[0:03] all right good morning everybody we will
[0:06] this regular County Commission meeting
[0:08] in Teller County Colorado this intent
[0:12] really today is September 26
[0:15] 2024 we appreciate you all showing up
[0:17] today and we'll get started with
[0:20] commissioner Williams leading Us in
[0:23] invation Crystal Brown our elected
[0:26] treasur and Public Trustee will lead us
[0:28] in the pledge Mr CH please bow your
[0:32] heads dear heavenly father thank you for
[0:34] another opportunity to serve the great
[0:36] residence County thank you for this time
[0:39] of year for the time of harvest a time
[0:41] of Plenty and preparation for the winter
[0:44] we pray that the folks in Florida and
[0:46] surrounded areas are spared showing your
[0:49] mercy hurricane that's been hit this
[0:51] evening we remember that division
[0:54] sometimes solved through diversity we
[0:57] just don't want to see that much
[0:58] division anymore we appreciate it his
[1:01] name
[1:07] amen United States
[1:10] America stand
[1:13] na
[1:21] indivisible thank you for that ladies
[1:23] and
[1:24] gentlemen first up we have some minutes
[1:27] from our August 20th meeting
[1:31] I
[1:32] did I
[1:36] not with that I would move to approve
[1:39] the minutes the bo County Comm County
[1:41] Colorado dat August 20th 2024 has
[1:43] presented second motion Mr chair thank
[1:46] you assing no other discussion call
[1:48] please Mr Stone yes Mr yes Mr Campell
[1:53] yes then next up we have an accounts
[1:56] payable
[1:56] [Music]
[1:58] run 924 for
[2:02] 2024 and I didn't have any comments on
[2:05] that
[2:07] one I have any
[2:10] anything chair make a motion that we
[2:12] approve the accounts payable dated
[2:14] September 24th 20124 the amount of
[2:30] yes Mr
[2:32] yes all right and the next agenda item
[2:35] is board rep commissioner Stone yeah
[2:37] thank you Mr chairman um couple of
[2:41] really busy things on my schedule right
[2:43] now they're dominating a lot of time in
[2:46] work on the U region 16
[2:49] opoid
[2:53] uh op Council mitigation Council and um
[2:58] we are in the process process of uh
[3:01] doing some strategic planning within
[3:03] that group and uh we have a new
[3:07] facilitator that we hired about eight
[3:08] months ago and we're to the point now
[3:10] where we're starting to really do some
[3:13] long-term planning long-term look about
[3:15] uh what we really want to accomplish
[3:16] with this part of that is there will be
[3:19] a conference coming up and I've formed
[3:21] the board of this as well I'm going to
[3:23] be up in Leland uh at the state opioid
[3:28] uh policy convention this is where all
[3:30] the different regions across the state
[3:32] are going to come together and after
[3:34] really the First full year of boards and
[3:37] place beginning to stand up and do work
[3:40] uh and learn from each other find out
[3:42] what people are doing we uh here in
[3:45] teller and Alo counties we've discovered
[3:47] one of the areas that we have very
[3:49] limited data on that perhaps might be
[3:51] among U you know the most impacted and
[3:55] most highest risk groups of people in
[3:57] regard to Youth and youth from from age
[4:00] 10 to about 21 that are being severely
[4:04] impacted not only by the opioid crisis
[4:07] but also by what feeds a lot of the
[4:09] opioid crisis which is uh High potency
[4:12] marijuana in Colorado and
[4:16] U because of that yesterday attended a
[4:19] lunch and learn with da Michael Allen as
[4:23] his guest he was the host of the event
[4:25] and we had people coming from all over
[4:26] the country to talk about po opioid
[4:29] crisis in u the uh the impacts of high
[4:34] potency cannabis and combining that with
[4:37] social media and U kind of had my eyes
[4:42] blown wide open by a lot of what I've
[4:44] learned I new social media was PR
[4:46] obviously I've worked in it for many
[4:47] years um but the ways that social media
[4:51] is now being used uh to uh to sell
[4:56] cannabis to sell opioids openly uh
[5:00] is
[5:01] astounding um you know they're simply
[5:05] using Code words U and there's a guy
[5:08] that showed us he pulled it up on his
[5:10] phone he went on Instagram and pulled up
[5:12] hashtag Colorado Springs Colorado and
[5:15] about every 10th thing that was tagged
[5:17] with that was pictures with no words of
[5:21] what was obviously illicit substances
[5:23] for sale uh in Colorado and I know we
[5:27] talked a lot with with our sheriff and
[5:29] others about you know situations here in Teller County not only dealing with
[5:33] cartels but also dealing with people and
[5:35] families that are impacted U you know by
[5:37] drug addiction and kind of what that
[5:39] does to our County and sometimes you
[5:40] know here on the south side of the
[5:41] county we see it a little more but uh
[5:44] it's it's really astounding and I think
[5:46] we're going to have to have some
[5:47] legislative fixes to it um and one of
[5:51] the things that's interesting and this
[5:52] is now shown through hundreds of studies
[5:55] is that when Colorado legalized
[5:58] marijuana uh um the average amount of
[6:01] potency in uh in cannabis or marijuana
[6:05] products was about
[6:08] 5% uh
[6:10] today it's pushing 70% on average so the
[6:14] amount of cannabis that is in the
[6:16] product that people are buying whether
[6:17] it's Edibles or Vapes and Vapes by the
[6:20] way are a huge problem with youth uh
[6:23] because they're easily disguisable for
[6:25] things which are not illicit and anyway
[6:28] the uh the potency of those has created new
[6:33] problems that nobody ever saw coming
[6:34] because they had never been seen before
[6:36] and basically the old adage of the
[6:38] Cannabis is uh you know pot is not
[6:41] addictive is no longer true U evidently
[6:44] that was mostly true uh except for
[6:48] Behavioral addiction not physical
