Commerce City Sentinel Express 082522 by Colorado Community Media

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New COVID-19 restrictions gatherings HEADSwill UPprohibit PLAY indoor dining, personal Commerce

City’s Tinklenberg steps down Deputy Manager Cathy Blakeman to fill interim role STAFF REPORT

Skyview’s Jamiel Ciaravino, center, advances the ball through Brighton defenders, including Jose Serrano, right, and Terrin Lewis, PHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY during the first half of a non-league game at Brighton High School Aug. 18. The Bulldogs won, 1-0.

Tracking pollution in state’s most impacted areas she said. There is also the Coloradans who are disproporTrying to get state to take plant, tionately impacted by pollution soil under the homes, contamiand other environmental risks. nated by industrial smelters action has been lengthy from decades past. The legislation allocated By Ellis Arnold more A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapidstate testing at to go than $2.5Colorado million this year for But getting offisite cials Community Media process beyond increasing their Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many daysawarein recent the Colorado Department of

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City Council of Commerce City accepted the resignation of City Manager Roger Tinklenberg during their meeting Aug. 15. Councilors unanimously approved a separation agreement that took effect immediately, with Deputy City Manager Cathy Blakeman named as acting city manager through Sept. 30. “I am proud of the work we did to help the city achieve some major milestones, adapt to sweeping changes, and find innovative ways to administer programs and services for our community,” Tinklenberg said in a letter. “I’d like to thank everyone who has been a part of that journey for the past two-plus decades.” Mayor Benjamin Huseman county is required to follow based on the had good sayvirus about the severity of athings county’sto local spread. outgoing manager. The dial grew out of the state’s safer-at“I would like to publicly thank home order — the policy that came after Mr. Tinklenberg for his service theour statewide to city,”stay-at-home Husemanorder said.this spring and allowed numerous types of “That is certainly an accombusinesses to reopen. plishment and we appreciate the The state switched to color things yourecently identifi ed as well as identifiers — levels blue, yellow and the countless things that have gone orangeunmentioned.” rather than numbered levels — to Tinklenberg joined cityred in avoid confusion. Until Nov.the 17, level 2001 as director of fi nance. He meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level was red —promoted “severe risk”to—administrative is the secondSEE TINKLENBERG, P3

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