Dolores
Dolores planning commission moves comp plan session to Nov. 17
The town says the commission's Nov. 3 meeting has been continued to Tuesday, Nov. 17, to settle changes to the draft comprehensive plan.
News
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Dolores
Dolores switches parallel parking rules back on for winter
The town says its parallel parking rules are in force from November through May so snowplows can get down the street.
Mancos
Mancos flood topped the 1937 record, after-action report says
A draft report in the trustees' Nov. 11 packet says the Mancos River crested several feet above the town's 1937 benchmark and that nobody was killed. Trustees will also ratify a disaster declaration and read written criticism of the town's own communication.
Mancos
State requires boil-water advisory for Mancos town water
The Town of Mancos says flooding forced it to let inadequately treated water into its pipes to keep the pressure up. Everyone on the town system should boil tap water or use bottled water until the state gives written approval to lift the advisory.
City Hall
Cortez council takes first vote on $39 million 2027 budget
Tuesday's agenda carries a first reading of the city's 2027 budget, a new contract for the municipal judge and a resolution the police department needs to collect its share of a statewide training fund. A regional study that says Cortez needs 1,045 homes goes to council the same night.
County
County sets administrator's start date after check delay
Montezuma County commissioners called a special meeting Thursday afternoon over what the county's own agenda called a significantly delayed background check, and voted to have Michael Rime start Monday.
Mancos
Mancos warns it could run out of treated water
The town says flood sediment has cut what its water treatment plant can produce, that it is at risk of exhausting its treated supply, and that residents should prepare for a possible loss of service. The water dock is closed to cut demand.
Dolores
Dolores sets final hearing on 2024 building codes Monday
The Board of Trustees takes public comment and a final vote on adopting the 2024 international codes, and will also consider a $143,000 sheriff's contract for 2027 and $10,000 for county senior services.
Dolores
Dolores trustees approve $79,000 water plant rewire
Newly posted minutes of the October 26 meeting record a unanimous vote on Resolution 726, a liquor license transfer to El Patron and a decision to put off filling the town's vacant trustee seat until November 23.
Schools
RE-1 board weighs tearing down Manaugh after insurer balks at roof
The district's insurer will pay for water damage inside the closed school but not for the leaking roof, and the district's maintenance staff told the board Tuesday that the building should come down. A decision is due Nov. 17, the same meeting at which the board is set to pick a superintendent search firm.
Mancos
Mancos Rural Water main breaks; about 653 customers without water
Montezuma County Emergency Management says the broken line has left about 653 rural water customers around Mancos with no water and no estimate for repairs. Drinking water is available at a distribution center at Mancos Brewery, and the county says water on your property or from your faucets must be boiled before use.
Mancos
Mancos hands out sandbags at the Grange, and says to prepare for more
The Town of Mancos opened a sandbag point at the Mancos Grange on Monday for properties flooding or at immediate risk, then said in a second notice that pre-filled bags are ready and that residents should stock up against further storms. Supplies are limited and you need your own shovel.
City Hall
Cortez planning board delays historic-designation change to December
Staff asked the Planning and Zoning Commission to hold the item over while it checks how switching from an ordinance to a resolution would affect state tax credits. The commission approved the other item on its agenda, letting members take part by video, and sent it to council.
Mancos
Mancos points flood-hit residents to relief fund and food share
The town says the Pay It Forward Fund can help Mancos Valley residents hit by the flooding, and that Mancos United is coordinating water distribution for rural water customers at Mancos Brewing Company.
Mancos
Mancos reopens Boyle Park; bridge and Cottonwood Park stay closed
The town says Boyle Park is open to the public again, while the South Spruce Street bridge and Cottonwood Park remain closed until further notice.
County
CDOT puts $20 million Cortez intersection atop its unfunded list
At its annual planning meeting with county commissioners on Monday, the transportation department set out four Montezuma County projects it has prioritized but has no money for, and the ones it is building. Commissioners also agreed to put a letter backing a federal disaster declaration on next week's agenda.
Weather
Dolores River peaked at 9 feet; two areas evacuated
The Town of Dolores says the river has fallen back to 8.57 feet and that the neighborhoods from 1800 Central Ave. up to 18396 Highway were evacuated and flooded. No other neighborhoods were flooded, it says, and town crews are working around the clock on the ditches.