[6:50] addiction back when the potency was 5%
[6:53] but now is it's averaging 70% and you
[6:55] can actually buy
[6:57] 99.9% pure THC over the counter anytime
[7:00] you want um and just a drop of it you
[7:03] know is U you know amazingly powerful
[7:06] what's happening is not only your people
[7:08] actually getting addicted but also
[7:10] because of the potency of it is that
[7:12] people no longer get the high off of uh
[7:15] off of it like you know what they used
[7:17] to so they start seeking things which
[7:18] will get them that high oh good and then
[7:22] move over to fentel and the studies and
[7:25] the data out there is showing that about
[7:26] 90% they talk about Gateway products and
[7:28] people like put reality is is now there
[7:31] is a very clear and uh link between High
[7:35] potency marijuana and the use of O it's
[7:38] due to the addictive nature of high
[7:40] potency cannabis I think our legislature
[7:42] has got to do something about it they
[7:44] passed a couple of laws in 2022 in
[7:46] regards to packaging uh but nothing in
[7:50] regards to potency I'm not sure that we
[7:52] can but I think we need to try I think
[7:54] we need to do everything we can because
[7:55] it's as much as opioids have become you
[7:58] know the number one Public Health crisis
[7:59] in the country as more and more states
[8:02] legalize marijuana I truly believe that
[8:04] hypothy cannabis will be right on its
[8:06] heels uh as you know as the second
[8:09] greatest Health crisis in the country um
[8:12] so anyway I'll be going to that
[8:14] conference on the 19th and was coming
[8:16] Monday and so I'll head up on Sunday
[8:18] night and meet with other Ro acts around
[8:20] the region and see what we can learn
[8:23] from each other hopefully we can come up
[8:24] with st because the data that we don't
[8:26] have about Youth and their usage
[8:30] uh it's just simply not there the we do
[8:32] have a squat so we truly don't know how deep the problem is uh so it's one
[8:38] of the things that this particular roak
[8:40] wants to work on roak being the region
[8:43] 16 opioid Cal so anyway we're we're
[8:47] going to be working on that but it's I
[8:49] said it was very eye openening uh and
[8:51] really sad we've spoken before about the
[8:53] groups that are coming you know and talk
[8:55] to us that are addicted to fit opioids
[8:58] and or you recovering from that um the very clear connection between what's
[9:05] what we have made legal in mrooms
[9:07] probably we just going to add to the to
[9:09] the mix of things that of what I'll
[9:12] continue to call elicit
[9:14] substances uh do nothing but you know
[9:17] prepare someone for seeking the next
[9:19] thing and and that's been know
[9:22] and um on a brighter note though I also
[9:26] attended the uh Toler senior Coalition
[9:29] meeting this past Thursday and to senior
[9:32] Coalition is thriving the services that
[9:35] they provide to our community uh you
[9:37] know just are tremendous uh their use of
[9:40] their medical rides uh that they provide
[9:43] for our residents has continued to
[9:45] increase they're adding a couple more
[9:46] fleet vehicles they'll be adding and
[9:48] they received the grant now for uh a
[9:53] basically a they're calling it a bus
[9:55] barn but they don't have buses they have
[9:57] vehicles and uh and shuttles but uh they
[9:59] need to get those under some kind of
[10:01] protection so they can do maintenance
[10:03] and uh and take care of those vehicles
[10:05] and they have received both planning
[10:07] grants and also initial grants for that
[10:09] and they're hoping with the next couple
[10:11] of years to you to get a maintenance
[10:13] facility built probably after the Divide
[10:15] area near where their offes are but
[10:18] again they're just doing great and Kathy
[10:20] Lowry and her team are uh really are
[10:23] rock stars for our community and by the
[10:24] way those medical rides and all of the transit rides that were available at
[10:28] 81 not just
[10:30] so if you have a need you need to get to
[10:31] a medical appointment or you need uh you
[10:34] know a ride somewhere please reach out
[10:36] to tell senior poition because they can
[10:38] probably help you out um lastly U and I
[10:42] know Bob was out of town and U and so I
[10:47] committed to online attending the CCI
[10:50] the Colorado Count's Incorporated
[10:51] security committee meetings this last
[10:53] Friday we spent all day going through
[10:55] propositions from counties across the
[10:57] state on legislative issues um
[11:00] construction defects did come up again
[11:02] which was U you know a an issue I helped
[11:05] champion last year that we didn't get
[11:06] across the finish line but it's it's
[11:08] going to come back again uh and then not
[11:12] surprisingly tax issues came up and with
[11:15] the um the lack of control
[11:19] over uh you know property tax issues by
[11:23] local government where the legislature
[11:25] is stepping in and it seems like every
[11:26] year they're changing and changing and
[11:28] changing the problem create for penties
[11:30] and local governments is that from year
[11:32] to year you get a little Whiplash as to
[11:35] what your Revenue sources are what your
[11:36] stream is and you know we're trying to
[11:38] adopt a budget when they just had a
[11:40] legislative session six weeks ago to
[11:42] change yet again the formula for how we
[11:44] will uh for how we will do that so
[11:47] counties are looking for ways to
[11:49] stabilize their their revenue exam just
[11:51] so it's predictable so that we can
[11:53] predictively provide services to our
[11:55] residents uh there are some uh you know
[11:58] different ideas coming from around the
[11:59] state everything from um the ability to
[12:03] Levy unincorporated tax which currently
[12:06] doesn't exist uh in the state to uh you
