Volunteer Opportunities with County Commissioners
Would you like to volunteer for a Board or Commission?
Mesa County provides residents with various opportunities to get involved.
Positively impact our community through volunteer work on commissioner-appointed panels, boards, and commissions.
These opportunities offer diverse experiences for individuals to contribute their skills and talents to benefit the community.
Vacancies
Building Code Board of Appeals
Deadline for Application: October 1, 2023
Term begins January 1, 2024
Term: Three years
Function: Pursuant to C.R.S. 30-28-206 and ordinance 008(b).
This Board may make special exceptions to the terms of the building code, formulate suggested amendments to the building code for consideration by BOCC, and adopt substantive rules and regulations based on the provisions of the building code. The Board may also hear appeals by any person aggrieved by his inability to obtain a building permit or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the county affected by the granting or refusal of a building permit.
For more information please visit: https://www.mesacounty.us/departments-and-services/community-developmen… or email Darrell Bay at darrell.bay@mesacounty.us
Clifton Community Center Citizen Advisory Committee
Deadline for application: Ongoing until filled
Terms: First year appointments are to be staggered with three (3) appointments for one-year terms, and four (4) appointments for two-year terms. After the first-year appointments, all appointments will be for two-year terms.
Recognizing the vital importance of resident input for the operation of the Clifton Community Center, the Mesa County Board of Commissioners has established a Citizen Advisory Committee consisting of seven (7) volunteers and is seeking applications for volunteers for the Committee.
Citizen Advisory Committee members will help organize community activities of a recreational, educational, or charitable nature, to be held at the new Clifton Community Center, which is slated to open in April of 2024.
Eligible volunteers must live within Clifton, which, for purposes of this Committee, shall be within the boundaries of Clifton Sanitation District. See map at https://www.cliftonsanitation.com/GIS-Map
To ensure staggered terms for all committee members, in the first year three (3) individuals will be appointed to serve a one-year term, and four (4) individuals will be appointed to serve two-year terms. After the first-year appointments, all appointments will be for two-year terms.
Colorado State University (CSU) Extension Tri River Area Advisory Board
Deadline for application: Ongoing until filled
Term: Three years
The Colorado Cooperative Extension Act authorizes Boards of County Commissioners to establish county advisory committees to assist local Extension personnel in planning, developing long-range objectives, establishing priorities, and evaluating programs and performance. Representatives of 4-H and Youth, Agriculture / Natural Resources, Consumer and Family Education, Horticulture, General Community are needed.
For more information, please visit: Tri River Area Extension from the Colorado State University (CSU) website.
Community Corrections Board
(Community Member)
Deadline for Application: October 1, 2023
Term: Three years
Term begins January 1, 2024
Pursuant to C.R.S. 17-27-103 and CCB Bylaws, Resolution 2022-17.
The Community Corrections Board establishes priorities, standards, long-range plans & financial support for correctional services, provides services in correctional matters and administers funds authorized by the Division of Criminal Justice.
For more information please visit: https://www.mesacounty.us/departments-and-services/criminal-justice-ser… or email Matt Lewis at matt.lewis@mesacounty.us
Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Committee
Deadline for applications: October 1, 2023
Term: This appointment will fulfill the term of an outgoing member which will end 12/31/2024. This appointed member will then be eligible to be appointed to a new three-year term.
The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Committee provides federal funding for local organizations that address poverty at the community level.
Agencies receiving CSBG funds must address issues that are related to employment, education, income management, housing, nutrition, emergency services, and health as they are related to poverty.
Committee members participate in the development, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the programs. The Committee meets quarterly for up to 2 hours and spends some additional time individually reading and reviewing the grant applications.
Current opening is for a community representative which could include business, law enforcement, education, religious organizations, or other interested groups.
For more information please visit: https://health.mesacounty.us/volunteer-opportunity-community-services-b…
De Beque Community Center Citizen Advisory Committee
Deadline for application: Ongoing until filled
Term: In the first year, two (2) individuals will be appointed to serve a one-year term, and three (3) individuals will be appointed to serve two-year terms. After the first-year appointments, the appointments will be for two-year terms.
Recognizing the vital importance of resident input for the operation of the De Beque Community Center, the Mesa County Board of Commissioners has established a Citizen Advisory Committee consisting of five (5) volunteers, and is seeking applications for volunteers for the Committee.
Citizen Advisory Committee members will help organize community activities of a recreational, educational, or charitable nature, to be held at the new De Beque Community Center, which is slated to open in January 2024.
Four (4) volunteers shall be residents within the 81630 zip code, and one (1) shall be a staff member of the Town of De Beque.
To ensure staggered terms for all committee members, in the first year, two (2) individuals will be appointed to serve a one-year term, and three (3) individuals will be appointed to serve two-year terms. After the first-year appointments, the appointments will be for two-year terms.
Fair Board
Application Deadline: Ongoing until filled
Term: One-year and three-year terms
Pursuant to the establishment of the Board by the Mesa County Board of Commissioners Members.
The Committee Members assist with the operations and management of specialized divisions of the Mesa County Fair, such as event planning, promotional marketing, finance management, 4-H activities, Open Class competition, the livestock sale, and family entertainment.
The Board meets on a monthly basis and more often when nearing time for the Fair. A business background with experience in finance, event planning, and event promotion preferred.
For more information please visit: https://www.mesacounty.us/departments-and-services/fairgrounds/fair or contact: Kyle Carstens at kyle.carstens@mesacounty.us
Floodplain Board of Appeals
Deadline for application: ongoing until filled
Term: Three years
Pursuant to Mesa County Land Development Code
Members must be qualified by experience and training pertaining to regulation, and will preferably be hydrologists, hydrogeologists, civil engineers, and hydrological engineers.
The Floodplain Board of Appeals hears and decides appeals and requests for variances and appeals to decisions by the floodplain administrator regarding interpretation of floodplain boundaries, issuance or non-issuance of a floodplain development permit, conditions attached thereto, or any other provision of the floodplain regulation.
For more information please visit: https://www.mesacounty.us/departments-and-services/community-developmen… or email Carrie Gudorf, Engineering Director, at carrie.gudorf@mesacounty.us
Noxious Weed Advisory Board
Deadline for application: Ongoing until filled
Term: Three years
Pursuant to Mesa County resolution MCM 97-191 and amendment MCM 2010-091, the Mesa County Weed Advisory Board will make recommendations to the Mesa County Board of County Commissioners regarding a recommended management plan for designated noxious weeds, declare noxious weeds and any state designated noxious weeds to be subject to management, and undertake other tasks as requested. The Board shall consist of (7) seven members with five (5) voting members and two (2) of the members acting as alternates, all members serving three-year terms. Mandated by the Colorado Noxious Weed Act, Title 35 Article 5.5, "The members of each local advisory board shall be residents of the unincorporated portion of the County" and “at least a majority shall be landowners of at least forty (40) acres. For more information, please visit: https://www.mesacounty.us/pest/
Planning Commission
Deadline for Application: October 1, 2023
Term begins January 1, 2024
Term: Three years
Pursuant to C.R.S. 30-28-103. Members must be a resident of Mesa County. The function of the Planning Commission is to make, adopt, amend, or extend a master plan and zoning plan; to review general land use matters and make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners.
For more information please visit: https://www.mesacounty.us/departments-and-services/community-developmen… or email Sean Norris at sean.norris@mesacounty.us