Board of County Commissioners - Regular Meeting

Sarah is not on. Sarah, are you there?

Someone added me. Jeff, can you go in there and see who's leading online in our offices? It's usually Sarah and sometimes Logan.

Okay.

Thank you, Jeff.

Sorry, guys, I was having issues with my Zoom. We are, I'm ready. And I'm recording in progress. Thank you. Sorry.

You're good. Thank you very much. All right, everyone. I'd like to call this business meeting to order. It is September 8th. It is 10.01 a.m. My name is Matt Salka, County Commissioner, Chair. Commissioners, please introduce yourselves. Thank you, Jeff.

I'm Elizabeth Philbert, La Plata County Commissioner.

Patricia Porter Norton, La Plata County Commissioner.

Jeff Hughes, Deputy County Manager.

Jessica Mitchell, Assistant County Attorney.

Great, thank you. Let's all please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Pledge of Allegiance.

To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation,

All right. We'll move to today's agenda. There are two main sections on the agenda. One is the consent and then the decision. The consent agenda is designed to approve projects in a single motion that, while are important, do not require board or staff discussion. Do either of the commissioners wish to remove anything from the agenda? If not, I would entertain a motion to approve today's agenda.

No, Mr. Chair. I move to approve today's agenda.

There's a motion to approve today's agenda. All those in favor?

Aye. Aye.

All right. Agenda passes. Thank you. All right. Next is identification of potential perceived conflicts of interest. Do any of the commissioners need to disclose any?

I have nothing to disclose. Thank you.

Neither do I All right. Next is approval of minutes. We have a total of six minutes just for the record. We've got January 27th February 10th February 24th March 10th Commissioner Phil Burke was away as well as March 24th Commissioner Phil Burke was away and then April 14th, which all three were tenants and So I would entertain two separate motions. One would be for item 1, 2, and 3, and 6, and then a separate motion for 4 and 5.

Chairman Salka? Yes. I move that we approve the minutes that are listed on our agenda as 1, 2, 3, and 6 with the corresponding dates.

Okay. There is a motion. All those in favor?

Aye. Aye.

Aye. All right. And then I would entertain a second motion on items 4 and 5 for March 10th and 24th.

Yes, Chairman Sulka, I move that we approve items four and five. Commissioner Philbrook was not present at those meetings, so it would be you and I voting.

Correct. All right. There's a motion. All those in favor?

Aye.

Aye. And with Commissioner Philbrook recused. Oh, yeah, recused. Okay. All right. Thank you. All right. Next is public comment and input, and I will hand this over to Sarah.

Thank you very much, commissioners. I'd like to welcome everybody to the public comment section of this agenda, which provides you with the opportunity to express your views on issues within the board's jurisdiction not covered in today's agenda, as well as items that are on the consent agenda. If you have an item... Oh, actually, we don't have a decision item today. To make comments virtually, please raise your hand for me in Zoom. For those of you watching the meeting on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, you'll find a raise your hand button on your screen. To ensure your comments are officially on the record, please state your name before speaking. Each speaker is allowed a maximum of three minutes and the board may limit comments on any given topic to not more than a total of 10 minutes. If these time limitations are insufficient for expressing your thoughts, alternative channels such as submitting written comments are generally available. According to Colorado's open meetings law, Formal actions are restricted to the agenda items. As decisions require advance notice, the board may not take action on any items that are not listed on the agenda today. However, we do always value and we welcome your input. To maintain a professional atmosphere, please address your comments exclusively to the board, and the board chair may limit comments deemed irrelevant, repetitive, or beyond the board's jurisdiction. And finally, if you're watching the meeting, I will put a time clock on my view that can help you gauge your time. And commissioners, nobody in your virtual audience has raised their hand to make comments.

Thank you. And there's no one in the public that are wanting to provide public comments. I'll go ahead and close the public comment portion of this meeting and move next to the consent agenda. Again, the consent agenda designed to approve projects in a single motion that, while important, do not require board or staff discussion. Do I have a motion to approve today's consent agenda?

Mr. Chair, I move to approve today's consent agenda.

All right, there's a motion to approve today's consent agenda. All those in favor?

Aye. Aye.

All right, motion passes. Thank you. I do want to note, commissioners, for item number six, the ratification letter for the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and Underground Damage Safety Commission. I appreciate your support on this. I will be, on Thursday, I will be attending this via online. Thank you. um to listen in what they have to say this will be for the underground damage safety commission i was told that i can provide public comment what i will be speaking on is the concerns of the multiple fiber cuts that has has been happening and the concerns of the errors of locates which disrupts 9-1-1 communications for a quarter of our county as well as all of archuleta county I will have there with me is Region 9 representation with Shaq and Archuleta County representation, which is Eric Kittle, which is he's got the broadband side of that world. So all three of us will be online for that. That's at 2. So if you're at the Alliance, you'll see me step away, and I'll be attending that online. Okay. All right. We have nothing on our decision agenda. So, commissioners, any items that you would like to discuss? If not, we'll have BDT. Reminder, I will not be there for BDT tomorrow due to me sitting on the Landfill Mitigation Committee, and we'll be reviewing projects. And again, I will recuse myself when there is the La Plata County discussion.

Thank you. I AM, AS YOU KNOW, NOT GOING TO THE ALLIANCE SUMMIT. I THINK IT'S THE FIRST ONE I'VE MISSED. I LOVE THOSE SUMMITS. BUT I ALSO DO NEED TO, I'M EX OFFICIO ON THE COLORADO COMMISSION ON INDIAN AFFAIRS, OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, EXCUSE ME, AND THEY ARE DOING, I THINK I RELATED THIS TO YOU EARLIER, THEY ARE DOING A, THEY DO TWO MEETINGS VIRTUALLY, TWO IN, ONE IN TOYOC, ONE IN DURANGO, AND THE ONE ON THURSDAYS IN DURANGO. I am going to be going to Zia the night before for the opening get-together. So I have to look back and make sure we notice that. I think that that is it. And then, yeah, I guess we may have a Viceto tour, flood tour on Monday.

Great. Thank you.

Nothing to report.

And I stated what I've got to do this week with underground amateur prevention, and I will be at the Alliance Summit all day Thursday minus jumping into that online meeting. That is all I have for now. Jeff, any items? Nothing to add.

No attorney reports.

Great. Thank you. I will call this business meeting adjourned. Thank you, everyone.