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All individuals or businesses owning taxable personal property with a total actual value exceeding $56,000 (per owner, per county) on January 1, 2025, must report such property to the Assessor’s Office before April 15, 2025.

At their April 8 public hearing, the Board of County Commissioners sent a letter of opposition to House Bill 25-1296 to Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado House of Representatives because the bill proposes sweeping changes to the Enterprise Zone Investment Tax Credit (EZ ITC) program that would disproportionately harm Mesa County and similar rural areas across the Western Slope.

On April 8, at their regular administrative hearing, the Board of Mesa County Commissioners formally passed a resolution opposing Senate Bill 25-003 and urging Colorado Governor Jared Polis to veto it because it represents government overreach, threatens constitutional rights, and harms law-abiding citizens and businesses.

Ensuring the safety of children is a collective responsibility. Mesa County Department of Human Services offers vital resources to identify and address child abuse and neglect.

During their April 8 administrative public hearing, the Board of Mesa County Commissioners approved resolutions making amendments to Mesa County’s 2025 budget and staffing levels to authorize additional revenues, expenditures and departmental needs with updated information that was not available at the time of the 2025 budget adoption on Dec. 10, 2024.

The Mesa County Justice Center Annex Design and Engineering Project will move forward after the Board of Mesa County Commissioners approved a $2.67 million contract with Roth Sheppard Architects to design the proposed annex addition to the existing Mesa County Justice Center at their April 8 public hearing.