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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER REGULAR MEETING
August 3, 2021
Administration Building
560 Dodge St., Delta, CO 81416
8:30 AM PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
CONSTITUENT TIME: This is the time for members of the public to present issues of
concern or interest to the Board. All issues requiring further research will be forwarded
to the appropriate staff for response at a later time. No decisions are made by the BoCC
during constituent time.
COUNTY CLERK - TERI STEPHENSON
1. Minutes for the July 20, 2021 BoCC Regular Meeting
2. Minutes for the July 21, 2021 BoCC Special Meeting
3. Minutes for the July 28, 2021 BoCC Special Meeting
4. Application for Colorado Liquor Sales Room for DRM Holdings Ltd. dba Mesa
Winds Winery to be located at 14313 Rim Rock Road, Hotchkiss, CO on
September 26, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
COMMISSIONER BUSINESS
1. County Treasurer Lisa Tafoya - Property Tax Write Off Resolution
2. Delta County Assessor Debbie Griffith - Request for Appraiser
3. Colorado Congressional Redistricting Presentation By County Elections and
Board's Discussion
4. Board's Consideration and Discussion Regarding the Interngovernmental
Agreement Between Delta County and the Town of Cedaredge Regarding
the Overlay on S.E. Greenwood Avenue, NE Indian Camp Avenue and
Eagle Avenue
5. COVID Update - Darnell Place-Wise
6. Review of BoCC Schedule - Darnell Place-Wise
10:00 AM COUNTY ATTORNEY - JOHN BAIER
1. Board's Consideration of Airport Ground Lease Blake Field Airport
for Hangar #315 Cloud 9er, LLC
INFORMATION
1. Jail Report
2. Road and Bridge Report
10:30 AM COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
1. Carol (Care') McInnis - R000265 - Residential
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2. 672 Apache LLC - R002709 - Residential
3. Nicholas J Buckingham - R002301 - Residential
4. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - P808963 - Personal Property
5. Julie A. Bornschlegel - R002627 - Residential
6. William W. Bailey - R016231 - Residential
7. Aspen Professional Building LLC - R014269 - Commercial
8. Kathijean Stites - R000287 - Residential - STIPULATED
9. Barbara E. Helm - R003007 - Residential - STIPULATED
11:30 AM ADJOURN
The next Board of County Commissioner Meeting is Tuesday, August 17, 2021
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING
On Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 4:30 PM, Teri Stephenson did post the above AGENDA as public notice of the
08/03/2021 meeting. The official notice is placed on the front entrance of the Delta County Courthouse located at
501 Palmer, Delta, Colorado.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 20th DAY JULY, 2021
1 DELTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING
2 JULY 20, 2021
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4 Commissioners Mike Lane, Don Suppes, and Wendell Koontz met in the Commissioners Room in the
5 Administrative Building for their regularly scheduled meeting. Also present were County Administrator
6 Robbie LeValley, County Attorney John Baier, Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Kris Stewart and
7 Clerk and Recorder Teri A. Stephenson.
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9 Verbatim Audio is available of these proceedings at the Delta County Clerk and Recorder’s Office for 6
10 months from the above date. All documents incorporated in these minutes by reference are also available
11 for review at the Delta County Clerk and Recorder’s Office.
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13 Chairman Lane convened the Meeting of the Board of Delta County Commissioners for Tuesday, July 20,
14 2021 at 8:31 A.M. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
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16 AGENDA:
17 Additions to the agenda:
18 Kris explained that the Sheriff’s Office requested that the recognition of Deputy Romisch and
19 Deputy Ruble be postponed as Deputy Ruble is at training. This item will be added to the next
20 meeting.
21 Chairman Lane accepted the agenda as amended.
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23 CONSTITUENT TIME:
24 Robert Peck, 20426 2300 Road, Cedaredge, CO:
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26 Robert thanked the Board for allowing him to speak. He said that he has concerns about the mandates
27 and executive orders coming from Washington concerning the COVID issue for rural areas. Robert
28 stated that it appears that this COVID issue coming from Washington they want to inoculate all people in
29 the United States especially in rural areas which is their push right now. He added that in urban areas
30 they are already going door-to-door on this whole thing pushing this agenda.
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32 Robert believes this is an invasion of privacy and cannot be supported in law. He explained that the
33 mandates and executive actions are not by law they are by fiat through government agencies. Robert
34 has concerns that in Delta County the mandates coming from the Department of Health and he
35 understands that they are under State and Federal laws as well however, they are in our county and they
36 function out of a county office building therefore they are under the Boards jurisdiction and under the
37 jurisdiction of Delta County.
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39 Robert said the vaccines that are reported to be of help as of today out of the United Kingdom, England
40 they have their man in charge Sir Patrick Vallance is England’s Chief Scientific Advisor says 60% of the
41 COVID cases in England are in people who have just been jabbed twice with the COVID 19 vaccine. He
42 added that the update today from the Center of Disease Control (CDC) from their website says there are
43 10,991 deaths due to the COVID vaccine as they call it. Robert said this is unacceptable it used to be
44 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved something if there was a single death they
45 would stop immediately with that particular drug although it has not been done in this case. He stated
46 that you as the County Commissioners have the right and duty to do not allow our Health Department to
47 come door-to-door and coerce everyone into getting this vaccine because it is definitely unsafe.
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49 Robert is asking the Board a question, you are the administrators of this county when you uphold your
50 office duties to represent the people of this community and county in stopping illegal mandates and illegal
51 executive actions that come from Washington or from Denver it doesn’t make any difference who you are
52 in charge of all this stuff. That is his question to this Board are you going to allow these Federal
53 mandates coming down through Washington to Denver to here to be in effect. Robert said in Mesa
54 County they have already implemented these things and they are starting to do it there. He stated that he
55 has a friend in Grand Junction whose daughter who is eighteen years old was required to get a COVID
56 vaccine to work at the place that she is working and she got deathly sick about two weeks ago and they
57 had to take her to the emergency room and was touch and go and could have been one of these
58 statistics. He added that this kind of so called vaccine is not acceptable it needs to be stopped and it
59 needs to be stopped at the local level from issuing the Health Department going door-to-door in rural
60 areas to require citizens of this county to get this vaccine and he is urging the Board to uphold your office
61 and stop this kind of thing going on.