Mancos
Flood overtops Mancos wastewater lagoons; avoid the river, town says
The Town of Mancos says historic floodwater from the Mancos River overflowed its treatment lagoons late Sunday night, that the earthen berms held, and that people should keep out of the river below Cottonwood Park. Drinking water is safe, it says, but water use must be cut for about two weeks.
Schools
Superintendent takes responsibility after online student kept out of dance
Interim Superintendent Drew Pearson says online students were meant to be included in school activities, and that he never passed that on to the middle school principal who made the call. The district will clarify the rules and contact affected families.
Weather
San Juan River flood warning ends
The weather service let the warning expire at 5:15 p.m. Thursday, saying the river near Bluff has fallen below action stage and that flooding is no longer expected to threaten life or property. It had covered Montezuma County and southern San Juan County, Utah.
City Hall
Cortez businesses must pre-certify for 2027 enterprise zone credits
The city says pre-certification for 2027 is open now, and that businesses have to do it before they spend the money they want credit for.
Weather
Mancos lifts all evacuation orders; river went 2 feet past forecast
The Town of Mancos says every order has been lifted. The river went two feet past the forecast crest, reaching 8.3 feet, and the weather service has upgraded its warning to moderate flooding, in which it says residential flooding in Mancos is likely.
Weather
Flood warning for Montezuma County; seven roads listed closed
The weather service calls the flooding across southwest Colorado significant and historic, and advises people in the warned area not to travel overnight. County emergency management lists seven roads closed and six more with water or debris across them.
County
County health department issues flood safety guidance
Montezuma County Public Health set out what it wants residents to do about floodwater, septic systems, private wells, food and cleanup. It says it can help people locate a septic tank, get a well-test kit or arrange a tetanus booster.
Roads
Mancos closes South Spruce Street bridge after flood
The Town of Mancos says the bridge connecting Riverside to County Road J is closed and that crews will keep grading and repairing flood-damaged streets as the water drops.
Weather
Avalanche advisory covers the San Juans and La Platas to Monday
The state avalanche center says backcountry travelers above treeline can easily trigger slides big enough to bury a person. The advisory runs to 4:30 p.m. Monday and names no valley-floor area.
Schools
One in five Ute Mountain Ute students was disciplined, RE-1 told
The district's annual Indigenous policies report, presented October 27, counts 45 of 220 Ute Mountain Ute students suspended or expelled last year against 95 of 1,494 non-tribal students. Native American graduation rates at M-CHS rose almost 19 points.
Weather
Winter storm warning puts 12 to 18 inches on the San Juans
The weather service upgraded Friday's watch to a warning on Saturday morning and raised the snow it expects above 10,000 feet. Travel over the passes could be very difficult to impossible from Sunday morning to noon Monday.
Arts
Art contest asks how ranching and recreation share the land
The Montelores Coalition is paying $250, $150 and $100 in youth and open divisions. Entries are due January 29, and the work will hang at ZU Gallery in Cortez in February.
Schools
RE-1 board puts off vote on appeal in transgender-sports lawsuit
The Montezuma-Cortez school board tabled the question until Nov. 17 on a 4-1 vote. It also hired a pay-study firm, approved a $77,000 school-lunch consultant and held off on an HVAC decision for three elementary schools.
Schools
RE-1 board to hear from superintendent search firms Tuesday
The Montezuma-Cortez school board's Nov. 3 work session also takes up the closed Manaugh building, the district's facilities plan and improvement plans for the district, Mesa Elementary and the middle school.
Weather
Weather service issues flood watch, raises rain forecast to 3 inches
Saturday night's reissue moves the start to 5 a.m. Sunday and settles a contradiction the bulletin had carried all week. Forecasters still expect 1 to 3 inches of rain on ground saturated from last week's flooding.
Roads
FHWA approves $6.5 million to start southwest Colorado flood repairs
The Federal Highway Administration has released an initial $6.5 million of the roughly $65 million CDOT says it needs, for immediate work on US 160, US 550 and Colorado 151.
City Hall
Cortez planning board to weigh faster historic designations
The Planning and Zoning Commission holds two public hearings Tuesday — one on letting council designate historic properties by resolution instead of ordinance, one on letting commissioners attend by video. It is the first P&Z agenda the city has posted on its public portal this fall.
City Hall
Cortez asks residents to report street, water and park problems online
A short survey and a pin-drop map will feed the city's capital improvement planning. The announcement also says some General Fund projects, including the Welcome Center roof, are on hold.
