Jefferson County will be saying goodbye to Commissioner Kathy Hartman soon.  To celebrate all she has accomplished in her four years of public service, the county is inviting its citizens to a farewell gathering on Tuesday, January 4 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

The celebration will be in the atrium of the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jefferson County Parkway in Golden.    

Commissioner Hartman was elected as a Jefferson County Commissioner for district 3 in November 2006 and was sworn in on January 9, 2007.  Hartman served as the 2010 chair of the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners and the Jefferson County Law Enforcement Authority Board, and also served as chair of both boards in 2008.

During her time on the board, Hartman was honored by Colorado Counties, Inc. (CCI) as the Freshman Commissioner of the Year. CCI is a group that represents Boards of County Commissioners from more than 60 Colorado Counties. She chaired CCI's Metro Area County Commissioners (MACC) in 2008 and represented the MACC on the Metro Mayors FasTracks Committee. She also was the vice-chair of CCI's Health and Human Services Committee.

In addition to her duties as county commissioner, she served on the Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), the Jefferson Center for Mental Health Board, the Community Corrections Board and the Noxious Weed Advisory Board. She was an alternate on the Jefferson Economic Council Board, the Head Start Policy Council and the Boundary Control Commission. Hartman was also appointed to the state Child Welfare Advisory Committee's Training Sub-Committee, by Governor Ritter.