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63 Commissioner Suppes said that the Board has stated from the beginning that this vaccine is a personal
64 choice, we have not mandate or will we mandate and he can assure him that the door-to-door will not be
65 something that is pushed here in this county. He stated that the Health Department is actually under the
66 jurisdiction of the Board of Health and three of the five board members are the Commissioners at this
67 table. Robert said that is good to hear because he has not seen anything in print about this issue coming
68 from the Board. Commissioner Suppes stated that he has read in the news about other counties not
69 allowing this. Robert appreciated the update to him. Chairman Lane thanked Mr. Peck and added that
70 there is a Board of Health meeting today at 3:00 PM today.
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72 COUNTY CLERK TERI STEPHENSON:
73 Minutes for July 6, 2021 were approved as presented.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 20th DAY JULY, 2021
1 COMMISSIONERS BUSINESS:
2 Ratification of Warrants:
3 Commissioner Suppes made a motion that the Board ratifies and the Chairman sign warrants from
4 General Fund, Road & Bridge Fund, Energy Development Fund, Fairgrounds Fund, Lodging Tax-Tourism
5 Fund, Enterprise Fund, E911 Fund, Economic Development Fund, Contingency Fund, Capital Projects
6 Fund, Capital Improvements Fund, Employee Benefit Trust Fund, Conservation Fund, Self-Insurance
7 Fund, PILT Fund and Open Space Trust Fund expenditures paid by warrant numbers 141792 through
8 142077 and ACH transactions 201 through 211 from June 5, 2021 through July 8, 2021 totaling
9 $1,745,058.54 in Accounts Payable and $1,314,293.58 in monthly County, Human Services and Health
10 Department June 2021 Payroll for items budgeted and approved per Delta County Policy. Commissioner
11 Koontz seconded the motion.
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13 Motion carried by a vote of 3 to 0.
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15 County Treasurer Lisa Tafoya – Semi Annual Report:
16 Lisa presented the semiannual report for approval to advertise. She said the report runs from January 1,
17 2021 through June 30, 2021. Lisa brought the following items to the Board’s attention:
18 Line item 0050 for Human Services is reflecting a beginning balance of $16,522.90 which is
19 $157.20 higher than the closing balance as of December 31, 2020 due to a returned check item.
20 Line item 0210 which was not reflected on the December 31, 2020 report because that is the new
21 tracking for Back the Badge funds that are incoming.
22 Line item 0900 for prepaid taxes is reflecting a starting balance of $2.41 which is lower than the
23 reflecting ending balance due to the prepaid taxes of $85,855.78 which are back dated to
24 December 31, 2020.
25 Ending balance for capital projects line item 0200 reflecting a negative balance of $47,370.17 we
26 do have an incoming $200,000.00 state grant that will absorb that deficiency.
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28 Chairman Lane said this was a lot of good information and hard work going into this report and he
29 appreciates her and her staff getting this semiannual report completed and presented.
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31 Commissioner Suppes echo what the Chairman stated and he also thanked Lisa and her staff for all the
32 detail work on this report.
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34 Commissioner Suppes made a motion that the Board accept the Treasurer’s semiannual report.
35 Commissioner Koontz seconded the motion.
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37 Motion carried by a vote of 3 to 0.
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39 County Assessor Debbie Griffith - Report of Total Value of All Taxable Property in Delta County,
40 List of All Business Personal Property Owners that Failed to Return Personal Property
41 Declarations and List of All Protests and Their Resolution:
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43 Report of Total Value of All Taxable Property in Delta County:
44 Debbie said that the County Assessor’s office is required by statute to report the total value, assessed
45 value of the county and the number of appeals and how many business personal property owners did not
46 report. She also has a few legislative bills that she wanted to make the Board aware of.
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48 Debbie reported that the assessed value of the county went from $337 million to almost $389 million and
49 if there weren’t any legislative changes that would affect that would almost be a $700,000.00 revenue
50 increase to the county however there is House Bill 1312 and Senate Bill 293 that will affect that amount.
51 She explained that Senate Bill 293 changes for the next two years the assessment rate for agricultural,
52 lodging and renewable energy properties from 29% to 26.4% for the assessment rate and changes
53 multifamily which includes duplex, triplex, apartment units and taxable portions of nursing homes from
54 7.15% to 6.8% and all other residential properties from 7.15% to 6.95%. She said this only affects the
55 next two years but they expect there to be an initiative on the November ballot that may affect those
56 numbers which could change things. Debbie stated that is why she did not give the Board any
57 preliminary revenue amounts because they are not sure how this will play out. She said they have an
58 implementation meeting tomorrow to go over this.
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60 Chairman Lane clarified the renewable energy properties would be solar farms and wind farms. Debbie
61 said yes.
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63 List of All Business Personal Property Owners that Failed to Return Personal Property
64 Declarations:
65 Debbie said that with the Senate Bill and House Bill makes a lot of changes and is the first time since
66 1982 there have been assessment rate changes that single out subclasses of property which will be very
67 confusing for taxpayers and there will be disgruntled taxpayers because they don’t fall into one of the
68 classes that have been reduced.
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70 Debbie explained that there were 125 personal property accounts that did not return personal property
71 declarations. She reported there are 795 active personal property accounts in the county. Debbie said
72 reporting that 125 did not report is erroneous in the sense that the law allows if they fall under the current
73 exemption amount of $7,900.00 they are not required to report and it gives them a black eye when they
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 20th DAY JULY, 2021
1 could be under the $7,900.00 and are not required to report but they don’t know that if they do not report.
2 They will follow up with letters.
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4 Commissioner Suppes was curious if that is the average or is this more this year or less. Debbie stated
5 that it is more this year but she believes that the exemption has gotten so high and a lot of the smaller
6 businesses fall under it.
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8 Debbie explained that House Bill 1312 is creating an exemption up to $50,000.00 and her understanding
9 is that they will be tracking for state payback is from $7,900.00 to the $50,000.00 and unlike the current
10 exemption if they have $7,901.00 they do not get the exemption at all. She said with the $50,000.00
11 exemption is no matter what their amount they are going to get the amount of taxes that would be
12 generated from the $7,900.00 to $50,000.00, we will be reimbursed for that and the taxpayer will get the
13 credit for that and they are waiting to see how the Division of Property Tax is going to implement this.