Dolores
Dolores trustees set a joint workshop on the Community Center
The Board of Trustees and the Community Center Advisory Board will sit down together on November 23 to talk about the center's operations, finances, facility needs and future planning. The town says no formal action is expected.
Weather
Weather service outlook put 1 to 2 inches of rain on the weekend
The October 28 hydrologic outlook said an atmospheric river would reach the Four Corners, and named rock, mud and debris off saturated hillsides as the risk rather than the rivers. A flood watch issued the following night raised the figure and the concern.
Flood relief
Cortez sites collect supplies for San Juan River flood victims
Six Cortez sites are still taking water, blankets and other supplies for flooded Navajo Nation communities and Bluff, and Mancos schools collect Saturday. The auction and Osprey drop-offs have closed.
County
County postpones Road 38 development hearing to December 29
Commissioners want a state highway access permit and a wildfire mitigation plan in hand first. Neighbors told the board the road and its junction with Highway 184 cannot take more traffic.
City Hall
Council tells parks consultant: plan for what Cortez can keep up
Every member who spoke at Tuesday's listening session came back to the same two words — sustainable and deferred. The parks master plan runs to July 2027, with a survey and community meetings in January.
City Hall
Cortez council adopts food-truck licensing rules
Ordinance 1371 passed 7-0 on second reading with no fee attached for 2026. Council also awarded a $74,811.55 asbestos contract and two more airport deals, and heard from swim and youth-sports families about the pool.
Roads
CDOT asks for $65 million in federal flood repair money
The request to the Federal Highway Administration covers flood damage across southwest Colorado, including the US 160 bridge west of Cortez. Montezuma County is one of 11 counties in the governor's disaster declaration.
County
Region 9 to take over county's aging programs, board told
The director also told commissioners that financial exploitation cases against older residents now run into hundreds of thousands of dollars, and that she has asked Mancos and Dolores for money for the coming year.
Mancos
Mancos United takes its rec center case to trustees Wednesday
The group says a feasibility study has been done and that memberships would cover the running costs. The study has not been published, and the town has put no cost on the building.
Utilities
City shuts water off on North Austin Street Wednesday
Public Works will cut water to North Austin Street between East Empire and East Driscoll from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on October 28 to install a new water main valve.
Roads
US 160 reopens west of Cortez, state traffic map shows
By Tuesday night COtrip, the Colorado Department of Transportation's live traffic map, no longer listed any closure on US 160 between Cortez and the state line, including at the San Juan River Bridge.
City Hall
Cortez council to set food-truck licensing rules Tuesday
Ordinance 1371 gets its public hearing and second reading. Council also has a $74,811 airport asbestos bid in front of it, and the work session includes a listening session on the parks master plan.
Weather
Flood warning for the San Juan River has ended
The weather service let the warning expire at 6 a.m. Tuesday and has nothing active in force for Montezuma County. By Tuesday night the state's traffic map no longer showed US 160 closed at the San Juan River Bridge.
Weather
Flood warnings cover Mancos, Mesa Verde and Dolores
The weather service issued four flood bulletins for Montezuma County between Thursday night and early Friday. Low-water crossings may not be passable, and the wider flood watch now runs to midnight Friday.
Mancos
Mancos trustees face an Oct. 31 deadline on Proposition 123
The board meets Wednesday on a resolution the town must pass this month to stay eligible for state affordable-housing money, and on formally accepting a $2.6 million water plant project.
Community
County sets Veterans Day parade for November 11 in Cortez
The parade steps off at 1 p.m. from West Montezuma Avenue and North Elm Street and finishes at American Legion Post 75. Entry forms are available from the county.
Weather
Flood warning for McElmo Creek as storm watch covers Cortez
The weather service warned of small stream flooding west of Cortez on Thursday afternoon and put the county under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m. One to two inches of rain has fallen in 24 hours.
Mancos
Weather moves Mancos cross country meet onto town streets
The school district says the course had to be changed for the safety of the runners. The town posted a map of the route on Thursday.
City Hall
Grant fine print saves Cortez pool for 2027
The city took $700,000 from Great Outdoors Colorado in 2010 and agreed to run the pool for 25 years. It says that agreement wasn't in its files. The money problems that put the pool on the chopping block haven't changed.
Dolores
Dolores trustees to weigh $79,000 water plant rewire Monday
The board will consider accepting a Durango contractor's proposal to upgrade the electrical service at the town's water treatment plant, and will discuss pushing the appointment to its vacant trustee seat back to November 23.
