Remarks by Matt Salka

175 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 7

  1. Aye. Motion passes. Thank you. All right. Please read into record.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  2. Thank you. All right. Next proclamation, both very important. This is proclamation of November 4th, 2026 as Operation Green Light for Veterans. Staff report, please.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  3. Could you close that door for us, please? Thank you.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  4. Great. Thank you very much, commissioners. Any questions?

    Oct 27, 2026

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  5. Same. So we'll wait on that. So we'll go on to the next step here and open this up for public comment. And I will hand this over to Sarah for this item.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  6. Thank you. Anyone in the room? All right. Seeing none, I'll go ahead and close the public comment portion of this section for this proclamation. And commissioners, any comments? And after that, I would entertain a motion.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  7. As well, this is not just for those who came through the finish line is for those who are actively fighting as well Thank you for everyone Thank you agree with both my fellow commissioners is something that my father had served for The majority of his life, 25 years, and it's something that I lived and breathed for a majority of my life, have huge respect for those who have served our country and those that are serving our country abroad. You know, like commissioners, we take in and we do a lot like serving pancakes. That's small stuff, but happy that we're able to engage with our veterans…

    Oct 27, 2026

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  8. Thank you very much. Commissioners, with that being read and in record, I would entertain a motion. Chairman Saldana. Yes.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  9. Thank you very much. There's a motion. All those in favor?

    Oct 27, 2026

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  10. Aye. Motion passes. Thank you very much, Emily. All right. Next here, the consent agenda is 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?

    Oct 27, 2026

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  11. All right, thank you very much. Motion passes and I'll make comments at the end of the meeting with Commissioner Porter-Norton. All right, we'll go ahead and go on to the next item here and that is the decision agenda. We'll begin today's decision agenda. We have three items here. First up is consideration of a change of ownership for Rocky Mountain Liquors, LLC. Staff report, please. You all please just sit. No, please come forward. Yeah, yeah. It looks like you're here for two of them. So just please stay there, and then I'll call it.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  12. Thank you very much. Commissioners, any questions? Seeing none.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  13. No questions for you. Thank you. All right. I'll go ahead. Sorry, I apologize here. If there's no, any questions for the applicants? Okay. Do you have anything that you'd like to say? I think, I think, It's looking, everything's looking good. So if you have anything, please, you may. And just, if you do, just say your name and then you have the floor. But if not, I'll be moving on just the next step here and that would be as public comment.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  14. Thank you. All right. I will go ahead on to the next step here and open this up for public comment for these two items, which is decision agenda item number one and two.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  15. Thank you, and there's there's nobody in the room for public comment so I will go ahead and close the public comment portion of this item for Decision agenda number one and two and then commissioners any follow-up question or comments If not, then I would entertain two separate motions.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  16. Thank you. There's a motion. All those in favor?

    Oct 27, 2026

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  17. Aye. Motion passes. Thank you. Commissioners, I would entertain a motion for an agenda item number two, consideration of the renewal of a retail liquor store license for Rocky Mountain Liquors LLC.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  18. Great. Thank you. There's a motion. All those in favor?

    Oct 27, 2026

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  19. All right. Next here. Sorry, I had to hit refresh on my item here. All right, so next up is consideration of Resolution 2026-29 to extend the proclamation of the state of local disaster by Interim County Manager Jeff Hughes on October 24, 2026 due to widespread flooding in La Plata County. Staff report, please.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  20. Great. Thank you very much. My questions were answered, so I appreciate that. So thank you. All right. Commissioners, I'd like to go on to the next step on this item here. If there's no further questions, then open this up to public comments. And I'll hand it over to Sarah for this item.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  21. Thank you very much, Commissioner Medina. It's always a pleasure to see you every time we get together because we do have a great collaborative effort with Archuleta and La Plata County. And thank you for all your work and our collaboration that we do together throughout our year as County Commissioner every year. So thank you very much, Commissioner.

    Oct 27, 2026

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  22. Thank you very much, Commissioner. I'll go ahead and close the public comment portion of this section and we'll go on to the next section and commissioners I would entertain a motion for decision agenda item number three resolution of 2026-29

    Oct 27, 2026

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  23. There's a motion with a correction of October 23. There's a motion. All those in favor?

    Oct 27, 2026

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  24. Aye. Motion passes. Thank you very much. All right. Commissioners, next section here is any reports or any items. Commissioner Porter-Norton, you had stated something I have. I think I would like to, since as a chair, I get to pick. So, commissioners, if you're comfortable, I'd like to read one of my statements, one statement that I would have first. And then we can go from there. All right. I just wanted to just briefly just acknowledge that there may be some concerns raised during this agreement on today's consent agenda that we just had. First, I would understand why residents may have…

    Oct 27, 2026

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  25. Thank you Thank you very much. Commissioner Porter Norton. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Thank you.

    Oct 27, 2026

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