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15 List of All Protests and Their Resolution:
16 Debbie explained that she is also required to report the number of real property protests and personal
17 property protests and how those were handled. She reported that they had a total of 311 protests for
18 both classes of property which is record low for a reappraisal year considering the amount increase in
19 values that they did. Debbie said that of those 311 protests 84 accounts were denied, 194 were adjusted
20 and 33 appellants were satisfied after visiting with someone on her staff and having their property visited
21 and going over their inventory making sure everything was correct.
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23 Debbie stated that she was pleased the way the appeals went this year. She reported that property
24 values have sky rocketed in Delta County and are continuing to go up and she anticipates the same type
25 of increase in the next reappraisal. Currently the median home value is $350,000.00.
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27 Commissioner Koontz asked about the appeals that were adjusted was there a common thread that was
28 the result of the adjustment. Debbie said no, typically it has to do with something specific to the individual
29 property something that they were not aware of. She stated that some of the adjustments were upward
30 adjustments but typically there is something like a physical deterioration issue that is structural or there is
31 incorrect inventory that may not have been reported or an area may be finished such as a garage or
32 basement.
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34 Commissioner Suppes said that when the tax bills came through the legislative session we knew this was
35 going to cause an issue for you and your staff because it did complicate things and he gave kudos to
36 them for staying on top of it. He said in the grand attempt to fix the Gallagher issue as a whole he feel
37 like all it did was complicate things. Debbie stated that she is concerned about the initiative that they
38 expect to be on the ballot in November that will put into law hard and set amounts that we just voted to
39 get rid of last year. She said Senate Bill 293 was legislation to offset the damage of what that initiative
40 might do and to stop the initiative.
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42 Debbie stated that she will keep the Board updated as they go through the implementation process of
43 how they will track the $50,000.00 and how the assessment rates will affect the revenue and she will try
44 to have good number for the Board before we start the budget.
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46 Ratification of Chairman’s Signature for Health Department on Contract Amendment #3 Colorado
47 Department of Public Health and Environment – Emergency Preparedness and Response Contract
48 Amendment:
49 Health Director Karen O’Brien was present.
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51 Karen explained that this an annual contract from the State Health Department and it is pass through
52 funding from the Federal government. She said that every year health departments get a contract to
53 perform preparedness and response activities and last year they were way over their contract with the
54 pandemic. Karen said this is the normal annual renewal that starts July 1, 2021 and goes through June
55 30, 2022 and has been signed by Chairman Lane and this is to ratify his signature. She said that addition
56 this year is to also serve Region 10 in neighboring counties and they have a West Central Public Health
57 Partnership with all of the local health departments in Region 10 and they will be adding this in addition to
58 serving Delta for those other regions. Karen reported that they have hired a person because they have
59 not had an emergency coordinator for over a year and the position has been open and they just hired
60 someone and she has started this week. She added that this is in the amount of $118,730.00.
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62 Commissioner Suppes made a motion that the Board ratify the Chairman’s signature on the Colorado
63 Department of Health and Environment Contract for Emergency Preparedness and Response in the
64 amount of $118,730.00. Commissioner Koontz seconded the motion.
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66 Motion carried by a vote of 3 to 0.
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68 Commissioner Suppes stated that he will be stepping out of the meeting.
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1 Board’s Consideration of Letter of Interest Regarding Appointment of Board Member to Western
2 Region EMS and Trauma Advisory Council (WRETAC) Replacing Jill Emmons:
3 Robbie explained that Jillian has stepped down and has taken a new role at the Delta County Hospital
4 and she has submitted a letter of recommendation for Kayleigh Wright to full fill her term on the WRETAC
5 Board and in the packet is Kayleigh letter indicating interest. She added that this will be filling the term for
6 Jillian that would end January 31, 2022 which are two year appointments.
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8 Commissioner Koontz made a motion that the Board accepts the resignation of Jill Emmons and appoints
9 Kayleigh Wright to fill her term for Wester Region EMS and Trauma Advisory Council. Chairman Lane
10 stepped down and seconded the motion.
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12 Motion carried by a vote of 2 to 0. Commissioner Suppes was absent.
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14 PLANNING:
15 SUB18-004 – MISS BEE HIVEN SUBDIVISION - FINAL PLAT:
16 Accept a Final Plat subdividing approximately 6.34 acres into two Lots: Lot 1 is 4.217 acres and
17 Lot 2 is 2.120 acres. The project is located at 42248 Foothills Road, Paonia:
18 [Prepared report]
19 Project Information
20 Property Owner/Applicant: Darcie Rabin
21 Representative: Randy Wilmore, Wilmore and Company
22 Site Address: 42248 Foothills Road, Paonia
23 Location: Section 09, Township14 S, Range 91 West, 6th PM
24 Parcel I D/Acct: 324509307002/688530
25 Parcel Size: 6.34 acres
26 Zoning: A5
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28 RECOMMENDATION:
29 Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners accept the Final Plat
30 for SUB18-004/Miss Bee Hiven Subdivision (2-Lot Subdivision).
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32 SUMMARY:
33 A Sketch Plan was approved by the Planning Commission on July 11, 2018 and Board of County
34 Commissioners (BoCC) on May 18, 2021 to subdivide 6.34 acres into two (2) lots. The subdivision is
35 known as Miss Bee Hiven Subdivision (SUB18-004).
36 - Lot 1 will contain 4.217 acres with an existing single family dwelling (42248 Foothills Road).
37 Lot 2 will contain 2.120 acres (vacant).
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39 The site is located on the east side of Foothills Road, south of Dry Gulch Road, and southeast of the
40 Town of Paonia. All the requirements, fees, and documents for Final Plat have been received, reviewed
41 and accepted by staff. The requirements of the Sketch Plan approval for Final Plat have been met.
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43 DISCUSSION:
44 Upper Eastgate Minor Subdivision created a 3 Lot Subdivision on December 6, 1994. Ms. Rabin,
45 applicant, submitted an application to re-subdivide Lot 2 of the Eastgate Subdivision on February 26,
46 2018 (SUB18-004/Miss Bee Hiven). Based on the many comments received, the Planning Department
47 held a neighborhood meeting on June 19, 2018. All the issues and comments from neighbors were
48 received and discussed, and the applicant agreed to address the concerns at a later date (irrigation
49 water/easements, water line easements, junk/rubbish, septic location, house size/location/type, water tap,
50 irrigation plan, etc.)