Roads
County roads are open after the rain, Road and Bridge reports
The department told commissioners the county fared well compared with its neighbors. A few rocks came down near Road G and Road 31 and two sinkholes opened on Road J, and crews are back out on culverts and drainages.
County
County buildings are aging and hard to reach, consultants tell board
A facilities study found services spread across buildings from 1938, 1960 and the 1990s, with an elevator the public can only reach by walking through other departments. Commissioners asked for prices on the small fixes first.
County
County commissioners approve four rental units outside Mancos
Three neighbors asked the board to study traffic and density first. The same meeting adopted new rules, effective November 1, for how written comments reach the board on land use applications.
Weather
Flood watch covers the Four Corners from Wednesday to Friday
The National Weather Service says heavy rain from a surge of tropical moisture could flood rivers, creeks and low-lying ground. The watch runs from Wednesday afternoon through Friday morning.
City Hall
Budget cut could leave Cortez's outdoor pool dry next summer
The city calls it a one-year pause. Running the 1950s pool next summer would cost taxpayers $391,000, it leaks thousands of gallons a day, and a real fix would cost $1.5 million. Residents are organizing to fill the council room.
Utilities
Bird at substation cut power overnight in Pleasant View and Cahone
Empire Electric says a bird struck a high-voltage switch at its Anasazi substation Monday evening. Some homes were dark until early Tuesday; power was back to every meter by 7:45 a.m.
Big brands to pick up Cortez's recycling tab
Packaging companies will now reimburse the city for its curbside recycling program. Service stays free and unchanged for now; the city expects its first payment before the end of the year.
Energy
Valley Range offers neighbors $75,000 guarantees as county sets comment rules
Accelergen is negotiating agreements to cover up to $75,000 if a neighbor of its proposed solar and battery park sells below market value, The Journal reports. Commissioners take up the rules for public comment on the permit Tuesday, and residents online are already asking for more than tax revenue.
Community
Two haunted houses and three ghost tours raise money for Cortez causes
Senior Services, the Heritage Museum and downtown businesses are the beneficiaries of this year's Halloween calendar. Here is where the money goes, and when the doors open.
Community
Grace's Kitchen takes reservations for its free Thanksgiving meal
The takeout dinner at St. Barnabas served more than 600 people last year. This year it runs noon to 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 26, with delivery for those who cannot leave home, and the kitchen is asking for 20-pound turkeys and fruit pies.
Community
Cortez Farmers Market has two Saturdays left, and a flight to Fiji
The season ends Oct. 31. One vendor has spent the autumn serving a different country's meal each week from inside a small airplane; France is next, then Fiji on the last day.
Weather
State snowpack is 288% of normal; local gauges read near zero
A number making the rounds on social media is true and almost meaningless this early in the season. Of eleven mountain measuring sites in and around Montezuma County, five showed no snow water at all on Sunday morning.
City Hall
Cortez council awards $44,050 comprehensive plan contract
A state law gives the city until December 31 to add strategic growth and water supply elements to its comprehensive plan. Council also designated a 1938 Main Street building as historic, canceled its December 22 meeting and approved a letter supporting a 70-unit affordable rental project.
County
County told its paved roads need $38 million of work over 10 years
A pavement assessment presented to Montezuma County commissioners Tuesday put the cost of bringing every county-maintained paved road up to standard at about $38 million in today's dollars. The board took no action on the study, but approved a jail medical contract and a road equipment list.
County
County's 2027 budget would draw $2.6 million from reserves
Montezuma County's finance presentation put a three-year limit on spending at this level before the general fund hits the reserve floor the commissioners set for themselves. The sheriff's requests for four more staff and a K9 program are not funded.
City Hall
Cortez council approves The Junction liquor license three months after Patron denial
Council votes 7-0 to approve a new tavern license at the former Patron Nightclub location, despite opposition in a police survey and concerns surrounding the previous operation.
County
County's proposed 2027 budget spends $17.7 million from general fund
The document Montezuma County posted Tuesday budgets more general fund spending than this year, less in current property tax revenue, and an ending balance about $2 million below what the county budgeted for the end of 2026.
Dolores
Dolores trustees accept town attorney's resignation, hire new firm
The board also gave first-reading approval to the 2024 international building codes, cleared a fiber optic easement on Railroad Avenue and heard presentations on housing needs and the preliminary 2027 budget.
