The Fremont County Board of Commissioners took the final necessary actions at a special meeting on December 18th to adopt a 2015 county budget and appropriate the necessary funds for that budget. As outlined in the budget message presented at the budget hearing in November, County Finance and Budget Officer Sunny Bryant says the most significant issue for the county next year is another decline in property tax revenue.
The Fremont County Board of Commissioners has set the first round of meetings to deal with medical marijuana licensing (MMJ) in Fremont County after the application process began late last summer. Among the public hearings set was one for January 13th at 10 a.m. on an Optional Premises Cultivation License for medical marijuana proposed as an indoor greenhouse grow at 1508 Fremont Street in Penrose. The location is the former Apple Shed business.
Only a few days remain for community groups to submit applications for 2015 community promotional grants from the Fremont County Tourism Council. The Tourism Council is accepting applications from community organizations for tourism funding allocations.
Deputy Assessor Marty Keen is congratulated by Commissioners Ed Norden, Debbie Bell, and Tim Payne Tuesday after she was named "Employee of the Year" for 2014. (photo courtesy: Carie Canterbury--Daily Record)
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper addressed the opening session December 2nd of Colorado Counties Winter Conference in Colorado Springs.
The Fremont County Board of Commissioners has taken action to put into place a program to license building contractors in Fremont County to help offer a layer of protection to consumers looking to hire contractors for their home or business. County Building Official Mike Cox said his office surveyed contractors about five years ago and they remain overwhelmingly in favor of licensing. Cox said the licensing regulations he drafted are patterned after contractors licensing programs for Cañon City, the Pueblo County Regional Department, and the Pikes Peak Regional Build
Representatives of Fremont Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) and the City of Cañon City urged the Fremont County Board of Commissioners at their November 10th meeting to join the City of Cañon City in adopting incentives to instill some life into a stagnant building construction industry. FEDC Board member Dave Reynolds pointed to recent action by the Cañon City Council to waive water tap fees, building permit fees, and use taxes on building materials for new residential and commercial construction completed by November, 2016.
Voters take the opportunity to cast their ballots in person in the Fremont County Administration Building late Monday afternoon.
The Fremont County Commissioners tabled action Monday on the award of a bid for renovation of space on the 4th floor of the county’s Judicial Building. Half of the 4th floor is targeted for renovation to house the new Combined Regional Communications Center (CRCA). Fremont County Manager George Sugars said seven bids were received for the project last Wednesday but they all came in over the design estimate. Sugars said the bids ranged from a low of $807,700 to a high of $948,889.
Reports of people in Fremont County getting tattoos and body art from unlicensed individuals have prompted a warning from Fremont County Environmental Health Officer Sid Darden. Darden says if you’re getting a tattoo from someone in their basement, kitchen, bathroom, or garage you can bet with one hundred percent certainty that you’re getting an illegal tattoo. Darden says he recently has received more reports of an individual doing tattoos by appointment in private homes. Darden says that too is illegal and not just a violation of Fremont County health regulat