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52 There is a shared access off of Foothills Road that splits off into three directions serving the three lots
53 created by the Eastgate Subdivision. An aerial photo (Attached) helps illustrate and shows where there
54 has been access into Lot 2 (requires an access-address permit). A separate driveway provides access to
55 Lot 1.
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57 A condition required the applicant to create an improved turn-around where the driveways all meet. As a
58 private access, it is not required to meet County standards. However, staff verified that there is a gravel
59 turn-around that was completed.
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61 A building envelope is included on Lot 2 to address concerns raised about the size and location of
62 development, and reflects multiple easements that encumber that property. An easement for irrigation
63 and domestic water line(s) abuts the east boundary of the envelope. Septic must be set back at least 25
64 feet from an open ditch. With the building envelope being placed on the plat, this envelope cannot be
65 adjusted without processing a replat to amend the final plat.
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67 Conditions require an Irrigation Plan for all lots. Irrigation water is provided to the lots by the Lone Cabin
68 Ditch. In the staff report for the Sketch Plan, it was noted that this property, prior to subdividing, is entitled
69 to receive irrigation water 24 hours a week. The applicant proposed to divide the irrigation water in half
70 where Lots 1 and 2 would each receive irrigation water for 12 hours each week. The final plat includes
71 Note 12 that states that Lot 2 will receive 1/2 share in Lone Cabin Ditch. There is no mention of Lot 1.
72 According to the applicant, the irrigation water will all go to Lot 2 since there is no agriculture on Lot 1
73 (wooded).
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1 Other Agency:
2 Final Plat Review:
3 Environmental Health; Septic location and design will be reviewed by the Health Dept. when Lot 2
4 develops. Existing septic on Lot 1 has been verified to meet the required setback with the new lot line
5 configuration.
6 County Engineering/Road and Bridge; The applicant was conditioned to construct a cul-de-sac access
7 from Foothills Road. The project planner verified that the turn-around has been improved with gravel.
8 Photo Attached
9 County GIS; An address permit will be required in order to obtain a septic permit for Lot 2.
10 County Surveyor; Submitted a Plat Review Checklist dated May 7, 2021, reviewing the map for technical
11 accuracy. The checklist included a couple comments that have been addressed by the applicant's
12 surveyor.
13 County Fire District #4; Information from the Paonia Fire Protection District Community Wildfire Protection
14 Plan (CWPP) determines a very high wildfire risk for this site. When the Sketch Plan was approved, it was
15 conditioned to pay the fire mitigation fee of $500/lot. With the addition of one new lot, the fee is $500. New
16 development on Lot 2 should include a fuel mitigation design to reduce risk in this area.
17 Domestic Water; The Sketch Plan was conditioned to obtain a second water tap for the new lot. Foothills
18 Water Company granted permission for Ms. Rabin to hook a new water tap into the Foothills Water
19 Company main water line (vote 8-7 with seven not voting). The Town of Paonia approved for the Town to
20 install the waterline master meter.
21 [End of prepared report]
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23 Commissioner Koontz made a motion that the Board accept the final plat for SUB18-004 Miss Bee Hiven
24 Subdivision for Lot 1 and Lot 2. Chairman Lane stepped down and seconded the motion.
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26 Motion carried by a vote of 2 to 0. Commissioner Suppes was absent.
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28 INFORMATION:
29 JAIL REPORT:
30 Chairman Lane reported that the inmate count was 49 male and 4 female inmates and 4 male DOC and 0
31 female DOC for a grand total of 57. The Average Daily Inmate Population for the week of July 5, 2021 to
32 July 12, 2021 was 6.
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34 Chairman Lane reported that the inmate count was 46 male and 4 female inmates and 7 male DOC and
35 0 female DOC for a grand total of 57. The Average Daily Inmate Population for the week July 12, 2021 to
36 July 19, 2021 was 69.
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38 ROAD AND BRIDGE REPORTS
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40 HUMAN SERVICES – CHUCK LEMOINE:
41 Those present were Lori Cressler, Karin Marchun, Debbie Melgoza and Anne Gallegos was present by
42 phone.
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44 Payment Approval Report – June 1 through June 30, 2021:
45 The payment approval report was reviewed and signed by the BoCC.
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47 Chairman Lane asked if there were any surprised now that the State’s fiscal year is up. Chuck said there
48 are some questions about allocations for several programs they are concerned about. He explained that
49 the cost for providers for child welfare are going up quite a bit and they have seen increases in the child
50 care program and recently been contact by the school district regarding a contract they normally pay from
51 Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF) funding. Chuck stated that they need to do a little study going
52 into the next years County budget to make sure that we target that appropriately for an amount that we
53 can withstand the present changes. He added that their budget for the County is a best guess because
54 they budget from January to December but the State has the State fiscal year and a great portion of the
55 State’s money that flows through to Delta County comes from the Federal budget which will begin being
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56 funded for their calendar year beginning October 1 and they never truly know how they are going to end
57 up. Chuck stated that they are happy with the way things have gone so far.
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59 Chuck said that the Options for Long Term Care were the biggest and most glaring concern because they
60 were upside down with the finances. He explained that they were costing more than they were bringing in
61 from their allocations however, since the move from the Gunnison County staff doing the
62 Gunnison/Hinsdale cases moving that responsibility to Delta, Karin and her crew have done and have
63 brought us to the point that we are now $12,000.00 ahead which is a good thing. Chuck wanted to call
64 distinction to Karin and her crew that have done this without Gunnison’s help they have not been able to
65 replace yet the case managers they have lost at the North Fork. He said they would like to hire some
66 help but they have not had the right applicant show the accepted position they would offer.
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68 Chuck explained that Anne in child welfare is also in the same position. He added that the Board has
69 approved the slots necessary to get the work done but unfortunately they have yet to get or retain leaving
70 us with the same status quo. Chuck said their concern as they go into the budget for 2022 is we are at a
71 point now that we believe that we are competing against neighboring counties for starting salaries. He
72 explained that we have a range in which we can start employees if they have experience they can start
73 them at a higher level than entry level but the problem is that immediately jams them up with the
74 experience workers they have on sight because while they are trying to adjust their salary with the
75 evaluation particularly with those that are ready to move up from an entry level to a journey level or those
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1 that have acquired a skill set necessary to get a merit increase they need to know what the market will
2 hold and start building a plan for that market.