Weather
Winter weather advisory Wednesday in the San Juan Mountains
The National Weather Service expects 4 to 8 inches of snow above 10,000 feet between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., and slushy and icy conditions on mountain passes. Montezuma County passed the bulletin on Tuesday afternoon.
Dolores
Dolores sets public hearings on proposed 2027 budget
The town will take public comment on the budget at its November 23 meeting and hold a final hearing on adoption December 14. The document is open for inspection at Town Hall in the meantime.
Mancos
Mancos closes Boyle Park restrooms for the season
The town says a public restroom is open at the Marshal's Office on weekdays, and that budget cuts mean no portable toilet will be placed at the park.
City Hall
Meet the Cortez City Council
The seven-member council seated in April has posed for a new group photo. Here is who is who, and how long each member's term runs.
City Hall
Cortez puts an air purifier and a miter saw up for auction
Bidding on the city's two surplus items closes Friday afternoon on PublicSurplus.com.
City Hall
City warns shoppers to check receipts during the tax holiday
Cortez says some businesses may keep charging the city's 3.85% sales tax after it comes off on October 18 — and the remaining taxes add up to almost the same rate.
Weather
Wind advisory Sunday: gusts up to 50 mph in the Four Corners
The National Weather Service expects south winds of 20 to 30 mph, with gusts reaching 50 mph, from 9 a.m. Sunday until midnight. Montezuma County passed the advisory on to residents on Saturday afternoon.
Energy
Empire Electric agrees to buy power from proposed solar park
The Cortez cooperative and three others would take the output of Valley Range Energy Park, a 125-megawatt solar and battery project east of Cortez that still needs a county permit. Empire's general manager says the co-op supports the permit.
Mancos
Mancos trustees to open 2027 budget hearing Wednesday
The board's first publicly posted agenda in weeks lists a public hearing introducing next year's proposed budget, an open container permit for El Rio Cantina and the final discussion of two comprehensive plan chapters.
City Hall
Cortez council to weigh planning contract, housing sign-off
Tuesday's agenda carries a $44,050 contract for the next piece of the city's comprehensive plan, a sign-off on an affordable rental project at the old high school, and a public hearing on a tavern license for The Junction.
Dolores
Dolores trustees to act on town attorney's resignation
Monday's agenda lists a resolution accepting Ethan J. Sumrall's resignation, a legal services agreement with another firm, a first reading of the 2024 international building codes and a review of the county housing needs assessment.
County
County extends free green waste disposal through October
Montezuma County says residents can keep dropping leaves, branches and other eligible green waste at the county landfill at no charge until October 31.
Dolores
Dolores looks for volunteers on two town boards
The Parks Advisory Committee has an open seat with an October 30 deadline, and the Community Center Advisory Board is looking for a member as well.
County
County denies two tax appeals as owners say notices never arrived
Sitting as the Board of Equalization, commissioners upheld the assessor on two abatement petitions and cut a Dolores building's commercial share from 80 percent to 60. Both denied owners said county mail never reached them.
County
No measles in Montezuma County, but more bats sent for rabies tests
The county Board of Health heard its last update of the year Tuesday, covering animal bites, Narcan, flu clinics and a prevention program that is finding alcohol the county's most damaging substance.
Dolores
Dolores sets fall clean-up days for October 19 and 20
The town yard takes dump and salvage loads from residents on both days, and crews will pick up green waste at the curb. Proof of residency is required.
County
County to rewrite 'use by right' out of its land use code
Commissioners also dropped a proposed rule that would have made developers upgrade county roads, and agreed to release the operators of the county racetrack from the last year of their lease.
City Hall
City of Cortez requires a free permit to burn yard waste
The city says a permit costs nothing, takes a phone call, and keeps the fire and police departments from being sent out to investigate.
County
County puts off racetrack decision; parking lot project delayed
Commissioners sent staff to ask the parties to the racetrack contract whether either still wants to proceed, and dropped a budget resolution after finding the money was already there.
City Hall
Cortez sales tax drops to zero from October 18
The city's 3.85% sales tax is suspended until the end of the year to refund money over-collected for the recreation center between 2021 and 2025.
County
County told SNAP cost share could reach $488,000
Commissioners heard Monday that the state has given counties four scenarios for picking up part of the cost of food assistance. Two would cost Montezuma County nothing; the highest would cost $488,000.
