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Please watch this video from the Saguache County Firewise Program. Created by Saguache County Resident Daniel Johnson, this film has been advocated by many government agencies for decades.
Please click on the Administration Department for information on Sales Tax Grants.
HELP WANTED PART TIME POSTITION
Code Enforcement Clerk -
Experienced individual needed for part time Code Enforcement office clerk. Please contact April Quintana with the Saguache County Administration office for an application or printable by clicking here.
Performs varied secretarial support work for the department with code enforcement data collection, receive and log Land Development Code complaints, direct complaints received to code enforcement officer, receive and log site inspection reports, preparation of routine correspondence and reports. Answers telephone, routes calls, and provides general information to the public in a friendly and courteous manner. Responsible to Saguache County Land Use Administrator.
Call 719-655- 2231 for more information.
Applications close on Thursday April 20, 2018 at 3:00 P.M.
Saguache County is an EEO employer. Drug testing and a background check will be required for final applicants.
HELP WANTED PART TIME POSITION
Administration Clerk -
Experienced individual needed for Administration Part time office clerk. Please contact April Quintana with the Saguache County Administration office for an application or printable by clicking here,
Performs varied secretarial support work for the department with Account Payable data, and the preparation of routine correspondence and reports. Answers telephone, routes calls, and provides general information to the public in a friendly and courteous manner.
Call 719-655-2231 for more information.
Applications close on Friday April 20, 2018 at 3:00 P.M.
Saguache County is an EEO employer. Drug testing and a background check will be required for final applicants.
HELP WANTED: Part-time Office Clerk
Experienced individual needed for general office duties three days a week. Required skills include: Computer experience in Excel, Word and other electronic devices; working with the public; other general office duties. Drug testing and background check will be required for final applicant. Applications are available at the Saguache County Administration office, 501 4th St., Saguache CO. Please submit to the Saguache County Clerk and Recorder’s office. Applications close March 30, 2018 or until position is filled.
Please click the link below to veiw the 2018 1st Cycle - Saguache County Sales Tax Grants that were awarded.
| Monday, January 01, 2018 | New Year’s Day |
| Monday, January 15, 2018 | Martin Luther King’s Birthday |
| Monday, February 19, 2018 | Presidents Day |
| Friday, March 30, 2018 | Spring Holiday |
| Monday, May 28, 2018 | Memorial Day |
| Wednesday, July 04, 2018 | 4th of July |
| Monday, September 03, 2018 | Labor Day |
| Monday, November 12, 2018 | Veterans Day |
| Thursday, November 22, 2018 | Thanksgiving Day |
| Friday, November 23, 2018 | Day after Thanksgiving |
| Monday, December 24, 2018 | Christmas Holiday |
| Tuesday, December 25, 2018 | Christmas Day Holiday |
Please click the link below to view the 2018 Adopted Budget.
You can now look at a map of any parcel in Saguache County. Please click here for the available link.
Please click the link below to view the Resolution for the Temporary Moratorium.
Saguache County Commissioners
Preliminary Agenda
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018
(4-17) 9:00 A.M. Call to Order
Pledge of Allegiance
Additions and Deletions
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3.
Reading and Approval of Minutes
Review of Mail and other Correspondence
Introduction of Guests
Public Comment
(4-17) 9:30 Commissioners Reports
(4-17) 10:00 Break
(4-17) 10:05 Linda Warsh, Director of Social Services
(4-17) 10:30 Department Head reports
Ben Gibbons, County Attorney
Randal Arredondo, Supervisor, Road and Bridge
Dan Warwick, Sheriff
Jail Tour
(4-17) 11:45 Joyce Swinney - letter to board dated March 12, 2018
Lunch
(4-17) 1:00 Wendi Maez, Land Use Administrator
1. Mammoth Land Holdings, LLC - Conditional Use request - Cultivation/Extraction (Medical) - 17337 Co. Rd. 52
2. David Tonso, Subdivision Exemption request
3. Susan M. Dillon, Subdivision Exemption request
4. County Owned Lot Bids
Saguache County Airport Manager Report
(4-17) 1:45 Wendi Maez, Administrator
Administrative Report
1. County Owned Vehicle Bids
2.