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4 Commissioner Koontz asked how many are you short in each department. Chuck said that they are short
5 three case workers in child welfare, two technicians in eligibility and two case managers in options for
6 long term care. He added that they have gone through the front desk staff because they have been
7 moving front desk staff to eligibility vacancies as fast as they can and eligibility vacancies and moving
8 them into child welfare positions and onto options for long term care however, turnover continues
9 because we just received a resignation from one of our options for long term care case managers who
10 has been with us less than one year but relocating out of state. He feels human resource is doing what
11 she can to get the word out there. Chuck briefly talked about an intern they have had and how they could
12 possibly get the State to offer a position to her early because she is in final portion of her degree program
13 and would be qualified to be a case worker. Anne added that the intern has taken an interest in child
14 welfare and will be in the field that they would need it to be in behavioral science to qualify so they are
15 waiting for an education waiver.
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17 Chuck said that he has asked the Human Resource Manager to check with the school district because in
18 the past they have had the opportunity to extend internships for work studies for high school seniors and
19 bringing them in to help at the front desk is something they think might be possible, giving them practical
20 work experience and it would be a great way to grow our own.
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22 Chairman Lane thanked Karin and her staff for being in the positive and taking care of that responsibility.
23 He added that being shorthanded adds to the stress level but thanked her for all that she does. Chairman
24 Lane made mention of Chuck’s retirement and also thanked him for all that he has been through with the
25 flood. Chuck explained that for them to prepare he wanted to give more notice than less to give the
26 Board as much of a chance to fill the vacancy. He believes there is interest internally for the position but
27 he knows they have been looking for directors elsewhere on the Western Slope and some of the
28 candidates that have shown an interest might be interested in working in Delta County. Chuck offered to
29 do what he can for the transition he would be happy to help. He said that this has been an exceptional
30 opportunity to work in Delta County for as many Boards as he has worked under for the past twenty nine
31 years and thankful for this opportunity.
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33 COUNTY ATTORNEY – JOHN BAIER:
34 Board’s Consideration of Quit Claim Deed to Transfer Parcel A of the Delta County – Bishop of
35 Pueblo Boundary Line Adjustment to Delta County:
36 John explained that this is a Quit Claim Deed to transfer Parcel A of the Delta County and Bishop of
37 Pueblo Lot Line Adjustment which is the last couple of steps to finalize this lot line adjustment by the
38 Road and Bridge District #2 shop. He explained that the Bishop of Pueblo deed their portion over to the
39 County last week and now this is to clean the title which is the County deeding to itself the old portion and
40 the new portion together for a clean legal description.
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42 Commissioner Koontz made a motion that the Board approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the Quit
43 Claim Deed for transferring Parcel A of the Delta County/Bishop of Pueblo Boundary Line Adjustment to
44 Delta County. Chairman Lane stepped down and seconded the motion.
45
46 Motion carried by a vote of 2 to 0. Commissioner Suppes was absent.
47
48 Board’s Consideration of Access Easement to Bishop of Pueblo, a Corporation Sole Regarding
49 the Delta County - Bishop of Pueblo Boundary Adjustment to Delta County:
50 John explained that this is involving the same matter. He said that part of the agreement with the Bishop
51 of Pueblo Corporation was that Delta County was to grant an easement which is a personal easement in
52 gross so it does not run with the land but is an agreement between Delta County and the Bishop. John
53 stated that if there was a church built there they would be able to access along the driveway goes toward
54 to the Road and Bridge. He reminded the Board that he did send an email showing where it lays.
55
56 Commissioner Koontz made a motion that the Board approve and authorize the Chairman to sign an
57 access easement to the Bishop of Pueblo Corporation regarding the Delta County/Bishop of Pueblo
58 Boundary Line Adjustment to Delta County. Chairman Lane stepped down and seconded the motion.
59
60 Motion carried by a vote of 2 to 0. Commissioner Suppes was absent.
61
62 ADJOURNMENT:
63 As there was no further business to come before the Meeting of the Board of Delta County
64 Commissioners for Tuesday, June 20, 2021, Chairman Lane adjourned the meeting at 11:05 A.M.
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66 Approved this 3 day of August, 2021.
67
68 ________________________________
69 Mike Lane, Chairman
70 Board of County Commissioners
71 ATTEST:
72
73 ___________________________
74 Teri A. Stephenson
75 Clerk to the Board
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1 DELTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SPECIAL MEETING
2 JULY 21, 2021
3
4 Commissioners Mike Lane, Don Suppes, and Wendell Koontz met in the Commissioners Room in the
5 Administrative Building for their regularly scheduled meeting. Also present were County Administrator
6 Robbie LeValley, County Attorney John Baier, Public Information Officer Darnell Place-Wise and Clerk
7 and Recorder Teri A. Stephenson.
8
9 Verbatim Audio is available of these proceedings at the Delta County Clerk and Recorder’s Office for 6
10 months from the above date. All documents incorporated in these minutes by reference are also available
11 for review at the Delta County Clerk and Recorder’s Office.
12
13 Chairman Lane convened the Special Meeting of the Board of Delta County Commissioners for
14 Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 4:00 P.M. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
15
16 AGENDA:
17 Additions to the agenda:
18 None
19 Chairman Lane accepted the agenda as presented.
20
21 CONSTITUENT TIME:
22 None
23
24 COMMISSIONERS BUSINESS:
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25 Board’s Consideration of Offer to Purchase Real Estate Located at 124 E. 6 Street, Delta,
26 Colorado:
27 Commissioner Suppes explained that the Board has been through this a number of times, we’ve had
28 numerous meetings, and work sessions with the City of Delta regarding this issue and we also have
29 talked several times of what it would take to move the library to make space for the Sheriff’s office and
30 remodel the jail.
31
32 Commissioner Suppes said that ten years ago we had a study done by Blythe for building a new justice
33 center and unless the people on Facebook that hate this idea can come up with $50 million dollars I don’t
34 see how we can come up with one that we can afford. He said he thinks this is a good step in the right
35 direction to solve a problem and listening to the jail report that the Chairman gives twice a month and we
36 are never looking for people to fill our spots and if we don’t step on this and get after it we will lose the
37 opportunity and then we will be in big trouble because we will have no place to go with this jail.
