Montrose, COLO.—The Montrose County Clerk and Recorder's Vital Statistics Team is once again the proud recipient of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's (CDPHE) annual Five Star Award. This marks the fifth year in a row the Montrose County team claims that title--an honor only shared with one other county.

Led by supervisor Pearl Lynch, this team has once again scored perfect on seven different evaluating categories: application audits, policy receipts and annual renewals (100 percent receipts and items completed by deadline), surveys (100 percent meeting survey deadlines), responsiveness (zero reports in billing, registration and quality assurance), timeliness (100 percent timeliness on registrations from the local office to the state office), completeness (zero items returned for additional information), and up-to-date staff training from COTrain.

"I would like to thank Ms. Lynch and her team for the outstanding work," said Guynes. "Receiving this honor for the fifth year in a row is a remarkable feat and I am proud of the team's hard work to make it happen."

In addition to Lynch, the vital statistics team includes Ariel Jones, Crystal Hudnall, Dharma Conant, and Carol Mastrangelo. The team is already working hard on achieving this distinction for a sixth year. The CDPHE award will be displayed in the Recording Office at 320 South 1st Street.

*Courtesy Photo Attached (L to R: Commissioner Roger Rash, Ariel Jones, Commissioner Keith Caddy, Crystal Hudnall, Clerk and Recorder Tressa Guynes, Pearl Lynch, Dharma Conant, Carol Mastrangelo, and Commissioner Glen Davis)