[12:10] know being able to uh use certain TA in
[12:13] different ways and and loosen up
[12:17] for different type of taxes that come in
[12:20] that are currently year marked that
[12:21] maybe could could get better use 're
[12:26] kind of exploring all things so we'll
[12:27] see what comes out of that as we move CL
[12:29] of the legislature um then on another
[12:32] note I have spoken with Senator Martin
[12:34] basley there are portions of the new
[12:36] conceal car instruction law that have
[12:39] come into effect and that's uh in
[12:41] regards to the certification of firearms
[12:44] instructors by local sheriff's
[12:46] departments and our local sheriff's
[12:48] department has you know enacted a
[12:50] program of certification but as with
[12:53] many rushed and not well thought out
[12:54] laws one of the problems with this is
[12:57] that uh instructors once they get
[13:00] certified by a sheriff's department
[13:02] that's not good enough for any other
[13:04] sheriff's department under the new law
[13:06] so U and many people are probably aware
[13:09] I am an in enire was instructor and at
[13:12] times have done classes for folks and
[13:14] First Responders and but they come from
[13:16] all over you know they come from Park
[13:18] County they come from Douglas County uh
[13:20] Western El Paso County as well as our
[13:22] own County and previously that wasn't an
[13:25] issue uh because the previous law simply
[13:27] said that you had to be an n certified
[13:30] instructor you or as one of the pathways
[13:32] to receiving a concealed carry permit
[13:34] and now the law says You must be
[13:36] certified by your local sheriff which
[13:38] means if somebody who lives six miles
[13:40] north of w Park comes to a class in W
[13:42] Park and I'm not certified with the
[13:44] sheriff of D County
[13:47] then can't use my class as uh as the
[13:51] instruction that's required in the
[13:53] concealed carry law so from that I've
[13:55] gone to Mark basley also of course
[13:57] spoken with our Sheriff about it and
[13:59] fully supports the idea to uh Foster and
[14:02] sponsor legislation to essentially
[14:04] create reciprocity among counties that
[14:07] if the county shair from Teller County
[14:08] under the law has properly certified an
[14:11] instructor that any other County in
[14:13] Colorado should recognize that
[14:15] certification because otherwise that
[14:17] you're running around spending a lot of
[14:19] money make you know trying to make sure
[14:22] that you're certified in other counties
[14:23] in case you have somebody from other
[14:24] counties coming in so we're hopeful it
[14:27] sounds very common sense but not a lot
[14:29] of common sense the legisl so we'll see
[14:31] how that goes but I'm appreciative
[14:33] senator for his willingness to sponsor
[14:36] that legislation and with that I think I
[14:39] will wrap it up with that thank you Mr
[14:41] chairman thank you commissioner Stone
[14:43] commissioner Williams thank you Mr chair
[14:46] I appreciate all your work on the
[14:47] council Eric and reference CCI again Bob
[14:50] was gone I was able to tell that online
[14:52] as well Eric is our legislative do that
[14:54] every choose one of us to it's hours of
[14:57] his day and then back we get one vot as
[15:00] a County so I will say what I saw this
[15:02] year is a little more bipartisanship but
[15:04] I also saw it's an election year and so
[15:07] we have several acting currently active
[15:09] legislators that are running for high
[15:11] office and so you see some of that like
[15:13] er said the tax frustra because we just
[15:16] want to stop so we can figure out we're
[15:18] doing our people thank you for your
[15:21] leadership um really excited again you
[15:23] see a lot of advertisement Kasa Court
[15:26] pointed special Advocate I sit on that
[15:27] board several levels executive board as
[15:30] well governance board so our fifth
[15:32] annual hope will be here next Wednesday
[15:34] youth Cultural Center do open at 7 only
[15:37] the hour 7:30 8:30 uh we've probably
[15:39] already raised about $20,000 thanks to
[15:41] corporate sponsors like the mine and
[15:43] different people and I appreciate K when
[15:45] being here uh the bank and so it's
[15:47] really an opportunity to have some of
[15:49] the local folks take a lot of courage
[15:52] and explain their story kids like you
[15:55] know the folks back here and what
[15:57] they've been through and uh probably
[15:59] have I'll just keep a generic several
[16:00] dozen kids from Toler County in the
[16:02] program what that program is is if you
[16:04] lose your children for whatever reason
[16:07] abuse State steps in they are they're
[16:10] given different than a guardian a item
[16:12] they're given an advocate in state of
[16:14] Colorado that does nothing but advocate
[16:16] for that child the goal is always to
[16:18] give those children back to their
[16:20] natural parents can it doesn't always
[16:22] help doesn't always work but uh it's
[16:24] about $1,500 a person to train [ __ ] and
[16:29] that's what they use the money for and
[16:30] I'll just say this indoors open at 7
[16:32] 7:30 8:30 next Wednesday at the UL
[16:35] Center all the proceeds that we raise
[16:37] will save so even though we work between
[16:39] us in the pass this is I happy to have
[16:43] the other Commissioners with us um
[16:45] braver Angels obviously braver Angels
[16:47] Holly may or may not be here today um
[16:49] but Holly runs so it goes back to
[16:52] Lincoln goes back to March 4th 1861 um
[16:55] we already had seven states to see from
[16:57] the Union uh Lincoln would be dead in
[17:00] three and a half years the country was
[17:02] falling apart very divided maybe worse
[17:04] than we are now I think and he gave an
[17:06] inaugural speech one of the shortest
[17:08] speeches he gave but he ended with prob
