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Fact Sheet Arapahoe - ’s First

Kathleen Conti Nancy N. Sharpe Jeff Baker Nancy Jackson Bill L. Holen District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5

Welcome to Arapahoe County, Colorado — the state’s first county BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and one of the largest with a population of more than 630,000. Arapahoe The Board of County Commissioners oversees the County by County was named for the Native Americans, who along with the serving as the administrative and policy-making body. The Board , occupied most of eastern Colorado when it was only a territory. approves the budget, hires staff, oversees land-use planning and In 1855, Arapahoe County was much larger — stretching east to the development in unincorporated Arapahoe County; and administers Colorado/ border. When Congress established the county services, such as road and bridge maintenance, transportation headed by William Gilpin on Feb. 28, 1861, the original Arapahoe County improvements, snow and ice removal, human services and animal was broken into several counties, with the as our . control. In 1902, Denver split off to become a separate county and the City of The Commissioners are elected by voters to represent five Littleton became the new county seat, where it remains today. districts, each divided by population. (District map on reverse.) Today, Arapahoe County spans 805 square and is a land of contrast. All non-elected department directors report directly to the Board The part of the County is mostly urban with residential, retail, office of County Commissioners. Departments overseen by the Board of and industrial areas, while the eastern portion is relatively rural. Littleton, Commissioners include Communication Services, Community along with Aurora, Bennett, Bow Mar, , Cherry Hills Village, Resources, County Attorney, Facilities and Fleet Management, Columbine Valley, Deer Trail, Englewood, Town of Foxfield, Glendale, Finance, Human Resources, Human Services, Information Greenwood Village and Sheridan make up the 13 incorporated communities Technology, Open Spaces, Strategy and Performance, and of Arapahoe County. Public Works and Development. There are nine school districts within the County and 378 local Your Arapahoe County Commissioners are improvement and service districts. School districts include Aurora, • Commissioner Kathleen Conti, District 1 Bennett, Byers, Deer Trail, , Englewood, Littleton, Sheridan • Commissioner Nancy N. Sharpe, District 2 and Strasburg. • Commissioner Jeff Baker, District 3 Arapahoe County offers a variety of attractive residential choices and a • Commissioner Nancy Jackson, District 4 moderate cost of living. Residents enjoy excellent parks, greenbelts and trail • Commissioner Bill L. Holen, District 5 systems, superior public services and an inviting quality of life. Each year, the Board selects officers. Commissioner Nancy N. Arapahoe County is governed by the Board of County Commissioners. Sharpe is Chair, Commissioner Bill L. Holen is Chair Pro Tem and The Commissioners, along with the Assessor, Clerk and Recorder, Coroner, Commissioner Kathleen Conti is Finance Officer for 2020. District Attorney, Sheriff and Treasurer, are elected by voters to administer County services. The County has nearly 2,230 employees and a $430 million budget. Arapahoe County has one of the lowest mill levies of local governments in the , which is the assessed property tax rate used to cover expenses. Arapahoe County voters also authorized a .25 percent to pay for open space, parks and trails until Dec. 31, 2023.

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ASSESSOR SHERIFF The Assessor discovers, lists, classifies and values The Sheriff is elected to serve as the chief law all real and personal property in Arapahoe enforcement officer of the County. He is County. The Assessor also is responsible for responsible for maintaining the peace and maintaining ownership and parcel maps; enforcing state criminal laws. He serves as the submitting the Abstract of Assessment to the County Emergency Manager. The Sheriff also Colorado Division of Property Taxation, operates the County jail and is the fire warden PK KAISER certifying values to taxing entities and producing TYLER S. BROWN for prairie and forest fires in the County. the warrant roll. PK Kaiser is the Assessor. Tyler S. Brown is the Sheriff.

TREASURER CLERK AND RECORDER The County Treasurer is responsible for The Clerk and Recorder serves as the Clerk to collecting, holding and disbursing County the Board and is responsible for recording deeds, funds. The Treasurer collects property taxes registering vehicles, issuing marriage and civil and distributes the revenue to the County and union licenses, registering voters, administering other local governments, including school elections and maintaining records for the districts, according to their mill levy.

Board. Joan Lopez is the Clerk and Recorder. SUE SANDSTROM Sue Sandstrom is the Treasurer. JOAN LOPEZ

CORONER The County Coroner is elected by voters to DISTRICT ATTORNEY investigate deaths and issue death certificates. Voters in the 18th Judicial District, which The Coroner is a physician, trained and board- includes Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln certified in Forensic Pathology, the branch of counties, elect the District Attorney to represent medicine concerned with the investigation of their county in criminal matters and sudden and unexpected, violent or suspicious prosecutions. George Brauchler is the District

DR. KELLY LEAR deaths. Dr. Kelly Lear is the Coroner. Attorney. GEORGE BRAUCHLER

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