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Records Mix Multiple Morgan Counties, Confusing Meeting Locations and Officials

Records and social posts label Morgan County meetings in Fort Morgan, CO and Decatur, AL, while a truncated report names Jacksonville as the county seat, leaving officials and meeting locations unclear.

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Records Mix Multiple Morgan Counties, Confusing Meeting Locations and Officials
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Records from multiple sources identify county commissions but point to different Morgan Counties and inconsistent meeting locations, raising questions about which officials and agendas serve which residents. The 2025 Agendas and Minutes archive lists the Board of County Commissioners meeting at the County Administration Building, 231 Ensign Street, Fort Morgan, CO, while a Morgan County Commission Facebook post sets meetings at the Decatur Morgan Tourism office, 350 Market Street NE, Decatur, AL, and an earlier report says administrative offices are "based in Jacksonville, the county seat" but truncates the meeting location sentence.

The Fort Morgan archive states, "Meeting Dates - The Board of County Commissioners hold meetings the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 9:00 a.m. Additional meetings will be scheduled as needed. Meetings are held at the County Administration Building, 231 Ensign Street, Fort Morgan, CO." That archive also carries the notice, "Notice: Agendas may be revised up to 24 hours prior to the meeting," and includes dated rows with agenda and minutes links plus web viewing passcodes for archived sessions. Sample passcodes preserved in the record include 12/22/2025 Meeting Passcode: y=!2\9AV, 08/05/2025 Meeting Passcode: cTw4R#vW, and 07/15/2025 Meeting Passcode: H.13KU^0. The same table shows two entries marked "\\ CANCELLED " for 11/25/2025 and 11/10/2025 and a literal label reading "[Morgancounty Colorado]: 0" that is unexplained in the files.

    A Morgan County Commission Facebook post names local officials and specific agenda items while anchoring meetings in Decatur, Alabama. The post begins, "The Morgan County Commission will hold a regularly scheduled meeting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. It will be broadcast here on Facebook Live. The agenda: MORGAN COUNTY COMMISSION SCHEDULED MEETING TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2026" and lists "CHAIRMAN RAY LONG," "COMMISSIONER JEFF CLARK," "COMMISSIONER RANDY VEST," "COMMISSIONER MATTHEW FROST," and "COMMISSIONER GREG ABERCROMBIE." The Feb. 10 agenda includes item 7, "Adopt resolution approving Certificate to Subdivide property located within Morgan County for the following: • ReDonna Jo Brown Water Tower Loop & Highway 231, District 4" and item 8, "Adopt resolution authorizing the Commission to adopt a Remote Work Policy." The Facebook post shows All reactions: 5 and 2 shares.

An earlier, truncated report reads, "Morgan County’s governing body is the County Board (commissioners) and its administrative offices are based in Jacksonville, the county seat. Regular county meetings (board meetings and committee sessions) are scheduled in the county administrative bui" and provides no state or address to tie that line to the Fort Morgan or Decatur materials.

For clarity and accountability, county clerks and commission communications staff should confirm which Morgan County each record covers, publish definitive contact information and final minutes for the Feb. 10 and Feb. 24, 2026 meetings, and explain the cancellations shown in the Fort Morgan 2025 archive. If you have a copy of the Feb. 10, 2026 minutes, the recorded vote on the ReDonna Jo Brown subdivision, the Remote Work Policy resolution, or screenshots of the Fort Morgan archive watch links and passcodes, message the Morgan County Commission Facebook post referenced above or contact your county clerk in Decatur or Fort Morgan and share the material with this newsroom by replying to this story to submit tips.

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