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The Fremont County Commissioners conducted four public hearings during a marathon 5 1/2 hour meeting on March 14th. Two issues involved zone change applications and the other two involved applications for special review use permits.

Proposed amendments to Fremont County’s zoning resolution and subdivision regulations will be considered by the Board of County Commissioners during a public hearing at the Board’s regular meeting on March 28th. Fremont County’s Planning and Zoning Officials report the proposed changes have been under discussion for the past several years and the changes are now being put forth for consideration by the Commissioners.

Fremont County is again cooperating with the cities of Cañon City and Florence in a spring cleanup campaign. Distribution of free trash vouchers is again at the heart of the campaign. Beginning Monday, March 13th, a limited number of the free vouchers will be available at the Fremont County Commissioners office in Room 105 of the County Administration Building at 615 Macon in Cañon City. Cañon City residents should apply for their vouchers at City Hall at 128 Main Street.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Colorado Senators Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, 5th District Congressman Joel Hefley, and 3rd District U.S. Representative John Salazar are co-sponsoring legislation to create a Pikes Peak Region national cemetery near Colorado Springs.

The legislation would lead to the development of a national veterans’ cemetery for El Paso, Fremont, Teller and Pueblo counties to better serve veterans in Southern Colorado.

The Fremont County Board of Commissioners is accepting letters from citizens who are interested in serving on two important boards in county government.

The Fremont County Commissioners will host their third public forum of 2006, this time traveling to western Fremont County. The Commissioners and other county officials are hosting the forum Wednesday evening, March 8th, at 6:30, at the Howard Fire Department. After Howard and Coaldale residents packed Howard Hall for the first forum one year ago the Commissioners decided to make sure plenty of space was available for citizens who want to attend and discuss issues.

The Fremont County Commissioners filled a vacancy on the Fremont County Tourism Council at a brief special meeting Thursday morning, March 2nd. The Board appointed Lisa Farris, Sales Manager at the Royal Gorge Best Western Motel in Cañon City, to fill a vacancy created in mid-January when Sandra Roberts resigned her post. Farris will fill out the remaining year of Robert’s three year term when the seat comes up for reappointment in February 2007.

The Fremont County Commissioners voted Tuesday to give its unanimous support to a plan by the Cotopaxi Re-3 School District to pursue a Great Outdoors Colorado mini-grant to further improve the baseball field in Cotopaxi. Principal Peggy Gerk , baseball coach Ryan Christensen, and students Megan McNew and Sam Gerk, detailed their plans for improving the field if they receive a $45,000 ‘GOCO’ grant. Christensen said the money will be used to drill a well and install an irrigation system, lay new sod, and build a fence to keep cattle off the field.

The Fremont County Commissioners will discuss a variety of issues with residents this Wednesday evening at another Citizens’ Forum. This is the first time the Commissioners have scheduled a forum in Florence as they commit to a pledge to host forums at communities throughout the county this year.