Larimer County Boards and Commissions serve an important role in making recommendations to the Board of Larimer County Commissioners on a variety of important matters. Four boards have open seats to be filled: The Larimer County Fair Board, Rodeo Board, Agricultural Advisory Board, and Red Feather Lakes Planning Board.
The Larimer County Board of County Commissioners has allocated $1.5 million in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (FRF) resources to be made available to help the community with immediate needs related to COVID-19.
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing today will recognize Larimer County for its extraordinary advocacy work duringHill Day at Home, the organization’s annual advocacy event to promote bipartisan solutions for mental health and substance providers and patients.
The 2022 Proposed Larimer County Budget is now available online at Larimer.org/Budget. It includes $639.7 million in budgeted expenditures, of which $326.7 million is for general operations, $205.1 million is for capital projects, and $7.1 million is for disaster recovery.
On October 12, 2021, the Larimer County Coroner’s Office responded to a death scene on Vardon Way in Fort Collins, Colorado. The decedent has been identified as Reba Pitcher, age 91 of Fort Collins, Colorado.
Local governments, including Larimer County, continue to bear the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Larimer County has received the first of two payments totaling $69.5 Million in federal funding to address those impacts and aid recovery at the local level.
On October 1, 2021, the Larimer County Coroner’s Office responded to a death scene at mile marker 287 on I-25 near Carr, Colorado. The decedents have been identified as Gracelyn Kelley, age 21 and Cayson Peavy, age 4 of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Larimer County Commissioner Jody Shadduck-McNally has been appointed by Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Colorado Department of Natural Resources Executive Director Dan Gibbs to serve on the Colorado Forest Health Council.
Larimer County Children, Youth and Family Services’ Division [CYF] Thad Paul and Catherine Weaver were recently featured in the Child Welfare League of America’s Journal of Policy, Practice and Programs, [Vol 98, No. 4.]
The Larimer County Department of Health & Environment and other local vaccine providers are now offering COVID-19 booster shots to eligible residents. CDC has issued new recommendations for the use of a single dose of the Pfizer vaccine to be given as a booster to those who completed an initial series (2 doses) of Pfizer vaccine at least 6 months ago.
On September 24, 2021, the Larimer County Coroner’s Office responded to a death scene at mile marker 101 on Highway 14 in the Poudre Valley Canyon. The decedent has been identified as David Walker, age 47 of Craig, Colorado.
On 09/23/2021, at 2248 hours, Larimer County Coroner's Office staff responded to the 1800 block of Cherokee Drive, Estes Park, to conduct a death investigation. The decedent was identified as Eric Rose, 61, of Estes Park, CO. A forensic autopsy was performed on 09/24/2021 by Michael A. Burson, M.D., PhD.
Fall property assessment fieldwork begins in rural areas of Larimer County in late September and will continue to early December in the Estes Park area, Glen Haven, Drake, Red Feather Lakes, Crystal Lake, and Livermore.
The 2021 grant awards for the Behavioral Health Services Impact Fund Grant Program, including the Gary A. Darling Grant, were approved by the Board of Larimer County Commissioners during the Administrative Matters meeting today.
A van that will provide transportation for Wellington seniors to medical appointments and other locations has been donated to the Wellington Senior Resource Center by the Larimer County Office on Aging.
A truckload of garden-fresh vegetables and fruit are grown every year by a very special group of gardeners improving their lives while giving back to our community.
Local governments including Larimer County have access to federal funding to strengthen our community. To make the best decisions with the funding and reach the most residents, the Larimer Recovery Collaborative needs feedback from residents on the best uses of these resources.
