County, Features

New policy for building code exemptions

RBC | A week after a resolution to relax county building codes was determined to have been passed in violation of Colorado state statutes requiring review by the planning commission and a public hearing, the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners ended Building Official Jeff Kummer’s employment.

County Attorney Todd Starr responded to a request for details from the HT last Thursday with a single-sentence statement: “Rio Blanco County does not comment on personnel issues.”…