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An Act of the Colorado General Assembly created Washington County, named for George Washington, on February 9th, 1887. Washington County ranks 12th largest of the 64 Colorado counties with a total of 2524 square miles. The 2015 population was 4,814 averaging over 320 acres for every man, woman and child. There are 5 school districts in Washco: Akron, Arickaree, Lone Star, Otis and Woodlin. Most of the land is dedicated to farming and ranching. The county is the second highest of all of the Colorado counties in wheat production. Akron is the county seat and the southernmost part of the county is the ‘high point’ on the great plains between Denver, Colorado and Akron, Ohio with Fremont's Butte and Rocking Chair being familiar landmarks to the locals. Washco is a perfect place to relax, rejuvenate, and captures the honesty and determination of rural people and their families... Read more...

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County Announcements

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Washington County BOCC will be Accepting Sealed Bids for our County Road RR Asphalt Road Overlay Project

Washington County Will be accepting bids from October 25, 2024 through November 15, 2024 at 4:30pm. There will be a pre-bid meeting held on November 5, 2024 at 1:00pm. Please contact Misty Peterson, Washington County Administrator at 150 Ash Ave 2nd floor Akron, CO. 80720 M-F 8-4:30pm in person or by email mpeterson@co.washington.co.us for a link for the pre-bid meeting or for a packet with the final Specs and Bid Schedule. All proposals are to be submitted to Misty Peterson, County Administrator no later than November 15,2024 at 4:30pm.

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ROAD AND BRIDGE EMPLOYEE

The Washington County Board of County Commissioners will be accepting applications for a Road & Bridge Employee for District 2 and 3. The positions is available immediately. Responsibilities will include general maintenance of the County Roadway system, operation of heavy equipment and valid Colorado Class A CDL. Monthly salary for this position is $2850.00 with no CDL, and $3150.00 or more based on experience with a CDL. A $500 hire on bonus is available with $250 at 30 days and $250 at 90 days. A detailed job description is available by contacting the Commissioner's Office at 150 Ash Avenue, Akron CO 80730 (970-345-2701). Applications will be accepted from August 25, 2024 through September 28, 2024.

Washington County provides an excellent benefits package to its employees and is an equal opportunity employer.

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Report Road Issues Contacts

Washington County Commissioners and the three county road supervisors have received a lot of
comment and input on county road issues this winter, as we should. There have been many phone calls
and messages relayed to the road supervisors. With all this in mind, we have an idea to simplify or
streamline some of this communication. Our county IT department has added three dedicated email
addresses for county residents to report issues; and the real easy part is you can text your road report
directly from your cell phone to the email.

It's just this easy. Take a photo of the road issue and send it with the road location (on County Road ??,
about ¼ mile east of County Road ??). Add a brief description of the road damage/issue if the photo
does not totally capture the necessary information. If you have a suggestion of how to remedy a specific
issue, please add that, too.

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