38
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39 Commissioner Suppes explained that this is the old City Market building at 124 E. 6 Street, all asbestos
40 has been mitigated by the School District and they have reviewed engineering reports on this and
41 structurally it is sound and obviously it has been gutted on the inside so there is extensive work involved
42 but compared to the cost of the new jail and Sheriff’s Office he believes this is going to be a cheap way to
43 go compared. He stated that it is not going to be inexpensive but the alternative is not going to happen
44 because the voters of the county will not vote for a $50 million levy.
45
46 County Attorney John Baier stated that before the Board today is the Board considering an offer to
47 purchase this real estate. He added that is what is before the Board whether or not you want to make an
48 offer on this property, if the Board choses to do so the motion would be to make an offer with a particular
49 dollar amount and to authorize the Chairman to sign that offer. John said just for the record this property
50 is currently listed on the open market and available for offer to anyone at this point.
51
52 Commissioner Suppes made a motion that the Board make an offer of $400,000.00 for purchase of the
53 property and authorize the Chairman to sign said offer. Commissioner Koontz seconded the motion.
54
55 Motion carried by a vote of 3 to 0.
56
57 JoAnn Kalenak said that she was unclear about the county’s intention for the building. She stated that
58 she listened in on the joint meeting on Monday with the Library Board, City and County and she was
59 really confused. JoAnn asked if the County buys the building or thinking about making an offer on the
60 building, is this the Sheriff’s Department expansion or are they hoping the library is moving into it and
61 then take over the Carnegie building.
62
63 Commissioner Suppes stated that the plan as discussed is that the existing old City Market building will
64 be remodeled to fit a library; it will fit the needs of the library much greater than what they have now. He
65 said it will be a single level space and give them a better use of staff and will larger and meet some of the
66 needs they requested because the current facility is not large enough and will have an updated heating
67 and cooling system that will be easier to operate and maintain. Commissioner Suppes explained that
68 then that building will be traded to the City of Delta for the existing Carnegie Library which would be
69 turned into a Sheriff’s Office and the existing Sheriff’s Office could be remodeled for jail space.
70
71 JoAnn thanked him for that. She clarified that the County would purchase the building and who pays for
72 the remodel she thought was still up in the air. Commissioner Suppes said that none of this has been
73 formally put on how it would take place obviously since the County wants the existing Carnegie building it
74 would be the County that would need to do the remodel and pay for the remodel in exchange for the
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1 existing library. JoAnn asked if the County is going to pay $400,000.00 for the building, you’re going to
2 pay whatever it takes to remodel and at that point you are trading for the Carnegie building, am I clear.
3 Commissioner Suppes said none of this has been set in stone yet. JoAnn said that this is the plan
4 hopefully. Commissioner Suppes stated yes if everything worked out.
5
6 ADJOURNMENT:
7 As there was no further business to come before the Meeting of the Board of Delta County
8 Commissioners for Wednesday, June 21, 2021, Chairman Lane adjourned the meeting at 4:08 P.M.
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10 Approved this 3 day of August, 2021.
11
12 ________________________________
13 Mike Lane, Chairman
14 Board of County Commissioners
15 ATTEST:
16
17 ___________________________
18 Teri A. Stephenson
19 Clerk to the Board
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Page 10 of 41PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 28st DAY JULY, 2021
1 DELTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SPECIAL MEETING
2 JULY 28, 2021
3
4 Commissioners Mike Lane and Don Suppes met in the Commissioners Room in the Administrative
5 Building for their special meeting. Also present were County Administrator Robbie LeValley, County
6 Finance Director Leone Anderson, Public Information Officer Darnell Place-Wise and Clerk and Recorder
7 Teri A. Stephenson. Commissioner Koontz joined the meeting by Zoom.
8
9 Verbatim Audio is available of these proceedings at the Delta County Clerk and Recorder’s Office for 6
10 months from the above date. All documents incorporated in these minutes by reference are also available
11 for review at the Delta County Clerk and Recorder’s Office.
12
13 Chairman Lane convened the Meeting of the Board of Delta County Commissioners for Wednesday, July
14 28, 2021 at 9:00 A.M. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
15
16 AGENDA:
17 Additions to the agenda:
18 None
19 Chairman Lane accepted the agenda as presented.
20
21 CONSTITUENT TIME:
22 None
23
24 COMMISSIONERS BUSINESS:
25 Presentation and Discussion of 2020 Audit – Pete Blair – Blair and Associates, P.C.:
26 Pete explained presented three packets:
27 Audit Report
28 Governance Letter
29 Management Report
30
31 Governance Letter:
32 Pete stated that 2020 was a unique year because of the Coronavirus and when we get into the single
33 audit part which is the Federal assistance that went through the County one of the programs that was
34 tested was Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) Funds because of the Coronavirus which was new Federal
35 dollars coming in which is why it was selected. He reviewed the Governance letter pointing out the three
36 key estimates in the audit:
37 Depreciation expense based off the estimated useful live of the capitalized assets which is an
38 estimate because you don’t know how long they are going to last.
39 Estimate of landfill closure and post-closure costs which is based off of the capacity of the landfill,
40 the percentage of the landfill already used.
41 Estimate of gravel cost which is inventory taken at the end of the year and estimate what that
42 total cost would be.
43
44 Pete said that there were sixteen audit entries for this year and started the audit around February and
45 finished the audit in July. He explained that there were no discrepancies as far as anything needing to be
46 mentioned here and the single audit related to that there were no problems everything was in compliance
47 with Federal laws and the State of Colorado.
48
49 Management Report:
50 Pete stated that this report will summarize what happened in the year 2020. He referred the Board to the
51 first graph where it says Fund Balances and the first column which is the biggest fund the County has
52 which is the General Fund. He explained that the blue column is what the year was ended at as far as
53 the fund balance, the red column was what it was in 2019 and the green column is what was budget that
54 fund balance to be for 2020. Pete added that if you take the General Fund did increase by about
55 $600,000.00 compared to 2019 which was a lot higher than what was budgeted for. He said that the way
56 the budget is done it is conservative on that so if things do happen it will go up.
57
58 Pete stated that if you look at Human Services went from $230.00 in 2019 down to zero in 2020 and the
59 reason why is Health and Human Services a lot is supported by the County which is about 20% so he
60 considers it more of a pass through fund therefore it should not have a big fund balance.