[17:10] can be saved if we can find the better
[17:12] angels of our nature so hat off to O I
[17:15] think Eric was there as well and Bob's
[17:18] been a big supporter and they basically
[17:20] just try to fill a room with people from
[17:22] different sides of the aisle no secret
[17:24] blue versus red was this case and it was
[17:26] about elections uh so we have a member
[17:28] of Jason's team there Pat came there I
[17:30] really appreciate it Pat and you know
[17:32] there's a lot of tension in the room as
[17:33] people came together that's really the
[17:34] sad thing residents and Neighbors in
[17:37] Teller County who literally freeze up
[17:39] when they stand next to somebody so what
[17:42] they do is they break down little circle
[17:43] groups so the tension gets even higher
[17:45] and then you have to go around Circle
[17:46] and say whether you lean blue or red
[17:49] doesn't really matter but you know so
[17:50] you know you're sit next to and we talk
[17:52] and so it's really interesting um they
[17:55] briefed us very quickly they briefed us
[17:57] the higher level bra range at the
[17:59] national level on like Integrity what we
[18:01] found out is everybody's concerned about
[18:03] elections just from different sides and
[18:05] the three principles they gave us is one
[18:07] voting should be easy but cheating
[18:08] should be hard most people AG on that
[18:10] every citizen should have an equal say
[18:12] in who will govern them and that's done
[18:14] through free and fair elections and the
[18:16] American government will fail if
[18:17] candidates refuse to accept the outcome
[18:20] of the victory so you know we're a
[18:21] nation of fans when two football teams
[18:23] come together referee calls it walk away
[18:26] we need to understand how that works and
[18:28] hats off
[18:29] reporter who was there a lot of Courage
[18:32] um it was really neat to see um as she
[18:35] reminded folks there who were agitated
[18:36] on both sides I look I swore not to the
[18:38] constitution in Colorado state that her
[18:41] statute she has to follow she shares
[18:43] some of her personal opinions which is
[18:44] appreciated so I think Eric and I Eric
[18:47] and I texted that evening a little
[18:49] depressing to see how dug in some people
[18:50] are but I think at least now people can
[18:54] go home to their families and say hey I
[18:55] sat next to a republican I sat next to a
[18:58] Democrat well I heard one thing that
[19:00] they said that I can get along with and
[19:01] so they don't attempt to change your
[19:03] mind they just attempt to open your mind
[19:04] so hats off to Holly they very for doing
[19:07] that they need every month in the
[19:08] library for different issues and can is
[19:11] important and again I'll just with
[19:13] regards to election Integrity I have
[19:16] full faith and confidence in stepan all
[19:18] Commissioners and everything we can
[19:20] she'll probably talk a little bit about
[19:21] it mov on the crime you know we we had a
[19:24] joint statement that went out on crime
[19:26] uh Jason and the three Commission and
[19:29] there's a statement there about
[19:30] homelessness and I just want to clarify
[19:32] nice thing about those statements is it
[19:33] starts a conversation people call they
[19:36] what do you mean by there is no one up
[19:38] on this Das that doesn't have empathy
[19:40] for homeless people they're before the
[19:42] grace of God with all of us right couple
[19:43] bad decisions a bad divorce your job and
[19:46] you're living in the trailer doesn't
[19:47] belong you when I was a kid here we
[19:49] called a mountain you know I just buried
[19:52] one month and a half ago a mountain man
[19:53] that lived up here by himself on many
[19:55] years so that's not what we're talking
[19:57] about Eric kind of H into the crime is advocate for old color and so T
[20:02] county has been targeted for fanol you
[20:05] guys remember Jason night and I was in
[20:07] conversation with Jason last he
[20:09] authorized me to say a few things on his
[20:10] behalf in terms of crime um we're in
[20:12] charge of life he safety he got Public
[20:15] Safety so we work together but we're
[20:17] being taken advantage of and what I mean
[20:19] by that is what do you do as a county
[20:21] commissioner when you get a call someone
[20:23] says hey there's somebody living on my
[20:25] land in somebody else's trailer by the
[20:27] way they're pooping on on the ground and
[20:29] my well is right here or by the way
[20:31] there are children there that should be
[20:32] in school or by the way they shot at me
[20:35] you know all those things are happening
[20:36] so fentanyl crime felons our jails are
[20:39] not empty but they're half empty because
[20:41] they're all the mountains and so again I
[20:43] just want to clarify we're not targeting
[20:45] homeless people but there are really bad
[20:47] people hiding among the homeless people
[20:49] um all three of us sit on boards from
[20:51] senior coalition to ask the Mind Center
[20:53] to partnership that care about folks and
[20:56] the term that we use now is giving them
[20:57] a hand up not hand hand out so all that
[20:59] empathy and compassion is there um but
[21:02] you elected us to take care of safety
[21:04] and we're telling you there's some ises
[21:06] up here getting after so uh Jason will
[21:08] have a statement probably later this
[21:10] week to clarify that um it's really to
[21:12] take care of all residents um last thing
[21:15] I'll say is uh Eric did a really good
[21:17] job with it you know mushrooms is
[21:19] another example I don't think any of us
[21:21] are up here saying you can't enjoy
[21:23] marijuana you can't have Jack Daniels
[21:25] you can't do whatever you're legal all
[21:27] to do we're telling you things are
[21:28] happening that are taking control and so
[21:32] you come to this town and buy marijuana
