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Suit against Adams County sheriff to proceed Deputies allege Adams County Sheriff Richard Reigenborn retaliated against them for supporting predecessor BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak ruled on Jan. 26 that a lawsuit against Adams County’s sheriff can proceed. Sheriff Richard Reigenborn and his office sought to dismiss the suit filed by four former deputies claiming wrongful termination. Former senior-level officers James Coates,
Gene Claps, Mark Mitchell and Kevin Currier claim Reigenborn didn’t provide sufficient reasoning for firing them. The four plaintiffs Reigenborn served under former Sheriff Michael McIntosh, who was in office between 2014 and 2018. Coates was captain of the detective division, Claps, the jail division chief, Mitchell, the patrol captain and Currier, commander and coordinator of the 17th Judicial District. The four also
supported and were major donors to McIntosh, who ran as a Republican, in the 2014 and 2018 elections against Reigenborn, a Democrat. Furthermore, before Reigenborn ultimately won election in 2018, he held leadership roles in the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 1, where he led the charge for collective bargaining, according to the suit. The four plaintiffs, who were part of the same lodge, opposed collective bargaining. After Reigenborn assumed office in January 2019, the sheriff notified the four deputies he was terminating them. In an email dated Jan. 9, Reigenborn told the four, “I have my own vision for how to best meet the needs and objectives of the Office. After careful review and deliberation, I do not believe retaining you is in the best interests of
the organization,” according to the suit. The next week, the four deputies met individually with Reigenborn to discuss their terminations, who said he would let them resign instead. According to the suit, Reigenborn didn’t point to a specific reason he was terminating the deputies, which a state statute requires. The plaintiffs allege the sheriff ’s true reason for terminating them was their support for McIntosh and opposition to collective bargaining. They claim the sheriff violated their First Amendment rights by retaliating against them and their Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. The case will continue moving forward in the U.S. District Court of Colorado.
Fort Lupton wants more wastewater discussion BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Fort Lupton City Council is planning to talk more about financial options to help pay for a state-mandated wastewater treatment plant. The time, date and place weren’t clear as of late last week. The city has to find $37 million for the facility. Fort Lupton and other cities filed an appeal with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, citing the $1.5 billion statewide cost to pay for the upgrades. CDPHE denied the appeal. Staff recently outlined several options to help pay for the facility where the goal is to control nutrient content in the wastewater. Those options included a sales tax, hiring a contractor to run the plant and joining an existing wastewater reclamation district.
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The desire to discuss options in more detail came during a Feb. 2 council workshop session. “We want to present you with some options,” said assistant city administrator Glenda Aretxuloeta. “We want to present the most accurate information we can offer at one time, and we have two more meetings to come.” “We think we’ll have enough information to allow us to work toward the decision we have to make,” said City Administrator Chris Cross. Annexation
In other business, the council conducted a regular business meeting on Feb. 2 and unanimously agreed to annex and rezone almost 34 acres of land belonging to Leonard and Sherri Toews. The new parcel is at the corner of State Highway 52 and Weld County Road 23.
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Council also approved a resolution for the Lupton Lakes Inlet/ Outlet Facility near U.S. Highway 85 and Weld County Road 8. The complex is a raw water storage facility with two reclaimed sand and gravel pits along the South Platte River. Brad Piede, a dam safety engineer for Denver Water, said work on the north cell (3,000 acre-feet of capacity) finished in 2017. Aggregate mining is occupying the site of the south cell (7,000 acrefeet of capacity). Piede said once mining concludes, that area will be reclaimed for water storage. Mayor Zo Stieber asked if nearby homes
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The property includes a farmhouse, a warehouse, a greenhouse and several agricultural buildings. Leonard Toews said the goal for the annexation was potential development.
might be subject to amounts of noise. “It’s an enclosed concrete building,” Piede said. “I don’t think that will be too much of an issue.” Denver Water hopes to finish the work by the end of this year, “hopefully sooner,” Piede said. “We have a contractor, so we’ve begun the initial phases,” Piede told the council. “With the development in the area, Denver Water had an interest in getting it in before competing interests. The easement won’t affect the expansion of county road 8. Our work has been challenging in the area for various reasons.” Merritt to join senior advisory committee
Council also approved a resolution appointing Mary Ann Merritt to the city’s senior citizen advisory committee. The term began on Feb. 2 and runs through Dec. 31.
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