61
62 Pete referred the Board to the Road and Bridge and said that at the start of the year at about six million
63 and went down $4.6 and Delta County had budgeted to do that. He added that the Road and Bridge
64 Fund went down about $1.4 million but Delta County had budgeted to do Capital Projects and road
65 improvement of about $1.4 million so what you budgeted is what you actually did.
66
67 Pete reviewed the Capital Improvement Fund which also went down $430,000.00 but those were
68 budgeted for the capital outlay items and were finishing a couple of capital projects at the time. He said
69 all the other governmental funds combined went up $280,000.00 compared to 2019. Pete said if you take
70 all the governmental funds together they went down about less than a million dollars but again Delta
71 County budgeted for doing all those projects.
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1 Pete referred the Board to the Operating Revenues graph that shows what was actually budgeted and
2 looking at the General Fund $10.3 million was budgeted and came out to be $12.4 million which was a lot
3 of CRF funds that went through the County and sales tax was way up because of the Wayfair law suit.
4 Looking at Human Service they budget by caseload so they budgeted about $4.6 million and ended up
5 being $4.5 million. Road and Bridge budgeted $3.9 million and took in about $3.5 million with the
6 difference in the Highway Users which was brought down a little bit and they had that Senate Bill that
7 increased Highway Users in 2019 and did not have that increase in 2020. He referred to the Capital
8 Improvement Fund that actually went up $175,000.00 which was all sales tax.
9
10 Pete reviewed the Operating Expenses graph he was amazed on how close these came to what was
11 budgeted. He said the General Fund was budgeted at $13.5 million and expense was $13.5 million with
12 a difference of $24,000.00 on a $13 million budget. He said Human Services mirrors right with their
13 revenues and they budget right on too. Road and Bridge had a budget of about $5.6 million and
14 expenditures was $5 million with the difference is that not all the capital improvements that they estimated
15 doing probably because of COVID 19. He said it was the same with the capital improvement funds there
16 was $3.2 million budgeted and it ended up being $2.6 million. Pete said that you can look at the
17 comparisons for operating expenses and see how close they were.
18
19 Independent Auditor’s Report:
20 Pete stated that as far as the Governmental Funds they turned out to be a lot better than Delta County
21 anticipated for the budget and there were a bunch of capital projects done in 2020. He referred to pages
22 one and two of the Independent Auditor’s Report which contained no findings, everything that was done
23 was fairly stated and there were sixteen audit adjustments which were accrual adjustment.
24
25 Pete reviewed the Proprietary Funds which is the landfill and E911 and what is important is looking at the
26 total current assets for the landfill they are about $5.2 million and total current liability is around $2.7 so
27 the landfill has a lot of assets to pay for those liabilities for the post-closure costs which is what the State
28 will look at for insurance. He said E911 mimics what it was in 2019 not a significant change. Pete
29 explained that the Change in Net Position Delta County increases the Change in Net Position for the
30 landfill by $716,000.00 and increase the Net Position in E911 by $108,000.00 so over all the comparisons
31 of 2020 and 2019 Delta County has been gradually going up for the Net Position which is a good thing
32 because who knows what the post-closure costs will be later on down the road.
33
34 Pete reviewed the Statement of Cash Flows pointing out the net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
35 equivalents there was an increase in all those of just less than a million dollars. He said that the cash in
36 the landfill and E911 went up about one million dollars compared to the prior year. Pete stated that there
37 is cash in both of those funds just less than $6 million dollars.
38
39 Pete said because of GASBY 72 they want to see what type of investment Delta County has and where
40 the money is being invested. He stated that the County Treasurer is doing a great job with a total cash
41 and investments is $22,796,388.00 with the investment going to Colortrust, CSAFE and Colorado
42 Investment Pool (CSIP) which is about $13.3 million which are all AAA rated so they are safe
43 investments. Pete added that there is not a lot of interest on investment because of the interest rates
44 being down.
45
46 Capital Assets:
47 Pete explained that municipalities need to reinvest back into infrastructure and there are additions of
48 about $5 million for Delta County which tells him that the Board is reinvesting back through road projects
49 and capital outlay.
50
51 Pete stated that Delta County does not have a lot of debt and the majority of the debt is in the landfill with
52 the post-closure cost and there are two pieces of equipment that are being paid for which is only
53 $600,000.00 and the biggest debt for governmental activities is compensated absences. He said that did
54 increase this year. Pete said that they do about 40 governmental audits and everybody’s compensated
55 absences increased because of COVID 19 with nobody having to take vacation/sick leave because of the
56 shutdown. Commissioner Koontz asked for clarification on the definition of compensated absences. Pete
57 said that is the vacation and sick leave paid time off.
58
59 Closure and Post-Closure Costs:
60 Pete stated that the closure and post-closure cost is about $2 million but Delta County has plenty of
61 assets to back this up so you are in good shape as far as the landfill. He reminded the Board that about
62 ten or twelve years ago that was pretty close but now Delta County is in good shape but who knows what
63 those costs will be down the road.
64
65 Internal Activity/Fund Balance Classifications:
66 Pete reviewed all the transfers that were made to the different funds. He said all of them were budgeted
67 for and adds up to be about $2.5 million. Pete said that sometimes with the fund balance it looks like
68 there is a lot of money to spend but they are earmarked for different projects. He said the fund balance
69 classifications there are some restricted amounts as far as TABOR, Conservation Trust Fund, Special
70 Revenue Funds that have been committed with is about $9.2 million and non-spendable funds which is
71 inventory for Road and Bridge in the amount of $2.3 million and some earmarked for the Justice Facility
72 and others that add up to be $554,269.00 this can be taken away from the fund balance because those
73 amounts have been restricted or committed.
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1 Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance/Expenditures of Federal
2 Wards:
3 Pete explained that this is information that the Board will probably use to prepare the 2022 budget. He
4 reviewed the Federal Wards that went through Delta County pointing out the Coronavirus Relief Fund
5 went into different funds, some going through Public Health, Health and Human Service and County
6 Administration. Pete added that they looked at the different funds and did compliance testing and
7 contacted Region 10 and determined it was not Federal dollars.
8
9 Pete reported that they did compliance testing on the CRF funds and on how Delta County did the food
10 stamp program and there was no compliance issues on either one of these programs and met all the
11 requirements of the Federal government. Pete said next year may be more interesting because of the
12 American Rescue Funds which will be another fund that they will be dealing with. He stated that they did
13 not get any guidance on CRF funds through the AICPA until late February or March of this year.