[21:34] legally and don't spend the night and
[21:37] get free alcohol and right now there's
[21:38] some overing going on we're looking at F
[21:40] and you get in your car and you cross
[21:42] over into unincorporated T County you're
[21:44] going to engang your kids on school
[21:46] buses you know on older people and and
[21:48] that's what we're looking at that's we
[21:50] going after there are a lot of people
[21:51] that come up here that are in their mid
[21:53] 70s for the first time they're not used
[21:55] to the altitude they have two or three
[21:57] resisting conditions on oxygen they
[21:59] drinking too much and then they pop a
[22:00] goo me and wonder why it didn't kick in
[22:02] so they pop a second one you ever try
[22:04] that you know it takes a few hours and
[22:06] then they get in the road and they drive
[22:08] through it and so that's what Jason's
[22:09] seeing and so we're not heavy-handed no
[22:12] we owe it to you to be careful out there
[22:14] and there's a lot of leaf Lookers up
[22:15] here right now as you know and you don't
[22:17] having fun so um I think I'll end it
[22:19] with that but just a great time to be
[22:21] here and I do uh ask you guys to keep
[22:23] forward in your prayers that's a pretty
[22:24] big storm it's five almost 500 miles
[22:27] across it's the entire State of Florida
[22:29] so ask yourself how prepared Denver
[22:31] would be if they lost electricity got
[22:33] five feet of snow to help out so it's
[22:36] going to be interesting to watch and
[22:37] we'll see do but keep PR with that M
[22:40] church thank you commissioner just one
[22:43] additional I like to thr out there with
[22:45] the braver angels seminars that I've
[22:47] gone to it's about getting people in the
[22:50] room that don't necessarily have
[22:52] Bas beliefs and philosophies that they
[22:55] live by it's about in them in the room
[22:58] and having conversations that can be
[23:00] civil that's what braver Angel likes to
[23:02] do they like to explore topics and have
[23:04] conversations where you can get adults
[23:06] in the room and mix and match and it
[23:09] doesn't matter what side you're on of
[23:11] what subject or what the topic is for
[23:14] the week but to have conversations with
[23:16] other people and have it in a civil
[23:17] manner I think there few of those where
[23:20] you know it's amazing if you create the
[23:23] right environment you can have good
[23:25] constructive decisions and sometimes
[23:28] some results come out of their where you
[23:30] can do something in the community but
[23:32] it's about fostering Communications and
[23:34] not getting outrageous and not getting
[23:37] animosity built up but have a
[23:40] conversation with your neighbor who may
[23:41] not believe in everything you believe in
[23:43] and it's not always political sometimes
[23:46] it's just philosophies of life sometimes
[23:49] deals with religion and policies in the
[23:51] state it's not an R&D discussion
[23:54] typically it's about getting people
[23:56] together from different sides and having
[23:57] good constru start through conversations
[24:00] and fostering in a simple manner so I
[24:02] appreciate you guys showing up for me
[24:04] when I wasn't in town but thank you so
[24:06] much on that one um been spending some
[24:09] time quite a bit with pipek Workforce as
[24:11] a board that I sit on I lead right now
[24:14] but um trying to help Tracy through this
[24:18] U she's got another audit at the Pik
[24:20] speak Workforce Center it's another
[24:22] division of some State Administration
[24:25] that are calling it a monitoring review
[24:30] um it it really comes down to
[24:34] terminology this is their third a
[24:36] they've had in the last 15 months and
[24:39] they've been constant from CD CD at the
[24:43] federal level the cdle at the labor
[24:45] department of the state she has just got
[24:47] a Target on her back right now but the
[24:50] good thing is this one's coming out
[24:51] pretty good um but three audits in one
[24:54] year from different agencies seems like
[24:57] a little bit of heavy this and in this
[24:59] one they're not finding anything but
[25:01] that's that's say okay but I've been
[25:03] spend a lot of time helping with her as
[25:05] an ex auditor it's nice to have some
[25:07] eyes go down there and say that's not
[25:09] what auditing should look like that's
[25:11] not what review should look like um so I
[25:15] a lot as you mentioned I spent some
[25:17] family time did some camping in the
[25:19] other parts of the the country this week
[25:22] over towards independent past and spend
[25:24] a few days out there without cell phone
[25:25] coverage and just checking out you know
[25:28] because it's nice not to answer that
[25:30] phone every five minutes or so and then
[25:33] I've also got a buddy in town that I was
[25:35] in high school band we've been friends
[25:37] for 50 years so he lived in Phoenix most
[25:39] his life he recently moved to Georgia
[25:42] but he's in town doing some caretaking
[25:43] so I've been spend some time with him
[25:45] it's nice to have friends that you grew
[25:47] up with 50 years ago so that's been
[25:50] keeping me busy quite a bit and I think
[25:53] at that I'll leave it
[25:55] short and we'll move on to the elected
[25:59] official I think
[26:03] you're
[26:06] Stephanie good morning
[26:09] everyone so I traveled to the big city
[26:12] of linman a couple weeks ago we had
[26:14] conference there and it was very nice um
[26:16] it's nice I this is my second time is
[26:19] going as treasure and public trusty and
[26:21] I'm starting to fit in and you know fill
[26:24] in the shoes and stuff so I really enjoy
[26:25] it and it's nice to go to smaller ones
[26:29] will be going to uh lovelin in October
[26:32] it's more of everybody around the state
[26:34] but I do like the the smaller ones with