Dolores
Dolores trustees reject wildfire code on first reading
Every trustee voted no on Ordinance 593, which would have adopted the 2025 Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code. The board also approved a lease resolution, accepted a trustee's resignation and filled a parks committee seat.
County
County sets October 6 public meeting with administrator finalist
Montezuma County has named Michael Rime as the finalist for county administrator and will introduce him to residents and county employees at a public event at the commissioners' meeting room.
Dolores
Dolores accepts applications for open trustee seat
A seat on the Board of Trustees opens October 1 with the resignation of Trustee Linnea Peterson. The town will take applications through the end of October and appoint a replacement in November.
Roads
County Road G chip seal is done; watch for loose gravel
Montezuma County says the work is finished between mile marker 11 and Road 21, and Road & Bridge crews will sweep the loose gravel when conditions allow.
County
County public health offers flu shots by appointment
Montezuma County Public Health is holding flu vaccine clinics on Wednesday mornings and Thursday afternoons. Call 970-565-3056 to book.
Cortez
The Junction seeks liquor license at former Patron Nightclub location
New company owned by former Patron co-owner Anna Arellanes will face an Oct. 13 public hearing
County
County commissioners put off septic decision until November
Minutes from the September 15 meeting record a 45-day continuance on an unpermitted wastewater system, four contracts approved without discussion, and two land-division approvals.
Dolores
Dolores trustees take first vote on wildfire code Monday
The board takes up the state wildfire building code on first reading, with the public hearing and final vote now set for October 12. Trustees will also act on a resignation and a telecom lease.
County
Commissioners set Yellow Jacket town hall for October 5
The traveling meeting is aimed at Lewis-Arriola and Yellow Jacket residents, and is open to anyone.
Dolores
Dolores sewer maintenance starts Monday on the east side
The town says crews will work their way west across Dolores, and residents should expect a large vacuum truck on their streets.
City Hall
Cortez council adopts water master plan, raises spending limits
The plan puts the city's 40-year-old raw water line and dam at the top of a 20-year repair list that costs far more than Cortez now budgets. The council also updated purchasing limits last set in 2001.
Dolores
Dolores Community Center sets first Stone Soup Jubilee
A free soup competition and shared-harvest table on Sunday, October 4, with a Dolores River stone required at the bottom of every pot.
Dolores
Dolores trustees approve water loan, rezone two lots
Minutes from the September 14 meeting record unanimous votes on Phase 2 water financing, a downtown-to-residential rezoning and an easement. A trustee is stepping down October 1.
City Hall
Cortez council to weigh water master plan, spending limits Tuesday
The City Council will consider adopting a 2026 Water System Master Plan and changing who can approve city spending, and holds a second reading on a historic designation.
County
County commissioners pass on HR software, approve July bills
Minutes from three recent Montezuma County commission meetings show the board declining an HR software purchase, approving nearly $4 million in July payables and postponing a land-use hearing.
Arts
A Cortez grad wrote an overture for his hometown
Jadon Cruzan came back to conduct the Four Corners Community Band in the premiere of a piece built from the first melody he ever wrote.
Road and weather
County fire ban holds as forest and BLM lift restrictions
Unincorporated Montezuma County and the Town of Dolores remain under bans dating to May, even as the San Juan National Forest, BLM and two tribes lifted theirs in mid-September.
County
Commissioners can't discuss solar proposal before hearing, county says
Montezuma County says residents with questions about the latest solar facility proposal should go to the Planning Department, send written comments, or speak at the public hearing.
County
Coffee with the County Monday features emergency manager
County commissioners host an informal session Monday, September 21, from 10 to 11:30 a.m., with County Emergency Manager Jim Spratlen on disaster preparedness.
Road and weather
Micro surfacing underway on six Paradise Village streets
Work began September 8 and is expected to wrap by the end of the month, weather permitting.
City Hall
Cortez seeks board members, applications due September 25
The city has openings on the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Public Arts Advisory Committee, and the Board of Adjustment and Appeals.
Community
Oktoberfest Cortez returns to Parque de Vida September 26
The free family festival runs noon to 6 p.m. with live music, food, breweries and kids' activities.
City Hall
Nonprofits can apply for city grants through October 16
The Community Support Grant awards up to $5,000 to organizations serving Cortez; awards are announced in December.
City Hall
Fall Clean-Up Week set for third week of October
The city's twice-yearly bulk pickup takes large items that won't fit in a Polycart. Household trash is not accepted.