Big projects are on the horizon for Pueblo County, following a hard year of providing aid to local businesses in the region due to COVID-19 s impacts.
Chair of the Pueblo County Board of Commissioners, Garrison Ortiz, shared some insights regarding the past year s challenges, and how they were overcome. I m really proud of the administrative team that we ve built over the last year, he said, stating that the team was what allowed most of the county projects to succeed. For example, when the county went to close on the Wells Fargo building, and we had to come up with the second 50 percent of the purchase price of that building in 36 hours. That doesn t happen unless you have a top-tier team.
Pueblo County commissioners express concern about possible early closing of Xcel’s Comanche #3 power plant
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) The Comanche #3 coal-fired power plant was scheduled for closure by 2040 but now may shut down sooner creating economic issues for the area, a county commissioner said Tuesday.
Commissioner Garrison Ortiz told KRDO NewsChannel 13 that the early closure possibility is based not on specific information, but on chatter that we ve heard from political groups that the plant could be targeted.
Speaking at Tuesday s regular board meeting, Ortiz voiced concern about the possibility, saying that it would eliminate high-paying jobs and property tax revenue that would fund several important capital improvement projects.