[26:35] the rounder tables because conversation
[26:37] is always really nice you learn so much
[26:40] um I do have um we've been getting ready
[26:44] for the um taxan sale that will be going
[26:46] on November 1st through the
[26:48] 4 and um we do have a little bit more
[26:51] this year last year we had 578 Parcels
[26:54] this year we have
[26:56] 644 so we do have um a little bit more
[26:59] we are 98% Collective though so that's
[27:02] good um we will be submitted that to the
[27:06] paper uh next week already so that's
[27:10] crazy um and then um I'll be back next
[27:14] month for a full report for my third
[27:16] quarter report for you I'll be out next
[27:19] week I have a personal thing going on so
[27:22] looking forward to my son getting
[27:24] married and um I think that's all I have
[27:27] most you guys
[27:31] your
[27:32] discussions legislation we should be
[27:34] watching for new ideas coming in public
[27:37] trust you know the only thing that we're
[27:39] still um working on is that treasurer's
[27:42] deed you know we're still working
[27:43] through that a lot of the counties you
[27:45] know because of big and small we're
[27:47] trying to work together um with how
[27:49] we're handling that the um vendors are
[27:53] still which is very odd to me they're
[27:55] not they're not prepared for that so
[27:57] we're not being
[27:58] we're doing it until our County by hand
[28:01] on those Treasures Deeds so we are still
[28:03] selling those um there's a lot of
[28:04] counties that are not they're not taking
[28:06] any of those so that's um and they're
[28:09] going to revamp that legislation and
[28:12] then also when we went into special
[28:14] session um which got shot down right you
[28:17] know I talked to Senator basley about
[28:19] you know the 12mon payment and things so
[28:22] hopefully that second session really
[28:25] calmed them down so let's hope that we
[28:27] don't have to worry about that but we'll
[28:29] we never know what might happen thank
[28:31] you but I appreciate you being there for
[28:33] congratulations on wedding too thank you
[28:34] very much and the one good thing about
[28:37] the line conference it's originally
[28:39] designed as an Eastern counties but it's
[28:41] 25 or 30 small counties that get
[28:43] together get a round T you get good good
[28:47] discussion great learning experience out
[28:49] there absolutely Metropolis yes thank
[28:54] you
[28:55] all Miss clerk Stephanie
[28:59] there's not a lot going on in my
[29:02] world um so we sent out we will be
[29:06] mailed out October 11 we have a total of
[29:10] almost I say 19,100 balls that will be
[29:14] available to vote so we appreciate
[29:16] everybody voting your ballot ballot Box
[29:19] is open on October the 11th same time
[29:22] that b are put now I we're not required
[29:26] to have them open that o
[29:28] I did one year open them on the day that
[29:32] was required and I had a lot of people
[29:34] because they want to drop about same
[29:36] thing they got them so I was very
[29:38] excited about that so those will open on
[29:40] the 11 I want to appreciate the
[29:42] invitation that I received um from
[29:45] greater angels I had never to a meeting
[29:48] like that before I was very impressed
[29:50] how they um conduct their election and
[29:53] they keep it on track and they keep it
[29:55] on TR started when they said was ended
[29:59] when it said going to and for the most
[30:02] part it was really educational it's kind
[30:04] of fun to relax and be in there have
[30:08] group discussion so I appreciate that um
[30:11] vote centers open October 21st like can
[30:14] jumping around all over the place it's
[30:16] election time so I'm along the
[30:18] scatter so I'm just gonna end it right
[30:20] there unless anybody has any
[30:22] question we've seen the cou social media
[30:25] questions
[30:28] not
[30:30] the what's the policy
[30:34] procedure you want to become a cool
[30:37] Watcher you have to be um endorsed so to
[30:42] speak by either a candidate a balid
[30:45] question or issue and or a
[30:49] um a major party so they have to be in
[30:53] contact with one of those they have to
[30:55] complete the application they have to
[30:57] complete hes they have to come to the
[31:00] clerk's office to be credential and then
[31:03] they are able to visit the v sers in
[31:07] election Central to observe is there
[31:09] some kind of or something that separates
[31:13] them from some that
[31:15] just so we we make them more
[31:20] part so they will have distinguishable
[31:23] um name badges and there are some that
[31:26] can only um interact with the Le judge
[31:29] that is out at the vote Center or the
[31:31] designated person at election Central so
[31:34] they are strictly there to
[31:37] watch than
[31:40] thank I think that's it for elected
[31:43] officials so move off to kind minist Mr
[31:48] Herzog thank you sir I've been busy last
[31:50] couple days attending uh the
[31:54] international County and city managers
[31:57] association
[31:58] meeting my takeway is our problems are
[32:01] not unique to the rest of the country uh
[32:04] but you know housing Staffing Capital
[32:06] Improvement uh there was a big this year
[32:09] a a big push on just some of the
[32:13] technological advances that have come
[32:15] through that are starting to see you're
[32:17] starting to see in the you saw in the
[32:19] private sector earlier but just the use
[32:21] of AI and what policies and stuff
[32:23] incorporate that and how you can utilize
[32:26] some efficiencies
[32:28] um but overall great conference U good
[32:31] to have your roex to have those people
[32:33] available phone calls when you're trying
[32:34] to solve problems and U going through uh
[32:38] this morning I know one of the biggest
[32:40] questions was when is going to be our
[32:44] fall Fage peak
