With two new Commissioners, the Board of County Commissioners restructured its leadership at Tuesday’s regular meeting, voting unanimously to appoint Commissioner Mark Waller as Chair and Commissioner Longinos Gonzalez, Jr. as Vice Chair. Chairman Waller joined returning Commissioner Gonzalez and Commissioner Stan VanderWerf in welcoming incoming Commissioner Holly Williams and Commissioner Cami Bremer to the…
VIDEO: El Paso County hosted the 2019 Oath of Office ceremony on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Centennial Hall. Two El Paso County Commissioners, five all-County elected officials, seven District Court Judges of the Fourth Judicial District, and three County Court Judges of the Fourth Judicial District received Oaths of Office during ceremonies Tuesday, January…
El Paso County Parks to host three upcoming event. Trails, Tails and Ales Saturday, January 12, 10:30 a.m. Black Forest Section 16 Trailhead, 8510 Burgess Road, Colorado Springs Grab your dog and join us for this special hike! We will be hitting the Black Forest Section 16 Trail, hike the 4-mile trail, and then…
El Paso County Assessor Steve Schleiker and his team will discontinue its outdated parcel search web page and transition to a remodeled, more user-friendly tool called the Property Record Card on Jan. 2, 2019. The new parcel search web page can be found at https://property.spatialest.com/co/elpaso/. The Property Record Card and another new tool called Citizen…
El Paso County’s Fountain Creek Nature Center and Bear Creek Nature Center announce the events and activities for January 2019 which includes: a bird count, night photography, hikes, volunteer orientations and a celebration of the new exhibits at Bear Creek Nature Center. Fountain Creek Nature Center 320 Pepper Grass Lane, Fountain, CO 80817 719-520-6745,…
Outgoing Commissioners Darryl Glenn (District 1) and Peggy Littleton (District 5) were honored on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2018, at their last Board of County Commissioners meeting.
The El Paso County Board of Health approved the 2019 budget for El Paso County Public Health on Wednesday, Dec. 19 at its regular monthly meeting. The vote was unanimously in favor of the $17.1 million budget. The new budget includes the use of $650,000 from the agency’s reserve funds, and an increase in support…
El Paso County began construction of the Chipita Park Road Drainage Improvements at Sand Gulch this week. The project is located along Chipita Park Road, approximately 13 miles northwest of downtown Colorado Springs and adjacent to Ute Pass Elementary School. The Project will generally consist of reconstruction and armoring of the Sand Gulch channel between…
The Board of El Paso County Commissioners is seeking a community-minded citizen volunteer to serve on the El Paso County Park Advisory Board. Applications for the open position are due by January 11, 2019. This position represents Commissioner District 2 which includes northeastern El Paso County. The Park Advisory Board reviews and comments on items…
At the annual State of the Region address hosted by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce today, Board of El Paso County Commissioners President Darryl Glenn highlighted the county’s economic development, transparency, and efficiencies gained over the last year. Commissioner Glenn also spoke to the county’s resilience and ingenuity that guided the county through the…
