioner Joe Marble asked if Med-Trans would be interested in […]
Turning Point for SEBREA in S.E. Colorado
SEBREA, Southeast Business Retention, Expansion and Attraction, may get a second wind this fall with more funding promised from the six southeastern counties that comprise the business development organization. SEBREA’s initial three-year funding source was discontinued two years ago, but the group’s representatives have continued to meet monthly in La Junta, but have subsisted on […]
Meg Day Winds Up Service to P3, Partners for HOPE
Staffing changes at the youth organization P3, now knows as Partners for HOPE, received a one month extension on their Criminal Justice Grant and approval for the action from the Prowers County Commissioners on Thursday, September 22. Personal circumstances necessitated the changes, which are also reflected in some budgeted line items, but will not […]
College’s WPA Renovation Project Set to Start in October
The historic preservation architects hired to outline a renovation project on the WPA buildings on East Maple Street in Lamar will begin their initial work in early October, according to John Marrin, President of Lamar Community College. Marrin was providing a monthly briefing on LCC activities to the Prowers County Commissioners this past […]
Prowers County Backs Tri State Transmission Project
The Prowers County Commissioners joined with several other counties this past week, offering a resolution of support for the Tri State G & T, Tri State Lamar-Front Range Transmission Project. The project will develop a high voltage electricity transmission system by 2018 across eastern and southern Colorado. Fourteen counties in eastern Colorado, including six in […]
Dead End for City-County IGA
Despite on-going negotiations between the City of Lamar acting as the Lamar Redevelopment Authority Board and Prowers County Commissioners, a final resolution on an Intergovernmental Agreement between the two never materialized. The IGA, if approved, would have spelled out the sharing of tax revenue funding from the Urban Renewal District. The IGA was developed about […]
Lamar Area Hospice Begins Expansion Plans, City Council Waives Building Fees
The Lamar Area Hospice association has long had an expansion program planned, especially after taking over ownership of the former Lamar Hotel on West Olive Street. Hospice executive director, Debbie Pelley, asked the Lamar city council that an $8,143 building permit fee, based on the $1,000,000 renovation project, be waived by the council, […]
New District Boundaries Approved for Prowers County; Tri-State Resolution of Support Reviewed
The Prowers County Commissioners approved Resolution NO. 2011-8, adopting new district boundaries, during their regular meeting on Thursday, August 8. This action stems from a requirement that the boundaries in the three districts be altered to meet shifting population changes as outlined in the U.S. 2010 Census. It had been several decades since the […]
Honoring the Fallen
Ten years ago yesterday, several thousand Americans perished when the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York collapsed. Others died when a hijacked airliner struck the Pentagon in Washington, DC, and others still, died when their aircraft crashed into a Pennsylvania field. Among the fallen were 343 firefighters who died […]
The City/County IGA ‘Ball’ Goes Back to the City’s Court
It’s a question mark as to what will become of the long-pending Intergovernmental Agreement between the city of Lamar and Prowers County, when the city council meets this Monday evening, September 12. Three weeks ago, the city gave the county and the Prowers County Hospital District until September 12 to agree to the IGA proposal […]
Prowers County Receives Bridge Assessment
The majority of bridges in Prowers County are in pretty good shape, according to Senior Structural Engineer, Ryan Nataluk of Stantec Consulting. Nataluk provided an overview for the Prowers County Commissioners and Mark Dorenkamp, County Road and Bridge Supervisor, on Thursday, September 8. What structural problems the bridges are encountering stems from the streams and […]
West Nile Confirmed in Prowers County
First 2011 mosquito pool positive test for West Nile Confirmed for Prowers County Lamar, CO– Prowers County Public Health officials have received lab confirmation of West Nile in a sample pool of mosquitoes collected on the night of August 21st. This positive result is from a number of surveillance locations in and around the […]
Farm Regs and Dollars Discussed with Senator Bennet in Lamar
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is wrapping up the week prior to Labor Day with a three-day tour of southern Colorado to conduct a Farm Bill listening session and get input from farmers and ranchers. Bennet, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee told the gathering of some two dozen persons in Lamar on Thursday, […]
Two Internal Medicine Doctors Join PMC Staff
Doctors Jeniffer Chiu and Camillo Franklyn have been hired by Prowers Medical Center. Dr. Chiu will begin her practice on Monday, August 29 and Dr. Franklyn will begin on September 1. The hospital has been actively searching for additional specialty physicians, midlevel family practitioners and a family practice/obstetric physician. A recruitment search is also underway […]