[32:47] time I think on the international model
[32:50] it's going to be H Saturday at
[32:52] [Music]
[32:53] 12:30 other than that just remind people
[32:56] a lot of people are around the County
[32:58] right now that don't live around here
[33:00] how they don't know that their vehicle
[33:02] is obstructing the road around the
[33:03] corner when you come around so watch for
[33:06] them and just give yourself through X
[33:08] minut and being never
[33:10] right I'll leave it at that yeah I was
[33:13] going to say that you know Victor has
[33:14] the art show here so they have painters
[33:16] out there painting at all kinds of
[33:18] places we love seeing in this's art
[33:21] month like people come to me um do you
[33:24] mind sharing what you sh with me I
[33:26] called Ross on an issue yesterday said
[33:28] hey how was the conference you know
[33:29] because we all do these things and you
[33:31] know it's to be value added you want to
[33:33] bring something back to T can you might
[33:34] talk about how collegial you think we
[33:36] are compared to some of the inight that
[33:38] you saw that a comant oh yeah it's it is
[33:41] I will say there's some divisiveness in
[33:43] the country right
[33:44] now very honored to be working here in t
[33:49] County reasonable approach and being
[33:52] able to listen to all sides and just
[33:55] that philosophy of once you get to the
[33:58] table you're bringing every everybody's
[34:01] opinion to that table to look at so we
[34:03] appreciate working with everyone thank
[34:06] you thank you sir I noticed yesterday
[34:10] heading back on
[34:12] 67 was like 3 o' in the afternoon must
[34:15] been 100 cars 67 and went around the
[34:18] corner right where the rock bit is and
[34:20] there was literally a car stopped in the
[34:22] middle of the road you getting out of
[34:24] the car and that has to be a point where
[34:27] there's like 100 fet on both sides of
[34:29] the road but they stop the car right
[34:31] midd the road so when you're out there
[34:33] driving please be careful watch for
[34:35] those Leaf peers because some of those
[34:37] cars have kids in them too and animals
[34:39] and got be really careful on the roads
[34:42] next couple weeks during the Le season
[34:44] so thank
[34:46] you department heads I don't know if we
[34:49] have any additional directors or
[34:51] department heads of the room see so now
[34:54] we'll move on for time reserve for
[34:57] public don't have appointments on the
[35:00] agenda today people like to address this
[35:04] you like to come up to
[35:09] the welcome Holly sing your Praises in
[35:12] the first part of the
[35:13] meeting
[35:18] sorry well um good morning and as you
[35:21] know I'm H sample um I want to thank
[35:23] Commissioners Williams and stone for
[35:26] coming to our bre r meeting in for
[35:28] Stephanie as well um the other night
[35:33] um and uh I appreciate the opportunity
[35:37] to speak to you today I brought my notes
[35:38] just so I don't get all mixed up but um
[35:42] I don't know if you know I live right
[35:44] outside of CRI crean Highland Meadows
[35:46] and so I consider this my community um
[35:50] and I'm here to talk about the recent
[35:52] news release regarding inter agency
[35:55] cooperation to address crime and
[35:56] homelessness
[35:58] in Teller County in the city of per cre
[36:01] and I'm encouraged by the
[36:05] um the mention in that letter of
[36:09] forthcoming shortterm and
[36:11] long-term um efforts and policies to
[36:14] address those
[36:15] Solutions uh or those problems but um I
[36:18] know that I and other members of the
[36:20] community will be looking forward to
[36:23] more specific information about those
[36:25] Solutions and um more data about the
[36:29] crime and homelessness and how they
[36:32] interact um in the meantime I'm
[36:34] concerned about statements that seem to
[36:37] conflate crime and homelessness these
[36:40] are both serious problems that I would
[36:41] like to see more data about specific
[36:44] times before attributing them all to the
[36:47] homeless population and indeed as the
[36:50] most vulnerable members of our community
[36:53] I think the homeless are very likely to
[36:55] also be victims of crime
[36:58] um Southern terer County we're fortunate
[37:01] to be growing and we're experiencing
[37:04] both the benefits and the negative
[37:07] impacts of that and so this is a great
[37:09] time to get ahead of the negative
[37:11] impacts in January um reporter Pat Hill
[37:16] wrote a story in The Courier um where
[37:20] she described the detrius around
[37:22] campsites where people were living on
[37:24] Mineral and carbonate Hills and the
[37:27] stuffed animals and toys alongside the
[37:29] other debris are what caught my
[37:32] attention and hurt my heart as she said
[37:35] um this is the Dark Side of C Creek and
[37:39] in the last six months I've been
[37:41] volunteering at the gaspen Mind center
[37:44] community of caring where I've seen the
[37:46] bright and beautiful
[37:48] site as you know many individuals and
[37:51] agencies come together there to see that
[37:53] our citizens have food and clothing
[37:56] receive Medical
[37:58] care um find jobs and so much more and
[38:01] many of the volunteers there are people
[38:04] who have benefited from those programs
[38:07] and are giving back to the community as
[38:10] commissioner Stone said in that letter
[38:12] that was released only by working
[38:15] together as citizens law enforcement and
[38:17] business can we begin to have a
[38:18] deterrent on criminal elements in ker
[38:21] County so I'm here this morning to ask
[38:24] you to consider taking a wide view of
[38:26] the problem and engaging more Community
[38:29] stakeholders business people Property
[38:32] Owners church members Educators social
[38:35] service agencies as well as people who
[38:37] are experiencing
