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Board of County Commissioners Strategic Plan
Click here for more information about the Board of County Commissioners Strategic Plan, which was adopted on May 20, 2008. Click here to view information on the Managing for Results (MFR) process.
Public Open Records Requests
On 9/7/2010, the Board of County Commissioners formally adopted guidelines for handling requests for public records to include the wait time for inspection of records and the County’s ability to charge fees for staff time spent in researching and retrieving public records in response to a request. The uniform procedure for handling requests for public records, deemed modified by additional or new language added to the Colorado Public Records Act C.R.S. 24-72-201 et seq, simplifies the process for County personnel and provides more efficient responses to the public.
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Phil Chamberland, Paula Swenson & Hap Channell
Gunnison County Commissioners (left to right)
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 Hap Channell, Chairperson
District 2
Took Office in 01/2005
Term Expires 01/2013
Hap is a Kansan by birth and childhood (Kansas City, Wichita, Valley Center, and El Dorado). In his early teens his parents moved the family, Hap and his four siblings, to Dallas where Hap graduated from Bryan Adams High School in 1961. He graduated from Austin College in Sherman, TX with a BA in biology in ‘66 and attended TCU in Ft. Worth for post BA study in European history, earned an MA in science education from Western State College in Gunnison, and studied science ed at the University of Northern Colorado in a doctoral program.
Hap and Narcissa Moore from Marshall, TX married in 1966 and have two daughters, Leslie and husband Greg Osgood of Gunnison and Narcie Channell of Santa Fe, NM.
Hap and Narcissa began their teaching careers in Ft. Worth, Narcissa in the public schools and Hap at Ft. Worth Country Day School. He taught science and history before becoming high school principal. They decided to move their young family to Colorado in 1976, spending the first year in their Tin Cup cabin before moving to Gunnison. After an eight year stint in the lumber business (sawyer, pre-cut log homes, retail manager and partner), Hap returned to the classroom as a Gunnison Middle School science teacher, retiring in 2004.
While in Gunnison, Hap has been most directly involved with community theater, helping to develop the Gunnison Arts Center
, and restoring/preserving a historic stone house. He decided to run for public office in the spring of 2004 and was subsequently elected to the Gunnison Board of County Commissioners that fall.
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 Paula Swenson, Commissioner
District 1
Took Office in 01/2005
Term Expires 01/2013
Paula is a true Colorado native. Born in 1963 in Granby, Colorado, Paula made her way to Gunnison in 1981 to attend Western State College. Like so many others before her, she found her home here in the Gunnison Valley. Upon graduation, she purchased Misty Mountain Floral and has been in various businesses in Gunnison ever since.
Prior to being elected to the Board of County Commissioners in the fall of 2004, Paula served on many boards and commissions in this community. These offices range from Gunnison City Council (twice) to President of the Dos Rios Golf course. When not serving her community, or selling flowers (she still sells summer flowers at the greenhouse) you can usually find Paula helping her husband, Jason, at Internet Colorado or off visiting her boys in college, Eric 21 at School of Mines and Tyler 19, at Ft. Lewis in Durango.
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 Phil Chamberland, Chairperson
District 3
Took Office in 01/2011
Term Expires 01/2015
The Oath of Office was administered to Phil Chamberland on January 11, 2011. Please check back at a later date for more details.
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Boundaries of the Districts of the County Commissioners of Gunnison County
Click here to download/print the above map.
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Contact Information
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Gunnison County Commissioners
200 E. Virginia, Ste. #104
Gunnison, CO 81230
Email
Please use this e-mail address for general County business. This e-mail goes to the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners who will forward the message to all three Commissioners and County Manager Matthew Birnie. County Manager Birnie will evaluate each message for further action required by the Commissioners, Administration or another staff member.
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Phone: (970) 641-0248
Fax: (970) 641-3061
Please note that the County Commissioners do not keep regular office hours at the Courthouse. The office number is answered by County Administration staff and directed as necessary. Voicemail is available 24-hours per day.
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For contact with a specific County Commissioner, you may use the following.
Hap Channell
601 North Wisconsin
Gunnison, CO 81230
Cell: 970-209-5259
Email Hap
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Paula Swenson
350 Fairway Lane
Gunnison, CO 81230
Home: 970-641-8997
Cell: 970-209-6920
Email Paula
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Phil Chamberland
23501 Highway 135
Crested Butte, CO 81224
Cell: 970-209-3715
Email Phil
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