Coalmont, Colorado
Unincorporated community in Jackson County · Not an incorporated municipality
About Coalmont
Coalmont is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.
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How Coalmont is governed
Coalmont appears to be an unincorporated community or a census-designated place, so it may have no city government of its own — services usually come from Jackson County and its elected officials. The chart below is a generic template; readers can correct it if Coalmont does have local officials.
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Residents of Coalmont
Registered voters elect the officials below.
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Mayor
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The city's chief elected official. Presides over the executive branch, proposes the budget and represents the city.
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City Manager / Administrator
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The professional administrator who runs day-to-day operations (in some cities appointed by the council instead of the mayor).
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Police Chief
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Leads the police department.
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Fire Chief
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Leads the fire and emergency services department.
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Public Works Director
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Streets, water, sewer, and city buildings.
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Finance Director
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The budget, taxes, and city accounts.
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Planning & Zoning Director
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Land use, zoning, building permits.
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Parks & Recreation Director
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Parks, programs, and public facilities.
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City Council
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The elected body that passes ordinances, sets the tax rate and approves the budget.
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City Clerk
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Keeps the official records, runs meeting agendas and, often, local elections.
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City Attorney
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The city's lawyer; advises officials and prosecutes ordinance violations.
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Boards & Commissions
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Citizen advisory bodies, such as planning, zoning appeals and library boards.
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Municipal Court
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Hears traffic, ordinance and other minor cases.
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Municipal Judge
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Presides over the municipal court.
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History
The town is named for the open-pit lignite coal mines in the area, from which coal was shipped out on the Union Pacific Railroad to the mainline at Laramie, Wyoming.
The Coalmont, Colorado, post office operated from March 11, 1912, until December 21, 1983. The Walden, Colorado, post office (ZIP code 80480) now serves the area.
Mining history
Coalmont was a mining town associated with the production of coal from the Coalmont Coal District. In the Coalmont Coal District, commercial coal mining from the Coalmont Formation started in 1909 and continued until the close of World War II when coal production ceased. Since then, the mines were inactive, until 1959 when a new open pit mine was opened and some coal was mined and sold in the Denver, Colorado area. However, coal mining ceased a year or two later and there has been no production of coal since that time, despite some coal prospecting in 1964 and 1965. The estimated coal production in 1941 was 1,438,355 tons, and the original reserves at 177,450,000 tons of subbituminous coal.
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