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Lightning strike cause of Monday’s power outage – city explains how strikes can affect Lamar’s power
A North America Electric Reliability Council (NERC) contractual obligation between Tri-State Generation & Transmission and Excel Energy confirms that Tri-State and Excel will shed any load without warning due to any electrical transmission voltage collapse caused by a fault or overload conditions. This load includes all southeast Colorado: the City of Lamar and surrounding Lamar […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting of July 9, 2024
Board member Roger Stagner was not present at the meeting. Minutes from the June 25, 2024 meeting were approved. The board voted unanimously to approve purchase orders 630069 through 630110, which totaled $797,284.97. As usual, the largest purchase order amount was to ARPA, this month in the amount of $730,861.58. Other large orders were for […]
Lamar City Council meeting of July 8, 2024
Mayor Kirk Crespin swearing in Lamar’s new Chief of Police Al Fear All Council members were present for the meeting. Mayor Kirk Crespin spoke to viewers about the presentation prior to the meeting by Sam Light of CIRSA, the city’s insurance liability company. The mayor said this is a yearly review to Council about legal […]
Colorado’s rural fire departments facing challenges – how does Lamar fare?
Lamar Fire Chief Jeremy Burkhart A recent article published by Colorado Politics discussed Colorado’s rural fire departments and the struggles they face regarding recruiting and retention challenges, as well as a growing demand for emergency medical services due to an aging population. Also mentioned was a November 2023 survey conducted by the Colorado Division of […]
Big Timbers Museum interview transcript by Fox 21 News
Fox 21 News recently came to Lamar for two days and filmed broadcast segments called “We are Southeast Colorado”. Lamar’s Big Timber’s Museum was featured in the process. The following is a transcript of that interview by Abbie Burke of Fox 21. Southeast Colorado is the “Heart of the Old West.” The area is […]
Thunder Stadium project progressing quickly
I drove by the new Thunder Stadium project on Sunday evening, June 30, and was pleasantly surprised by the progress since I’d last seen it at the public tour on June 10. A representative from Hutton Construction was on-site, despite the day and time. He gave me an update as to how things are progressing. […]
Lamar City Council Meeting of June 24, 2024
Mayor Kirk Crespin opened the meeting with remarks about the recent Colorado Municipal League conference that council members and certain city staff attended. He felt that it was a great opportunity to meet with staff from other cities and exchange ideas and to be able to bring back knowledge and information. This was reiterated by […]
City of Lamar releases July 4th schedule of closures
City offices will be closed on Thursday, July 4, 2024 in observance of Independence Day. The Community Building and Public Library will also be closed on Thursday, July 4. All City offices will reopen on Friday, July 5, 2024. Trash pickup routes will remain as scheduled for Thursday, July 4th. Please have containers in […]
April Sales & Use Tax collected in May, 2024
The 2024 total Sales & Use Tax collected for April was $468,022.33, an increase of $63,664.77 over 2023’s $404,357.56 (15.74%). Year to date, total Sales & Use Tax collections are up 9.68%, or $208,837.80 over last year. The 2023 total TYD number was $2,157,281.92, compared to this year’s total of $2,336,119.73. Sales/Use Tax Revenue comparison […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting of June 10, 2024
The Board approved minutes from the May 28, 2024 meeting. They then approved purchase orders 93090 to 93100 as well as 63000 through 630027 for a total of $761,687.25. Big ticket items in these purchase orders were $60,570 for wood poles to replenish stock, $29,498 for the office heater/AC upgrade as well as other large […]
Lamar City Council meeting of June 10, 2024
Lamar Mayor Kirk Crespin opened the June 10, 2024 Lamar City Council meeting with a plea to the community to become engaged with the city government. He said the recent Community Picnic was a big success but wanted to remind the public of the many ways that they can get involved and make their voices […]
Police Chief candidate Al Fear accepts position
In a special City Council Meeting held on Thursday, May 23, the Lamar City Council approved City Administrator Rob Evans’ recommendation to proceed with negotiations with Lamar Police Department (LPD) Chief candidate Al Fear. Since that time, Evans and Fear have been discussing the offer and finalizing details. They have reached a final agreement, and […]
Ground is broken for new Arby’s restaurant in Lamar
With shovels, left to right: Rob Evans, City Administrator; Ron Cook, Prowers County Commissioner; Lamar Mayor Kirk Crespin; Quyntyn Johnson, Senior VP of Operations for LV Petroleum; Michelle Carver, Site General Manager of LV Petroleum; David Zavala, Lamar City Councilman Under a bright blue sky on Saturday morning, June 1, 2024, ground was broken for […]
Lamar Utilities Board Meeting May 28, 2024
Minutes from the May 14 meeting were approved unanimously, as was the approval of purchase orders totaling $530,811.44 and payment of bills in the amount of $715,20.83 Board President Doug Thrall read a thank-you note sent from Carisma Gass, one of this year’s scholarship winners, in which she thanked the department for their generosity, saying […]