(4-17) 2:00 Public Lands monthly discussion
(4-17) 2:30 Break
(4-17) 2:40 Carla Quintana, MOU for Senior Citizen Center
(4-17) 3:00 Town of Moffat, annexation request
(4-17) 3:45 General Fund/Sheriff department budget amendment public hearing
(4-17) 4:00 Possible adoption of General Fund/Sheriff department budget amendment request
Old Business
Bill Paying
Adjourn
Saguache County
Planning Commission
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018 at 1:00pm
Saguache County Road and Bridge Meeting Room
PLEASE NOTE MEETING START TIME
I. Call to Order – 1:00pm
II. Roll Call
a. Declaration of quorum
b. Abstentions
III. Additions and Deletions to Agenda
a. Approval of Minutes
Regular Meeting Minutes – March 29, 2018
IV. Introductions of guests
V. Old Business
VI. New Business
1. Knarik Markosyan – Variance request – mobile home NE1/4NW1/4 33-12-10 – 6754 Hwy 17
2. Cannamount Farms, LLC/applicant, Dale and Andrea Gerstberger/landowner– Conditional Use request – Medical Marijuana Infused Products – Lab and Optional Premise Cultivation – 54001 Co. Rd. X
3. Lawrence Baer – Conditional Use request – Recreational Marijuana Production facility - Tract 4 8-43-9 – 54094 Co. Rd. T
4. Freddie Allen & Sherry Larimore – Subdivision Exemption request - N1/2N1/2NW1/4S1/2N1/2NE1/4NE1/4S1/2N1/2N1/2NE1/4 29-42-10 – BLM/Hwy 17
5. Gregoriy Gershengorin, applicant – VLG Capital, LLC, landowner – Marijuana Cultivation and Grow facility – N1/2NE1/4 25-44-9 – 19751 Co. Rd. 59
6. Boyce Land & Cattle, LLC – Subdivision Exemption request - NE1/4 8-43-11 – 17425 Co. Rd. 66T
7. Purple Mountain Farm, LLC, applicant – Earth Positive Enterprises, LLC, landowner – Marijuana Cultivation area – Tract 13 7-43-10 – 59630 Co. Rd. T
8. Mammoth Farms, LLC – N1/2SE1/4, N1/2SW1/4 Sections 2 & 3 – 43-8 – 17337 Co. Rd. 52
VII. Land Use report – update of previous applications
Land Development Code Changes
VIII. Adjournment – next regular meeting – Thursday, April 26, 2018 – 5PM
LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES WORK SESSION TO FOLLOW REGULAR MEETING
The Saguache County Board of Commissioners are accepting written offers for County Owned Property at this time. The lots available will be accepted by the Commissioners, at their discretion, on or until April 30, 2018.
If you would like to submit a bid offer for any available properties a bid packet and a list of properties is available on the Saguache County website at www.saguachecounty.net or you can call the Land Use office at 719-655-2321 or by email request to .
Bids must be submitted on a County bid form. Funds must accompany bids. NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED.
The Board reserves the right to refuse any bid submitted.
Please click the link below to view the Final-Adopted Marijuana Regulations that will be effective January 1, 2017.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: 3/23/2018
TIME: 1:30pm
Air Quality Health Advisory for Blowing Dust
Issued for San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado
Issued at 1:30 PM MST, Friday March 23rd, 2018
Issued by the San Luis Valley Regional Environmental Health Program
Affected Area: San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado, including Alamosa, Costilla, and eastern parts of Conejos, Rio Grande, and Saguache Counties. Cities include, but are not limited to, Alamosa, San Luis, La Jara, Conejos, Monte Vista, Del Norte, Center and Saguache.
Advisory in Effect: 1:30PAM MST, Friday, March 23rd, 2018 to 8:00 PM MST, Friday, March 23rd, 2018.
Public Health Recommendations: If significant blowing dust is present and reducing visibility to less than 10 miles across a wide area, People with heart or lung disease, older adults, and children in the affected area should reduce prolonged or heavy indoor and outdoor exertion.
Outlook: Strong sustained and gusty winds are producing areas of blowing dust on Friday. Areas of blowing dust will persist throughout the region during the afternoon and into the evening hours. The threat for blowing dust will gradually diminish across the region during evening hours.
For the latest Colorado statewide air quality conditions, forecasts, and advisories, visit:
http://www.colorado.gov/airquality/colorado_summary.aspx
http://www.colorado.gov/airquality/colorado_summary.aspx
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Contact: Della Vieira
Alamosa County Public Health Department
719-589-6639
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