14
15 Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and Compliance:
16 Pete said there were no compliance issues and there were clean reports on both internal controls and
17 compliance on the programs. He reported that overall the governmental funds were down a little bit but
18 Delta County budgeted for that to be down a little more and the Enterprise Funds did really well so taking
19 all the funds together the County was up a little bit as far as Enterprise Funds and governmental funds.
20 Pete added that the staff did a great job and 2020 was a unique year in trying to find guidance on how
21 this was going to work and Leone did a great job on the CRF funds and there was no problems with
22 Human Services they did a great job so over all accounting wise everyone did a great job.
23
24 Commissioner Suppes thanked Pete and echoed what he said adding that Delta County is fortunate with
25 the staff adding that Leone is a rock star, kudos to Lori Cressler and Robbie and thanked him for the
26 report. Pete said that it appears that Robbie is on top of the American Rescue Funds.
27
28 Chairman Lane echoed what Commissioner Suppes said and the staff is very conscientious and
29 hardworking and can’t say enough about Leone, Robbie and Lori and all that they do. He thanked Pete
30 for explaining everything and preparing the report and it’s nice to have no surprises.
31
32 Leone explained that Delta County was allocated almost $1.2 million in CARES Act and we did not
33 receive those dollars from the State directly we had to bill against with expenses not only did Pete Blair’s
34 office audit them but the State would go through it monthly and every time Delta County billed they asked
35 questions. She said that Delta County did some things that were high dollar that was cleared by the State
36 before the funds were spent such as grant money to the businesses and $100,000.00 was spent for the
37 hospital to get a bacteria and virus eradication machine, all the personal protection equipment, the
38 detention center did an excellent job working with the CARES Act funds to get fingerprinting out of the
39 detention center and other means of people visiting by visiting via internet and not in person. Leone gave
40 kudos to Teri Stephenson because they had a huge election last year and came in at 90% on their budget
41 because the staff came in and did things their selves. She said that the amount of client work that Human
42 Services had to be done without people being in their office, the IT department getting everyone
43 connected to the outside world. Pete said that 2020 was a unique year on how things were done, he said
44 most of the auditing was done remotely and most counties would not let them in and they learned from
45 this experience.
46
47 Commissioner Suppes stated that the process of engineering on the next cell of the landfill and the next
48 cell is going to require a HDPE liner and the next two cells are going to be extremely expensive which is a
49 big factor in that fund. Pete said that it is a good thing that you have the funds to pay for most of that but
50 it will take a big chunk of assets away.
51
52 Commissioner Koontz said that he is impressed with the detail on this audit and he thinks Blair and
53 Associates did a great job. He asked Leone if she thinks there will be anything different for the 2022
54 budget. Leone said that how the American Rescue Funds and what Delta County does with them may be
55 a factor. Robbie said that they are already starting to plan for significant increase in not only the cost of
56 goods but also the inflation rate and what they will be looking at for the cost of living adjustment for
57 employees. They have already started penciling those higher amounts and that would not be a normal
58 percentage. Commissioner Koontz said he was thinking about the landfill and Road and Bridge with fuel
59 cost which will be a lot for 2022.
60
61 Board’s Consideration of Resolution Appropriating Additional Sums of Money to Defray Expenses
62 in Excess of Amounts Budgeted for the County of Delta, Colorado in the Year 2020
63 Leone explained that there are three places that they had to increase the budget, the first was the
64 Enterprise Fund due to depreciation expense and are adding $75,000.00 to the budget, the Employee
65 Benefit Trust Fund. She explained that they pay employee benefits last year not only due to COVID and
66 people leaving their jobs but also there were some false claims filed and unfortunately those had to be
67 paid until the State can work out what was fraud and what is not and they are expecting a refund in the
68 future for that and there was criminal element in the State not in the County by filing claims against
69 people who were still working for the County. She said the final is $1,000.00 for the Health Department
70 and the State scrutinized every expense and she had to provide time sheets and invoices monthly to
71 make sure Delta County was doing what it was supposed to be doing as far as COVID and these are
72 allocated funds received a refund on and not just a chunk of money.
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1 Commissioner Suppes made a motion that the Board adopt Resolution No. 2021-R-023 Supplemental
2 Budget a Resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Delta, State of Colorado a
3 Resolution Appropriating Additional Sums of Money to Defray Expenses in Excess of Amounts Budgeted
4 for the County of Delta, Colorado in the Year 2020. Commissioner Koontz seconded the motion.
5
6 Motion carried by a vote of 3 to 0.
7
8 Board’s Consideration and Discussion of Resolution Rescinding Stage 1 Open Fire Restrictions:
9 Sheriff Taylor explained that he had a phone call last Wednesday for the weekly fire call with the Federal,
10 State and local partners concerning fire issues and restrictions. He said that the Federal partners, Forest
11 Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) along with Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray and San Miguel all
12 decided to go out of restrictions effective Friday, July 23, 2021 at 12:01 AM. Sheriff Taylor stated that it is
13 his opinion that Delta County needs to stay consistent especially with the surrounding counties and with
14 the monsoon weather, rain and precipitation that we have been getting he believes it is appropriate to
15 consider removing the fire restrictions.
16
17 Commissioner Suppes said that we have a history of partnering with the Federal agencies for enacting
18 them and withdrawing from them so this is not out of the normal.
19
20 Commissioner Suppes made a motion that the Board adopt Resolution No. 2021-R-024 a Resolution of
21 the Delta County Board of County Commissioners Rescinding Stage1 Open Fire Restrictions.
22 Commissioner Koontz seconded the motion.
23
24 Discussion:
25 Sheriff Taylor asked if that would take effect immediately. Commissioner Suppes stated that the
26 resolution says “hereby canceled”.
27
28 Motion carried by a vote of 3 to 0.
29
30 ADJOURNMENT:
31 As there was no further business to come before the meeting of the Board of Delta County
32 Commissioners for Wednesday, July 28, 2021, Chairman Lane adjourned the meeting at 9:36 A.M.
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34 Approved this 3 day of August, 2021.
35
36 ________________________________
37 Mike Lane, Chairman
38 Board of County Commissioners
39 ATTEST:
40
41 ___________________________
42 Teri A. Stephenson
43 Clerk to the Board
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