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Weld County

Weld County commissioners advance changes to 2027 county fees

·Weld County

From the Weld County Board of County Commissioners meeting of

The measure would replace the code chapter governing annual charges with amendments. Its first-reading approval is an initial step; the ordinance has not yet been finally adopted.

Weld County commissioners approved on first reading an ordinance that would repeal and reenact, with amendments, the county code's chapter on annual fees, including the fee changes recommended for 2027.

The county asks all departments each year to review the fees in county code as part of its budget process, a staff member told the commissioners. The recommended changes for 2027 had been reviewed in work sessions, the staff member said.

The county is looking to revisit its code fees in coming years to clarify and simplify them, the staff member said.

More from this meeting

  1. Weld County Board of County Commissioners, Nov. 9, 2026

    Weld commissioners approve revised court competency docket agreement; Weld County to help issue bonds for Prairie Rose rehab project; Weld County gives Greeley $3.5 million in bond cap for University Plaza; County accepts $57,000 for bilingual advocates; 34 consent items adopted.

  2. Item 2Weld commissioners approve revised court competency docket agreement

    The board authorized the Department of Justice Services to sign the revised memorandum after approving an earlier version in March, which included the Sheriff's Office.

  3. Item 6Weld County to help issue bonds for Prairie Rose rehab project

    Weld County could act as a conduit issuer, helping the developer reach private activity bonds for cost-effective financing of the planned rehabilitation work, Chief Financial Officer Jackie Trout told the board.

  4. Item 7Weld County gives Greeley $3.5 million in bond cap for University Plaza

    A county staff member said Greeley had asked the county to allocate the $3.5 million of its 2024 private activity bond cap.

  5. Item 1Weld County commissioners advance $660.8 million 2027 budget

    Jennifer Offtley said the county prepared its 2027 budget without reducing services, with a 3.7% decrease in property tax by leaving the 6.082 mill levy credit in effect for county residents and businesses.

  6. Item 3Weld County approves liquor code updates and fees for a new permit type

    The revisions also cover dance licenses and reorder information in several code sections without changing it; no one commented during the second-reading public hearing.

  7. Item 4Weld commissioners advance code changes on foster-care signatures and tax abatements

    The proposed rewrite would clarify tax-abatement procedures after legislation raised the base petition amount to $20,000 and route public-comment correspondence to the board or relevant departments.

  8. Item 5Weld County commissioners advance rewrite of human resources code

    The ordinance would replace every provision in Chapter 3, not just selected policies. It cleared an initial vote, with no speakers at the hearing or in public comment afterward.