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ROADS DEPARTMENT
The Palmer Lake Roads Department has 1.5 full time employees
Dan Orcutt - Roads
Miles Reed - PT Roads and PT Park and Receration
- Palmer Lake has 26 miles of roads - 6.5 paved - 19.5 non-paved.
- Responsible for grading, drainage, repair of rads, brush cutting and snow removal
- Responsible for vehicle maintenance.
Roads Department if funded by:
Administrative General Fund and Road Capital Imporvement Fund
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Water Department
Steve Orcutt - Water Supervisor
Class A Water Operator
Class "C" Wastewater License
Class "4" Water Distribution
Class "1" Wastewater Collection
Jeremie Dunda - Water
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Palmer Lake Volunteer Fire Department
History
The Palmer Lake Volunteer Fire Department celebrated its 60th anniversary in the summer of 1998.
The department got its start in the mid-1930's. Back then, the department's equipment consisted of a hand-drawn hose cart stored at an automotive garage in the center of town. When a fire started, volunteers passing by the garage would pick up the cart on the way to the fire.
Over the next several years, the department evolved. A modified 1927 Dodge became the department's first fire truck. In 1937, the department officially began, with a new fire truck and a new station built on the corner of Middle Glenway and Valley Crescent, where the station still stands today.
In the early days of Palmer Lake, the fire department was one of the few community organizations in town. As a result, many of the town's traditional celebrations had their beginnings with the fire department. The annual chili supper and Christmas Star lighting ceremony and Yule Log Hunt were all conducted by the town's fire department when it began in the 1930's. The department still oversees those operations today. It has since added the responsibility of conducting the town's July 4 fireworks display every year.
The department is the only true volunteer department still operating in the Tri-Lakes area today. None of its 30 volunteers are paid and the department is governed by the Palmer Lake Town Council. Many of the volunteers work during the day, which prompted the town to contract with the neighboring Tri-Lakes Fire Protection District for daytime coverage during the week. Tri-Lakes Fire also provides ambulance service to Palmer Lake. |
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Board of Adjustments -- Variances and Zoning
Chairman and Vice Chairman - to be determined
Eddie Kinney - Chairman
Bob Miner - Co-Chairman
Gary Coleman
David Cooper
Doug Wilson
Kurt Ehrhardt - alternate
Board of Adjustments meets on an as needed basis the fourth Thursday of the month. |
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