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The Board of Mesa County Commissioners unanimously approved a $275,000 contract with New GMCO, LLC for Mesa County Dust Control Mag Chloride during their March 11 administrative public hearing.

MCDHS is committed to ensuring that public assistance programs operate with integrity and accountability. We take public assistance fraud seriously and work diligently to protect taxpayer dollars through careful oversight and investigation.

The Board of Mesa County Commissioners submitted formal comments to Mr. Doug Vilsack, Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado State Office, on the upcoming December 2025 Colorado Oil ​and Gas Lease Sale, which includes 722.29 acres of split estate land in Mesa County. A "split estate" refers to situations where different parties own a property's surface rights and subsurface mineral rights. In this case a portion of the land available for lease has private surface ownership with federal mineral ownership.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides supplemental assistance to help low-income individuals and families purchase food.

The Board of Mesa County Commissioners unanimously approved the Public Works Department to place a $314,721 purchase order for 16,200 gallons of white paint and 11,700 gallons of yellow paint for the 2025 striping season at their March 11 public hearing.

Our disease surveillance team, along with our state partners at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, are closely monitoring measles outbreaks outside of our state.