County Commissioners

County Attorney

Kelly Lowery

Official Banks

(Other than those below, any other qualified financial institution within the State of Colorado and within a 200 mile radius of the Lincoln County Treasurer’s Office in Hugo, Colorado.)

• First National Bank of Hugo
• SIGMA Financial Corporation
• Equitable Savings & Loan
• ColoTrust
• Csafe
• High Plains Bank
• Eastern Colorado Bank
• First Financial Equity Corp
• Peaks Investment Management
• Colorado Statewide Investment Program (CSIP)

County Physician

Dr. John Fox

Public Health Specialist

Kelly Alvarez

Fairgrounds Manager

John Palmer

Veterans Service Officer

Joy Johnson

Shop Foreman

Chris Monks

Road Foremen

• District #1 Chris Monks
• District #2 Bruce Walters
• District #3 Judd Kravig

Jail & Juvenile Officer

Tom Nestor

Official Newspaper

Ranchland News

Lincoln County Pension Plan Trustees

• Wayne Ewing
• Terry Jaques
• Robert Safranek
• Additional Signee: Jacob Piper

Hospital Board – 7 Members – 5 Year Term

• 2027 - Jack Cross
• 2027 - Sarah Nuss
• 2028 - Dave Stone
• 2029 - Kevin Saffer
• 2030 - Linda Orrell
• 2030 - Pat White
• 2031 - Lorie Coonts

Fair Board – 9 Members – 3 Year Term

• 2027 - Kurt Thompson
• 2027 - Elisha Thompson
• 2027 - Justin Fisher
• 2028 - Lindsey Blackwelder
• 2028 - Ephron Brent
• 2028 - Adam Stone
• 2029 - Clinton Clark
• 2029 - Casey Wiersma
• 2029 - April Hollowell

Land Use Board – 9 Members – 3 Year Term

• 2027 - Rick Ashcraft
• 2027 - James Bledsoe
• 2027 - Jamie Clark
• 2028 - John Reid
• 2028 - Cole Davis
• 2028 - Kim Korsvold
• 2029 - Josiah Higgins
• 2029 - Joshua Leithead
• 2029 - Mark James
• Ty Stogsdill - Secretary

Land Use Board of Adjustment

• 2027 - Jamie Clark
• 2028 - Mark Allis
• 2029 - Robert Boyd
• 2029 - Chris Monks
• 2029 - Adam Nuss

Karval Water Authority - 3 Year Term

• 2027 - Cindy Leonard
• 2028 - Patrick Leonard
• 2028 - Cory Mengenhauser
• 2029 - Lisa Hester
• 2029 - Dustin Hockett

Weed Board – 7 Members – 3 Year Term

• 2027 - Cole James
• 2028 - Terry Saffer
• 2028 - Todd Thompson
• 2028 - Wade Hollowell
• 2029 - Shelby Britten
• 2029 - Jamie Clark
• 2029 - Chris Monks
• Patrick Leonard - Secretary

E911 Authority Board – 5 Members – 2 Year Term

For information regarding E911 please contact Lane Elliott, Emergency Manager at 719-408-6161 -Or- Sheriff's Office 24-hour dispatch (719) 743-2426. oem@lincolnsheriff.net 

Current surcharge rate: $2.12/line

Meeting agendas will be posted at the entrance of the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office

• 2027 - Jack Cross
• 2027 - Diane Kimble
• 2027 - Mark Hayes
• 2028 - Patrick Leonard
• 2028 - George Ehlers

Bookmobile Board – 5 Members – No Term Limit

• LaRita Sawyer
• Cleta Hiner-Felzien
• Gloria Newcomb
• Ryan Clark
• Lisa Miller

Prairie Development Corporation – 2 Members – 2 Year Term

• 1/2027 - Robert Safranek
• 1/2027 - Steve Burgess

Tourism Board – 5 Members – 2 Year Term

• 1/2027 - Tim Andersen
• 1/2027 - Apryl Huelskamp
• 1/2027 - Dan Merewether
• 1/2028 - Steve Beedy
• 1/2028 - Meg McAtee 

Karval Community Cemetery District Board of Directors

• 12/31/2026 - Dennis Kravig
• 12/31/2027 - Mary Merewether
• 12/31/2028 - Vernon Stone

Arriba Cemetery District Board of Directors

• Glenn Cox
• Leroy King
• Jan Schifferns

Representatives for:

• Bookmobile
  • Wayne Ewing
• Colorado East Community Action Agency
  • Robert Safranek
• County Health Pool
  • Robert Safranek
  • Jacob Piper – Alternate
• East Central Council of Local Governments
  • Terry Jaques
• ECCOLG Economic Development Board Member
  • Derek Isom
• Eastern Colorado Services for the Developmentally Disabled
  • Cindy Tacha
• EMS Council
  • Jacob Piper
• RETAC Council
  • Lane Elliott
• Judicial Review Board for 23rd District
  • Terry Jaques
• Land Use
  • Ty Stogsdill
• Lincoln Community Hospital
  • Wayne Ewing
• Lincoln County Fair Board
  • Robert Safranek
  • Wayne Ewing
• Lincoln County Human Services Liaison
  • Robert Safranek
• Ports to Plains
  • Terry Jaques
• Resources Unlimited
  • Wayne Ewing
  • Terry Jaques
• RETAC Pre-hospital
  • Robert Carson
• Southeast & East Central Recycling
  • Robert Safranek
• Transit Advisory Committee
  • Wayne Ewing

The following list of holidays was approved for 2026:

• January 19, 2026
  • Martin Luther King Day
• February 16, 2026
  • President’s Day
• May 25, 2026
  • Memorial Day
• July 3, 2026
  • Independence Day
• September 7, 2026
  • Labor Day
• October 12, 2026
  • Columbus Day
• November 11, 2026
  • Veterans Day
• November 26 and 27, 2026
  • Thanksgiving
• December 25, 2026
  • Christmas
• January 1, 2027
  • New Year's Day