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ARPA December 2019 Business Operations Summary

ARPA December 2019 Business Operations Summary

ARPA Board Adopts 2020 Budget. At its December meeting, the ARPA Board approved its operating budget for 2020 in the amount of $26,412,190. The 2020 Budget supports the Board’s ongoing plan to accumulate sufficient cash to retire 2010 bonds when they become callable in 2020. The Budget will ensure funding for operations including adequate revenue […]

Lamar Selects New City Administrator

Lamar Selects New City Administrator

LAMAR, COLORADO (December 20, 2019) – After an extensive search, Lamar’s Mayor and City Council of Lamar have announced that Steve Kil will be the City’s new Administrator. Steve Kil is currently the Town Manager for the Town of St. John, Indiana, a position he has held since 2001.  Mayor Kirk Crespin and the members of […]

Colorado Employment Situation – November 2019

  Employers in Colorado added 4,100 nonfarm payroll jobs from October to November for a total of 2,796,800 jobs, according to the survey of business establishments. Private sector payroll jobs increased 3,100 and government increased 1,000. October estimates were revised up to 2,792,700, and the over the month change from September to October was an […]

Olive Tomlin …November 9, 1931 – December 18, 2019

Olive Tomlin …November 9, 1931 – December 18, 2019

  Funeral services for Olive Tomlin will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 23rd at the United Methodist Church in Las Animas, CO with Pastor Rod Coulter officiating. Interment will follow at Fort Lyon National Cemetery. Public is invited to join the family for a luncheon at the VFW Post #2411 following burial. Olive […]

City of Lamar Christmas Holiday Schedule

City of Lamar Christmas Holiday Schedule

    City offices will be closed on Tuesday, December 24, 2019 and Wednesday, December 25, 2019. The Community Building and the Public Library will also be closed. All city offices will reopen on Thursday, December 26 at regular hours. Commercial Refuse Collection scheduled for Wednesday, December 25, Christmas Day, will be collected on Tuesday, […]

Livestock Slaughter -November 2019, U.S. Highlights

Livestock Slaughter -November 2019, U.S. Highlights

Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.74 billion pounds in November, up 1 percent from the 4.68 billion pounds produced in November 2018. Beef production, at 2.30 billion pounds, was 1 percent below the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.77 million head, down 1 percent from November 2018. The average live weight […]