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Darius Allen - District One 2005– 2008

Darius Allen enjoys farming and cattle ranching and continues to be involved in the cutting and reining horse business. He has lived in the valley for 29 years. Although he has lived in other states and had other jobs, he has always felt that the SLV was great place to raise a family and always wanted to return. Darius and his wife, a teacher, have raised three children together. All three have attended Alamosa schools.

Why a commissioner? Darius felt he could make a difference. He strive to make improvements throughout the county. Whether large or small projects he continuously works to make tax dollar and stretch as far possible and to get the biggest bang for the buck.

The next four years are going to be exciting time. He and the other commissioners will be working on projects and improvements throughout the County. They will be working on the jail and public safety (with the City of Alamosa).

Darius serves on 15 different boards including NACO) National Association for Counties and serves on all four insurance approval boards for the State of Colorado. He also owns several businesses in town.

Commissioner Allen has been an Alamosa County Commissioner eight years and is presently the Chairman of the Alamosa County Board of Commissioners and the CCI Southern District. He is also Chairman of the San Luis Valley Solid Waste Authority Board and is also a member of the Public Lands Steering Committee, Agriculture Steering Committee, Land Use Committee, Airport Board of Control for the San Luis Valley Regional Airport, Alamosa Senior Citizen Board, San Luis Valley E-911 Telephone Authority Board, member of the San Luis Valley County Commissioners Association, Alamosa County Events and Facilities Local Marketing Board, Nursing Advisory Board, Alamosa County Board of Adjustment, Alamosa County Tourism and Development Board, San Luis Valley Resource Conservation and Development Board and the Museum and Cultural Center Board.

During his tenure he has championed the need for a mobile tire shredder. With the assistance of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs and in conjunction with the San Luis Valley Solid Waste Authority, Alamosa County, under the leadership of Commissioner Allen, will purchase a mobile unit on behalf of local governments.
Because of his involvement and success with the mobile tire shredder, he has been nominated for a Colorado Pollution Prevention award. The tire shredder has the capability of shredding 2,000 tires in one hour; hence forth having the ability to reduce tire pollution in the State.

Commissioner Allen currently serves on all four County Technical Services Inc. Boards, County Health Pool, CAPP, County Workers Compensation Pool, and County Technical Services Inc. Having a background in the insurance industry, Commissioner Allen extensively researched the increasing costs of health care. Due to this research, he was able to guide the pool in giving a discount to employees. With counties budgets receiving reductions in revenues, and in today’s health insurance market it is unheard of to have virtually no increase in insurance costs for two years in a row. Commissioner Allen has worked hard to try to maintain this type of trend in the County Health Pool.
Commissioner Allen has become very involved in assisting the local Museum Board to obtain a building for their future home, assisting our local Senior Citizens Center with new kitchen equipment and dining room, landscaping and purchasing outside tables for this new center.

Commissioner Allen is ran unopposed in the 2004 election. His constituents have seen the strong leadership he provides to the County of Alamosa and are very satisfied with his work.