All Entries in the "City of Lamar" Category
A Community United by Art – American Flag Mural Completed on Lamar’s Main Street
Pictured, left to right: Judy Turpin, Flag Mural Committee member; Clay Whitham, Frontier Bank (donated water and restroom access); Connie Jacobsen, Flag Mural Committee member; Jake Chamberlain, Flag Mural Committee member and building owner; Rose Ann Yates, Lisa Farmer, LaNette Gearhart, and Vince Gearhart, all representing Southeast Colorado Arts Council. Not pictured are: Cody Miell, […]
Lamar High School Senior Braxen Shelton The Colorado Farm Show is pleased to congratulate Braxen Shelton on being selected as a recipient of the Carl Luther Memorial Vo-Tech Scholarship. Braxen will graduate from Lamar High School and is currently considering the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, and Kansas State University for his continued […]
Annual Lamar Rotary/Lamar Public Library Kids’ Christmas delights local children
Lamar Rotarians with Santa and Mrs. Claus A young girl mails her letter to Santa
City of Lamar Holiday Schedules of closures
Christmas Week and the New Year bring variations to the City’s standard operations, with offices closed on Thursday, 12/25, Friday, 12/26, and on Thursday, 1/1/2026. Additionally, some City offices may have limited staff during the holiday week. Additional modifications include: Landfill – The landfill will be closed on Christmas Day, 12/25, and Friday, 12/26. The […]
Lamar City Council meeting of December, 8, 2025.
Lamar City Council met for a regular meeting on December 8, 2025. Mayor Kirk Crespin apologized to the audience about the meeting starting a bit late due to a work session with CIRSA, the city’s insurance provider regarding public official liabilities. The work session served as both a refresher course for incumbent council members as […]
City of Lamar honors 22 city employees with years of service awards at luncheon
Ted Vasquez, Superintendent of the Street Department is recognized for 44 years of service to the City as well as for receiving the City of Lamar Employee of the Year for 2025 by Mayor Kirk Crespin and City Administrator Mitch Hammes The City of Lamar honored 22 employees with Years of Service awards at a […]
Nine Colorado Libraries, including Lamar Public Library Among 2025 Grant Recipients Supporting Children’s Literacy and Programming
Thirty-nine small public libraries across the Western United States are receiving a combined total of $220,050 in new grants, announced the John Henry Eldred Jr. Foundation. These libraries, spanning Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah, collectively serve more than 247,000 individuals in rural communities, with populations ranging from 180 to 17,310 […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting of November 25, 2025
The Lamar Utilities Board met for a regular meeting on November 25, 2025. Minutes were approved from the November 11 meeting. Board members voted to approve purchase orders 2025-01488 through 2025-01774. These purchase orders totaled $289,804.42, with $272,580.42 needing board approval. The largest purchase order was for SD Myers, LLC, the company who performed the […]
Lamar City Council meeting of November 24, 2025
Lamar City Council held a regular meeting on November 24, 2025 with all council members present. Mayor Kirk Crespin began by announcing an executive session would be held following the meeting, in which Council will do a 30-day follow-up with the city’s new administrator Mitch Hammes. “I just want to say we’ve loved having Mitch […]
Lamar Utilities Board meeting of November 11, 2025
Minutes from the October 28, 2025 meeting were approved, as were purchase orders #2025-01230 through #2025-01485. The total amount of purchase orders was $773,295.12, with $757,807.07 needing board approval. $700,330.64 of this amount was the October estimated power purchase from ARPA. Also included was $50,631.43 for the purchase of 30, 35, 40 and 45-foot wooden […]
Lamar City Council has split meeting on November 10 between old and new councils
Lamar City Council had two meetings on Monday, November 10 – the first finalizing things with the previous Council, followed by a reception for the outgoing council members and then a second meeting with the new Council. There was a reception between the two meetings honoring outgoing council members Shalah Mata and Manuel Tamez. […]
City of Lamar will have 2 new City Council members as result of November 4 Coordinated Election
EDITOR’S NOTE: These are unofficial results which were released at 8:55 pm November 4, 2025. There was a 36.39% voter turnout for the Mayor and City Council races in Lamar. Out of 7,254 active voters, 2,640 votes were cast. Lamar mayor Kirk Crespin was running unopposed at this election, receiving 990 votes. He will […]
New City Administrator Mitch Hammes present at City Council Meeting October 27, 2025
Mayor Kirk Crespin opened the meeting by apologizing for the slight delay in the meeting’s start, as the work session prior to it lasted longer than expected. During the work session, discussion was held regarding parades and parade routes in the city and “how to make it fair and equitable for all the organizations who […]
City of Lamar warning of scam calls demanding payment for past due electric bills
The City of Lamar recently received phone calls regarding scammers calling businesses and identifying themselves as Lamar Light and Power and demanding immediate payment for past due bills. Neither the City of Lamar nor Lamar Light and Power call customers to demand immediate payment for charges. Do not give a caller a credit card number […]
