RBC | In work sessions, the regular board meeting and a Board of Health meeting on Tuesday in Rangely, Commissioner Gary Moyer presided over the meeting while Commission Chair Jeff Rector was quarantined awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test and Commissioner Si Woodruff participated by telephone. Commissioners discussed revisions[Read More…]
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When in doubt, quarantine
RBC | Local COVID-19 case counts are changing quickly, and not in the right direction. The number of positive cases has tripled in the last two weeks, putting the county in “mitigation” status to attempt to preserve its Protect Our Neighbor status. As of press time Wednesday there are outbreaks[Read More…]
County Beat: Aug. 20, 2020
Term limits for some county officials will be on Nov. ballot RBC | Commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday in Rangely to approve re-establishing term limit questions to the November ballot for the offices of assessor, clerk and recorder, county commissioner, coroner, sheriff and treasurer to two consecutive terms of office.[Read More…]
Commissioners consider term limits for some county officials
OHV users will likely be pleased to hear that the Rio Blanco County Board of Commissioners and the U.S. Forest Service are considering opening the Buford/New Castle Road to OHV use. The road, which connects Buford with New Castle across a section of the Flat Tops, is managed by the[Read More…]
County Beat: Fair board members appointed
RBC I In work sessions, the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners discussed preparing scoping comments on the proposed revision of the regulations governing the BLM’s grazing program. The Bureau of Land Management is accepting scoping comments in advance of a proposed revision of regulations that govern the BLM’s[Read More…]
First meeting for new commissioners Woodruff, Rector ~ January 23, 2017
RBC | The board of county commissioners met Jan. 23 in Meeker. It was the first meeting for new commissioners Si Woodruff and Jeff Rector. To begin the meeting, board chair Shawn Bolton clarified the use of the consent agenda, which provides a streamlined way to handle routine, non-controversial items[Read More…]