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Larimer County commissioners approve using $30,000 in court fines to cover immediate property cleanups
Summary
County code compliance staff briefed commissioners on depleted cleanup funds and commissioners directed staff to apply $30,000 in court-imposed fines to the cleanup account to finish pending cleanups; staff will return with a 2026 service proposal to replenish the fund.
Amy White, code compliance supervisor for Larimer County, told the Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 11 that the county’s fund for court-ordered and rubbish-ordinance property cleanups has been substantially drawn down and asked for immediate money to finish several cleanups this year.
The commissioners directed staff to apply $30,000 in court-imposed fines that the county has already received to the cleanup fund so crews can complete projects this year, and they asked staff to return an item through the budget process proposing a longer-term replenishment for 2026.
White said the county relied increasingly on the court system after a 2023 assessment and that cleanups begin either via the county’s rubbish ordinance—with an entry-and-seizure warrant and a 10-day execution window—or through court orders when property owners…
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