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Adams County is partnering with the City of Westminster on a leaf and pumpkin recycling event on Saturday, Nov. 17, 8 a.m. to noon, at the fire training tower at 3851 Elk Drive in Westminster. All Adams County residents are welcome to bring old pumpkins and bagged leaves for free disposal. Contact [email protected] or 303.658.2201 with questions.

Today, the Adams County Board of Commissioners awarded $5.9 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 first 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 Board of County Commissioners to approve full funding for all of the applications. Today, 20 project grants were awarded totaling $5,953,384.50.

Adams County Board of Commissioners has approved a resolution ending a temporary moratorium on local oil and gas permit applications in unincorporated Adams County. The temporary moratorium was approved on October 30.

In the original resolution, Commissioners stated they would revisit the issue of this temporary moratorium after the November 2018 election.

During public hearing this morning (11/13/2018), the Board voted 3-1 in favor of the resolution to end the temporary moratorium.

Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 — Gov. John Hickenlooper today ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff on all public buildings statewide until sunset on Nov. 10, 2018, in honor of the victims of the Thousand Oaks shooting, and as proclaimed by President Donald Trump.

The Adams County Board of Commissioners has approved a resolution adopting a temporary moratorium on local oil and gas permit applications. The moratorium is effective immediately and will remain in place through Nov. 30, 2018 for all oil and gas permit applications in unincorporated Adams County.

Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018 — Gov. John Hickenlooper has updated yesterday’s order to lower flags following the Presidential proclamation. Gov. Hickenlooper has ordered flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings, until sunset on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, to honor the victims of the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, and as proclaimed by President Donald Trump.

As of today, the 61,000 ballots that were delayed by one week are in voters’ hands.

“I want to thank the voters of Adams County who called and emailed my office asking about their ballots. Because of their concern, we were able to discover this error and correct it as soon as possible,” says Stan Martin, Adams County Clerk and Recorder. “Our ballot-tracking system indicated ballots were going out each day, so the voters raising awareness helped us address this issue more quickly.”

On Monday, Oct. 15, our print vendor, K&H Printers, delivered Adams County ballots to the USPS General Mail Facility. About 61,000 of those—including Clerk Stan Martin’s—did not make it into the mail stream and were returned to a secure location.

Once the Elections Office was made aware that some voters weren’t receiving ballots, we worked with our partners at the printer and USPS to locate the ballots.

Those ballots are now in USPS’ hands to be processed this evening for delivery to voters over the next few days.

Notice: Suncor will conduct live fire training bi-weekly through Dec. 13 beginning Thursday, Oct. 18. During the training there will likely be large flames and thick smoke produced. In the event of an actual emergency, all ERT training will cease and proper alarms will be sounded. If you have any questions, contact Clint Lawton, 303.227.6195, or Jeff Osetek, 303.286.5758 or 303.656.5883.

Pumpkin Nights, an outdoor, interactive Halloween experience featuring 3,000 hand-carved synthetic and real pumpkins with light displays and decor, will be launching for the first time in Denver at Riverdale Regional Park, 9755 Henderson Rd., Brighton, from Wednesday, Oct. 17, through Sunday, Nov. 4, 5:30-10:30 p.m. (excluding Halloween). Purchase your tickets today.