The county commissioners of each county shall establish a county veterans
service office and shall appoint a county veterans service officer. The county
veterans service officer at the time of appointment, shall be a resident of
Colorado and shall have served in the United States Army, Air Force,
Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard or any auxiliary branch thereof and shall
have been honorably discharged therefrom or shall be an officer released from
active duty with the armed forces and placed on inactive duty therein.
This is a part-time position. The appointment will be for the term of two
years. At the expiration of such term or in case of a vacancy, the county
commissioners may either reappoint the present incumbent or may consider new
applicants.
WAGES: $17.62 per hour
DUTIES:
To assist any resident of the state of Colorado who is a veteran, surviving
spouse, administrator, executor, guardian, conservator, or heir of
any said veteran, or any other person who may have proper claim by the
filing for insurance, pensions, compensation for disability,
hospitalization, vocational training, or any other benefits which such
person may be or may have been entitled to receive under the laws of the
United States or the state of Colorado by reason of such service. The officer
shall cooperate with the division of veterans affairs, its officers and
employees, and other national, state, or county veterans service
officers in the performance of his/her duties.
