Commissioner Chair and Pro-Tem Chosen for 2017

Published on January 04, 2017

During today’s board meeting, the Weld County Board Commissioners elected the Commissioner Chair and Commissioner Pro-Tem for 2017. Today’s vote followed the swearing in of three reelected commissioners earlier in the week—Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer, Commissioner Mike Freeman, and Commissioner Sean Conway.

Commissioner Julie Cozad elected to serve as the 2017 Chair and Commissioner Moreno will serve as 2017 Pro-Tem. In her first statements as chair, Cozad expressed her intent to focus on the business of the county in the upcoming year, mentioning transportation, the Bright Futures program, the Weld County Road 49 Corridor project, the expansion of the jail, and continuing the county’s history of being debt free, county sales tax free and imposing one of the lowest mill levies in the state. “Additionally, we must prepare for growth in the county, and work to serve the entire county—all 4,000 square miles of it—as it grows,” said Cozad. “We have a lot to do, and we’re ready to get started.”

In addition to electing the chair and pro-tem, the board also appointed commissioner coordinators to Weld County Departments:

• Cozad, assisted by Moreno: Finance and Administration
• Freeman, assisted by Moreno: Department of Public Works
• Kirkmeyer, assisted by Freeman/Cozad: Planning Department and the Department of Human Services
• Moreno, assisted by Kirkmeyer: Department of Health

The board also approved the appointments of commissioners to certain advisory boards.

• Cozad: Criminal Justice Advisory Committee; Extension Advisory Council; Workforce Development Board; North Front Range Water Quality; and Pretrial Services Advisory Board.
• Moreno: Criminal Justice Advisory Committee; E-470 Public Highway Authority; Greeley-Weld County Airport Authority; Local and Emergency Planning Committee; Upstate Colorado Economic Development Board; and the 911 Emergency Telephone Authority Board.
• Conway: Island Grove Park Advisory Board; E-470 Public Highway Authority; and the North Colorado Medical Center Board of Trustees.
• Freeman: 911 Emergency Telephone Service Authority Board; Emergency Food and Shelter Program Board; Federal Mineral Lease District Board of Directors; Greeley-Weld County Airport Authority Board; North Front Range Water Quality; and the Upstate Colorado Economic Development Board.
• Kirkmeyer: Human Services Committee; Regional Communications Advisory Board; and the Pretrial Services Advisory Board.