Greetings Fremont County from your newest County Commissioner!
On January 12, 2021 I was officially sworn into office and began to once again enjoy the immense privilege of serving the people of Fremont County as one of their voices in our representative government. I look forward to seeing what we can do together to move our wonderful community forward together in these turbulent and uncertain times.
New changes to the Fremont County Building Code were adopted by the Commissioners last November and took effect Jan. 1.
For years, Fremont County had been working under the 2006 International Building Code. Building Official Wyatt Sanders worked for the better part of a year to plan and prepare to implement the changes. Following workshops, discussion and a Public Hearing that saw no input from the public, we adopted the 2018 IBC with a few minor changes.
In a world where “Defund the Police” is becoming a popular sentiment, it’s refreshing to see local citizens consider renewing specific funding for the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office.
Issue 1A on this November’s ballot asks voters to renew the Sheriff’s 1 percent sales tax for public safety. It is important to note this is not a new tax. It does not increase current taxes.
Even though life has changed dramatically since the second week of March, we were incredibly happy to see one tradition alive and well – the Fremont County Fair.
Even frigid temperature won’t stop our community from lending a hand. On February 13th Fremont County Public Health held a drive through Covid vaccine clinic. 1400 doses were given at this clinic and the second shot will be administered on March 13th.
Over the past two months, the Fremont County Commissioners have been dealing with the State of Colorado trying to get our Fremont County businesses back open, as well as spending many hours on a few recent projects.
Wikipedia’s definition of a Range War: A range war is a type of usually violent conflict, most commonly in the 19th and early 20th centuries in the American West. The subject of these conflicts was control of "open range", or range land freely used for cattle grazing, which gave the conflict its name. Typically they were disputes over water rights or grazing rights and cattle ownership. Range Wars may still exist today, but not necessarily with violent conflict. Today the conflict is between Cattle Ranchers and outdoor recreation.
Working With the White House
All three Fremont County Commissioners recently joined historical discussions with officials at the highest levels at the White House in Washington, D.C.
For the first time in history, all 580,000 County Commissioners across the United States were invited to participate in in a three-year, ongoing series of State Leadership Days under President Donald Trump. Colorado Commissioners joined other participants from the seven-state Western Region in September.
When National Issues Hit Home
Although the United States of America hosts only about 4 percent of the world’s population, our country produces enough food annually for 29 percent of the entire population of the Earth!
Here is the math: There are 325 million people in the United States, and 7.7 billion in the world. Our agriculture industry produces enough food every year to feed 2.2 billion people, almost 7 times more people as currently reside in our country.
Group Effort to Transform Properties
Renewed energy and excitement now fill the air from one end of the county to the other, thanks to Small Business Revolution, river surfing in Florence, TechSTART, restoration at the St. Cloud Hotel, the renovated park in Penrose, and much, much more.
