Severance council approves annexation step, easements, Weld County IGA, fee updates and two ordinances; four planning-commission members appointed

The Town of Severance council took a series of formal actions at its June 10 regular meeting, approving four resolutions or ordinances and appointing four planning-commission members.

Votes at a glance

- Resolution 2025-18R — Binding substantial compliance and initiation of annexation proceedings for the Cordero Subdivision Annex Numbers 1–3: Approved (unanimous roll call). The resolution starts the town’s formal annexation process; staff will return with public-hearing materials.

- Resolution 2025-19R — Acceptance of easements and rights-of-way from DevCo Investors LLC for public infrastructure improvements on Tract B, Veil Hold Subdivision, Fourth Filing: Approved (unanimous roll call). The easements will allow construction of Waterfowl Way and support the town’s south waterline loop.

- Resolution 2025-20R — Intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with Weld County for oil-and-gas permitting under the county’s 1041-based program: Approved (unanimous roll call). Under the IGA Weld County will process technical oil-and-gas permitting and inspections under its specialized program while the town retains land-use review authority.

- Resolution 2025-21R — Amended fee schedule (administrative changes and fee adjustments): Approved (unanimous roll call). Notable changes include increasing water-service reconnection fees to $100, adopting a 20% administrative markup on third‑party backflow testing when staff arranges the test, adjusting CORA hourly and per‑page costs to reflect state guidance, increasing the police body‑worn-camera redaction fee to $55, and reducing the home‑based business permit fee to $25.

- Ordinance 2025-10 — Light nuisance ordinance (final adoption): Adopted (unanimous roll call). The measure mirrors a draft discussed at an earlier meeting to address light nuisances and allow enforcement consistent with town code.

- Ordinance 2025-11 — Business-license code cleanup (final adoption): Adopted (unanimous roll call). The ordinance clarifies municipal-code language, replacing explicit department heads with “town manager or designee” for administrative consistency.

Appointments and boards

- Planning commission appointments: Following applicant interviews, the council selected Joe Peroni, Jennifer Shaw (participating online), Jennifer Rowe and Josh Oakes to fill four planning-commission vacancies. The council used a ballot process to nominate and select the appointees; staff will coordinate orientation and next steps.

- Tree board vacancies: Staff reported no applications for two tree-board vacancies and said the board has not met for several months. Management asked whether the council wants to repost positions or consider folding tree oversight items into the citizen advisory board (CAB) or another advisory process; no action was taken.

Context and next steps

Council members discussed the county easement and park road item as part of routine subdivision platting and public-infrastructure sequencing. On the IGA with Weld County, staff and council emphasized that Weld County will provide technical oil-and-gas permitting expertise — particularly useful because the state process can be slow — while the town keeps final say on site-plan and land‑use matters. Council directed staff to continue coordination on annexation public hearings, to proceed with the easement dedications needed for Waterfowl Way and the south waterline loop, and to publish the updated fee schedule and ordinance amendments per standard code procedures.

All actions recorded in the meeting were approved without recorded dissent.