Larimer County Clerk and Recorder Angela Myers will retire subsequent month after practically a decade in workplace.
Myers’ final day will probably be Might 31, in keeping with a information launch. Myers had simply been reelected to her third and remaining four-year time period in workplace as a consequence of time period limits final November.
“My husband and I wish to have one final journey,” Myers advised the Coloradoan about her determination to retire, including that she is in good well being. “… You simply by no means know what the following chapter of life will carry.”
Myers first took workplace after being appointed in 2013, and previous to that she had spent a decade working within the clerk’s workplace. In November, Myers, the Republican candidate, defeated Democrat Toni Baker with 57% of the vote.
Myers stated she was ready to serve yet one more time period in workplace, and “on the time it appeared like the suitable factor” for her and her husband, however “our plans modified.” Myers’ husband, Gary Myers, retired in 2020.
“We’re trying ahead to spending extra time collectively,” Myers stated.
The county praised Myers in a information launch saying her retirement for “her dedication to honest, safe elections and modern management.”
“Throughout her tenure, Myers has been instrumental in modernizing and streamlining Clerk and Recorder operations, making certain that every one group members acquired environment friendly and efficient providers,” the county information launch said.
The county known as Myers’ retirement “the top of an period within the Clerk and Recorder’s workplace.”
Leaving on the finish of Might is the suitable time, Myers stated. Poll envelopes for the following election are printed in July and would have Myers’ identify on them if she had been nonetheless in workplace, so it was vital to her that she go away earlier than then to not trigger any confusion for voters, she stated.
“I’ve beloved this job,” Myers stated. “This has been a possibility of a lifetime.”
The Larimer County commissioners will probably be tasked with filling the emptiness till the 2024 normal election, when voters will elect the particular person to serve the remaining two years of the time period, in accordance with state regulation.
The commissioners are set to contemplate appointing Tina Harris, the present chief deputy and recording supervisor within the workplace, throughout their weekly assembly Tuesday morning.
“Now we have the right follow-up in Tina Harris,” Myers stated. “… You simply can’t conceive of a greater transition than the one we now have at this time, and definitely that makes the choice simpler.”
Harris has been with the workplace for 23 years “and has intensive data of all features of the workplace,” in keeping with a information launch. Harris began as a car licensing technician and in rising by means of the ranks demonstrated “her dedication to the workplace’s nonpartisan operations and her clear understanding of the work required to run honest and safe elections,” in keeping with the discharge.
The commissioners all shared quotes in help of Harris within the county’s information launch.
Commissioner and board chair Jody Shadduck-McNally known as Harris “the suitable option to proceed Angela Myers’ legacy of excellence within the Clerk and Recorder’s workplace.”
Harris “has been an integral a part of the success of the Clerk and Recorder’s workplace over time,” Commissioner Kristin Stephens stated within the information launch.
“Workers within the Clerk’s workplace name her ‘a visionary’ and say she ‘offers levity’ to a difficult job,” Commissioner John Kefalas stated within the launch. “I am assured that Tina will proceed to supply glorious management for the workplace and the group members of Larimer County.”
If Harris is appointed, she is going to take workplace June 1.
Editor’s notice: A earlier model of this story incorrectly said what number of instances Angela Myers was elected as Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. Myers has gained three elections.
