Adams County Board of Health
Your Board of Health is the governing body overseeing the Adams County Health Department. Explore the meetings, resolutions, and proclamations impacting you.
What is a Board of Health?
- Colorado law requests that the Board of County Commissioners appoint Board of Health members for the county.
- The Board of Health is the governing body of a health department and the group under which the entire agency operates.
- Many Board of Health responsibilities are set by state law, including
- Developing and promoting public policies to support a healthier community.
- Approving the local public health plan completed by the agency.
- Selecting, supervising, and advising the agency’s executive director and medical officer.
- Issuing orders and adopting rules necessary to carry out public health duties.
- Setting fees for services, programs, and most licensing across the health department.
- Boards of Health play many different roles based on the needs of the agency and the communities they serve. In Adams County, the Board makes decisions to best support public health based on local assessments and plans, national guidance, and agency staff.
Meet Your Board of Health Members
Jeremiah Lindemann
Dr. Sheela Mahnke
Dr. Dierdre Gilliam, DNP, RN, PHN
Brett Keiling, BSN, RN, CCRN-K
Dr. Lisa Winkler
Meetings, Resolutions, and Proclamations
The Adams County Board of Health holds monthly public meetings to make decisions guiding the community’s health. You can catch up on previous meetings, learn about the decisions impacting your family, or attend future Board of Health meetings.
Contact the Board of Health
Reach out with any questions you have about the future of public health in Adams County.