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During the commissioners' April 29 public hearing, they ratified several letters of support and request letters to be sent to Rep. Jeff Hurd regarding the inclusion of 21 Mesa County transportation projects in the 2025 Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill.

The Mesa County Building Department is offering two free training sessions on the latest updates to residential and commercial building codes from 7 to 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13, and Wednesday, May 14, at the Mesa County Fairgrounds, 2785 U.S. Highway 50 in Grand Junction. The sessions will cover information on Mesa County amendments, the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), the 2024 International Residential Code (IRC), the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), and Colorado's Model Electric and Solar Ready Codes.

The Mesa County Assessor’s Office will conclude the 2025 reappraisal and mail Notices of Value (NOV) to all taxpayers on May 1, 2025. The NOV will reflect sales, other data, and analyses from Jan. 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. Taxpayers are encouraged to study their NOV carefully, as tax bills will be based on this Actual Value next January.

Herbicide treatments along Mesa County roadways in the Collbran, Mesa, and Molina areas are scheduled for the week of May 12 — and property owners wishing to opt out must join the "No Spray" list.

The Mesa County Treasurer’s Office was made aware of a text message scam targeting local residents today, April 30. The fraudulent messages falsely appear to come from the Treasurer’s Office but are not legitimate.

At this week’s April 29 administrative public hearing, the commissioners took a short break from regular business to join the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Bobbie Gross in congratulating four outstanding students for their creativity and civic engagement that led them to become winners of the Mesa County Elections’ second “I Voted” Sticker Contest.