Jeffco Looking for Volunteers for New Taskforce on Marijuana

Jeffco Looking for Volunteers for New Taskforce on Marijuana


With the new state law governing the sale of marijuana in Colorado, the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners is establishing a taskforce to study marijuana, which will be charged with helping county staff identify and report on the impacts of marijuana establishments.

Colorado voters in 2012 approved Amendment 64 to the State Constitution regarding the use and sale of marijuana. Counties and cities now may choose to allow the operation of marijuana cultivation facilities, marijuana testing facilities, marijuana product manufacturing facilities and retail marijuana stores; or to prohibit such businesses through the enactment of local ordinances.

Because of the need for clarification of the new state law, the Board of County Commissioners voted to have a moratorium on marijuana establishments in unincorporated Jeffco until February 2015. It was enacted to allow the county to gather information and study the impacts of the new state law.

The county commissioners are seeking individuals interested in serving on the task force who can help staff identify and report on impacts of marijuana establishments:

Positive and negative impacts to public safety
Positive and negative impacts to public health
Positive and negative impacts to government
Positive and negative impacts to business


The task force will meet for approximately six months and will meet on some, but not all, Monday afternoons.

The application is available on the volunteer vacancies page, and can be submitted electronically to , or mailed to the County Administrator’s Office, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80419.

Completed applications must be received by March 12, 2014.

For questions, call Jeanie Rossillon, director of Development and Transportation, at 303-271-8575.

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