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      Special Edition - January 13, 2009

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Jefferson County Commissioner Kevin McCasky
Kevin McCasky
Chairman, District Two
 
Jefferson County Commissioner Faye Griffin
Faye Griffin
Chairman Pro Tem,
District One
 
Jefferson County Commissioner Kathy Hartman
Kathy Hartman
District Three
 
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In This Issue
Swearing-in of Jeffco's Elected Officials
McCasky to Chair Commissioners in 2009
Griffin - Jeffco's Newest Commissioner
Commissioner Hartman's Town Hall Meeting
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Swearing-in of Jeffco's Elected Officials
 
Jeffco's Swearing-in CeremonyAt Jefferson County's swearing-in ceremony on January 13, Faye Griffin was sworn-in as District One County Commissioner; Kevin McCasky was sworn-in as District Two County Commissioner; and Scott Storey was sworn-in as the First Judicial District Attorney.
 
Faye Griffin
Jefferson County Commissioner
Faye Griffin was elected county commissioner in November 2008 - the third elected office she has held in Jefferson County. She was the Clerk & Recorder for two terms, then County Treasurer. Overall, she has 35 years experience with the county, including 24 years in the Clerk & Recorder's office, working up through the ranks to become chief deputy before her successful election to the Clerk & Recorder position. 
 
J. Kevin McCasky
Jefferson County Commissioner
Kevin McCasky was elected to his second term as a Jefferson County commissioner in November 2008. Prior to his first term, he was Jefferson County Assessor for six years; served on the staff of Congressman Joel Hefley; was a legislative budget analyst for the Joint Budget Committee of the Colorado General Assembly; and has been involved in numerous community and school district activities.
 
Scott Storey
First Judicial District Attorney
District Attorney Scott Storey has been a prosecutor for 17 years, 12 of those with the District Attorney's Office of the First Judicial District.  A Colorado native, Scott graduated from Littleton High School and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Denver. He earned his law degree from Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane, Washington in 1983.  Scott is a member of the Jefferson and Gilpin Counties Judicial Performance Commission, is on the Board of Directors of the Seniors' Resource Center, and is an instructor at the Jefferson County Sheriff's Academy and Red Rock's Community College.
 
After the oaths of office were taken, the new Board convened to appoint and swear-in the new treasurer, Tim Kauffman, who will be filling the seat vacated by Faye Griffin.

Tim Kauffman
Jefferson County Treasurer
Tim Kauffman has been a resident of Jefferson County since 1994. Born in Denver, he grew up in Iowa City, Iowa. He earned a bachelor's degree in communications with a minor in business from Goshen College in Indiana before returning to Colorado. He has been vice president of High Plains Bank in Lakewood and held management positions with FirsTier Bank and SunCorp Corporate Credit Union, both in Westminster; and Colorado Credit Union League in Arvada. He served on the Jefferson Economic Council Board of Directors and was a member of the Westminster City Council for seven years including four years as Westminster mayor pro tem.
 
In the afternoon meeting, McCasky was chosen as the 2009 chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners, and Griffin as chairman pro tem. They join Kathy Hartman, District Three County Commissioner and Master of Ceremonies of the swearing-in ceremony, to make up the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners.
 
Kathy Hartman
Jefferson County Commissioner
Kathy Hartman was sworn-in as commissioner in January 2007. Previously, she was executive director of a non-profit agency for 16 years, helping homeless and low-income families move from poverty to self-sufficiency. She also spent seven years as an investment advisor for two major Wall Street firms and has been involved in many community and civic organizations.
 
McCasky to Chair Commissioners in 2009
 
Kevin McCasky, Jeffco Board of Commissioners ChairKevin McCasky has been named the 2009 chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners and Faye Griffin will serve as chairman pro-tem. McCasky also will chair the Jefferson County Law Enforcement Authority Board of Directors with Griffin as chairman pro tem. Both were sworn-in January 13: Griffin to her first term on the Board of County Commissioners and McCasky to his second. They join Commissioner Kathy Hartman who was sworn-in in 2007.
 
Several appointments were made January 13 during the County Commissioner annual organizational meeting:
  • McCasky will be the county's representative on the Jefferson Economic Council, the Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority and the Boundary Control Commission; and will serve as alternate to Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG).

  • Griffin will represent the county on the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District Board, the E-911 Board, the Head Start Policy Council, and the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council; and will be an alternate to the Jefferson Economic Council and the Boundary Control Commission.

  • Hartman will continue to represent the county on the Jefferson Center for Mental Health and DRCOG boards; and will serve as an alternate on the Boundary Control Commission, the Jefferson Economic Council and the Head Start Policy Council.

     
  • All three commissioners will make up the county's Noxious Weed Advisory Board.
     
Faye Griffin, Jefferson County's Newest Commissioner
 
Faye Griffin, Jeffco's Newest CommissionerFaye Griffin was sworn in as a County Commissioner on Tuesday, January 13, giving her the distinction of possibly being the only elected official in Jefferson County history to be elected to three separate county offices - county commissioner, treasurer and clerk & recorder.
 
Her election to the three-member Board of County Commissioners from District One caps a 35-year career with Jefferson County. She first joined the county staff under Clerk & Recorder Norm Allen. She worked in the Clerk's office for 24 years, working up to chief deputy under Joan Fitzgerald, who chose her for that position in spite of the fact that she and Fitzgerald were from different political parties. 
 
Griffin was elected Clerk & Recorder in 1998 and was re-elected to a second four-year term in 2002. After coordinating numerous successful primary and general elections and modernizing and computerizing the Clerk and Recorder's office, she ran for the post of County Treasurer in 2006. She served two years of a four-year term as Treasurer before her successful bid for the Board of Commissioners seat.
 
Griffin is a Jeffco native who graduated from Golden High School. She and her husband, Walt, have three children, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Walt also was a county employee, who retired after a long career in the Facilities Division. They live outside Golden in unincorporated Jefferson County.

 
Commissioner's Town Hall to Focus on Job Search in Down Economy
 
Help with the Job Search in a Down EconomyJefferson County Commissioner Kathy Hartman's next Town Hall Meeting will feature a presentation from the Jefferson County Workforce Center. The presentation, "Right Mind, Right Job - Surviving and Thriving the Job Search in a Down Economy," will be given by Linda Sollars, a Workforce Center training administrator. Sollars also will share information about other workshops available; and Hartman and Sollars will both be available to answer questions.
 
The Town Hall is scheduled for Saturday, January 17, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the Peak Recreation Center, located at 6612 South Ward Street in Littleton.
 
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