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Adams County won the Colorado National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) Commissioners Award for work on Homes for Hope and 7401 Broadway, the former Child and Family Services Center. The Board of Commissioners recognized county staff involved at public hearing earlier today.

Adams County Clerk & Recorder Josh Zygielbaum hired a third-party company, Eide Bailly, to perform an independent audit of the misplaced ballots from the 2018 General Election. 

The report is complete and absolves the county and their ballot printing vendor, K&H Integrated Print Solutions, of any misconduct. 

At about 1 p.m. today, May 24, the Suncor Commerce City Refinery’s Plant 2 FCC unit experienced an operational upset. The upset resulted in a subsequent abnormal emission out of the top of the FCC unit’s stack. They are also experiencing expected increased flaring as a result of this incident. Feed has been pulled from the unit and the operations team is in the process of bringing the units down. Suncor has made the required regulatory notifications, is investigating the root cause of the incident, and determining a path forward.

On Thursday, May 23, Governor Jared Polis signed the following 10 bills into law:

NOTICE: Suncor will conduct Fire Extinguisher Training on Monday, May 21, at the Suncor Fire Training Center from 1 - 3 p.m. The training will be performed at the Plant 1 Fire Training Grounds. During the training sessions there will likely be flames and smoke produced. In the event of an actual emergency, all training will cease and proper alarms will be sounded.

The Adams County Parks, Open Space & Cultural Arts Department is offering free debris drop-off for Adams County residents who have damaged trees or broken branches starting tomorrow, May 22, through Sunday, May 26, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Riverdale Regional Park, 9755 Henderson Rd., Brighton. Signs will direct residents to the drop-off site. This service is available to residents and may not be used by commercial landscapers or businesses.

The Adams County Elections Department received many entries for the “I Voted” sticker design contest. Because of the large number of contenders, the Elections Department decided to award four winners.

“My office was incredibly impressed with the quality of designs Adams County students sent in for the design contest,” says Adams County Clerk & Recorder Josh Zygielbaum. “We’re excited to recognize four of these amazing and talented students and use their designs in the upcoming elections.”

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis has ordered all flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings and properties, from sunrise to sunset on Wednesday, May 15, to honor Peace Officers Memorial Day, and as proclaimed by President Donald Trump.

Today, the Adams County Board of Commissioners (BOCC) awarded $6.6 million in open space grants for 20 projects thanks to the voter-approved Open Space Sales Tax. Funding for this grant cycle came from revenues from the second half of the 2018 Adams County Open Space Sales Tax, which was passed by Adams County voters in 1999.

The Open Space Advisory Board reviewed 20 grant applications this grant cycle, recommending the BOCC to approve full funding for all applications. Today, 20 project grants totaling $6,642,082 were awarded.