[38:39] homelessness me all these people and
[38:41] work together to ensure that we have
[38:45] prosperous and sustainable Safe
[38:48] Community
[38:49] Development so as I mentioned and as you
[38:51] know I'm part of a local group called
[38:55] braver angels and we conduct workshops
[38:57] JS and Community meetings intended to
[39:00] bring a wide array of people together to
[39:02] develop skills to talk about important
[39:05] issues
[39:07] um with help from the braver Angels
[39:10] organization we would be glad to help
[39:12] organize a series of town hall meetings
[39:15] designed to dig into the data that
[39:18] further Define the problems of crime and
[39:20] homelessness in tler County identify
[39:23] root causes and brainstorm local
[39:26] Solutions if you already have plans to
[39:29] bring people together and you don't need
[39:31] our help please just let me know how I
[39:33] can
[39:34] contribute thank
[39:36] you see you if I could Mr sh again we
[39:40] really were bragging about you foret so
[39:42] we'll repeat a few of the things but I
[39:44] can fill you in um thank you so much for
[39:47] taking on probably the toughest thing
[39:49] with election Integrity uh lot of
[39:51] tension in the room tension uh Eric and
[39:54] I had some conversations after the
[39:56] meeting did we change any Minds though
[39:58] but that wasn't the intent I think
[40:00] people could go home and say I sat next
[40:01] to a Republican or Democrat and was
[40:03] really need to see the come now so thank
[40:05] you so much um we had law enforcement
[40:08] there I think that was nice as well P
[40:10] sure and I think overall there are no
[40:12] election deniers here today I'll just
[40:15] tell you that and we had them before and
[40:17] again I'm not picking on that you but
[40:18] you've all heard the stories you did a
[40:20] great job with regards to homelessness
[40:22] and I'm really glad you're here uh as
[40:25] here in person so that state stat was
[40:27] designed to start a conversation it was
[40:29] designed to answer part of what happened
[40:32] that we still can't talk about that
[40:34] horrific Prime that you as you know I
[40:36] live four milare to Creek is my home too
[40:38] and I grew up here um there is a lot of
[40:42] empathy on this board for Hess there
[40:43] before the grace of God go all of us a
[40:46] bad divorce bad financial decisions all
[40:48] up there as I mentioned for you got
[40:50] Holly when I was a kid we called the
[40:52] mountain b and a lot of them were
[40:53] veterans they were I got buried when a
[40:55] month and a half ago went cou years you
[40:58] may recall a few years ago we buried a
[41:00] veteran we found Ben car who Liv in cat
[41:03] out all over and this is an issue as you
[41:05] know much bigger than T County it's also
[41:07] Federal so we work really close and so
[41:10] there's no attempt in that letter um to
[41:12] verify the homeless in fact I sit on the
[41:14] as mind Center board uh Bob sits on
[41:18] partnership Eric sits on senior
[41:19] Coalition a lot of love lot of empathy I
[41:21] have served Thanksgiving dinner here at
[41:23] to homeless for years even before as a
[41:26] commissioner so that is
[41:28] Jason and I talked last night he would
[41:30] be here today he's up right now working
[41:31] with senator basley in Denver on some
[41:33] legislation to tighten up on CRI he
[41:36] wanted me to remind anybody who would
[41:37] bring it up um we you have some
[41:39] nefarious activity and you said it
[41:41] exactly right there are Wars I'll just
[41:44] use the Afghan term when I was in combat
[41:46] that are amongst the homeless that are
[41:48] taking advantage of the homeless that
[41:50] are praying on them there are now a day
[41:52] goes by where we don't get a call about
[41:55] um un adult rated sewage going into a
[41:58] stream that then goes down that then is
[42:00] received by someone's well uh their
[42:03] Public Safety we we have found felons we
[42:05] have found methab we have found fentanyl
[42:07] so none of that's directed at a homeless
[42:10] person that truly has made some bad
[42:11] decisions that we can pull out and give
[42:13] them a hand up it's really designed to
[42:15] say they're folks Among Us that fighting
[42:18] push us on and then not to get political
[42:20] but we do have some laxing of standards
[42:24] and and Prim statistics and standards in
[42:26] Colorado we can't keep in jail any the
[42:29] other Jas want to me to remind folks is
[42:31] that we have a mental health crisis I
[42:33] mental health I think as well as you're
[42:35] aware so we do have some people up here
[42:37] in R for example Jerry and I come from
[42:41] you it's no joke it minus 30 you know in
[42:43] the winter time we have children I miss
[42:45] my presentation on Costa that's this
[42:47] coming Wednesday we have an obligation
[42:49] to State under State statutes to to go
[42:52] take care kids that we find out there to
[42:54] and you're right dur knows the property
[42:56] um we went to ER was with me one day
[42:58] with code enforcement a couple months
[43:00] ago and you can see the toys and as soon
[43:02] as you see that it Chang M you this is
[43:06] squaller call it whatever we want and
[43:08] then there's people that don't want help
[43:10] you know there's that so I welcome a
[43:13] larger conversation uh and again that
[43:15] wasn't a standalone it was really
[43:17] designed to bring folks like you here to
[43:19] say we got all us look at it but there
[43:21] was an outcry after that last crime that
[43:23] did involv some homeless folks we talked
[43:25] to our Casino operators for example all
[43:27] three of us and what they do is they
[43:29] fire me they try to hire them where they
[43:32] fire them but where do they go and the
[43:34] truth is we don't have a home Shel TR we
[43:36] do have faith-based communities we have
[43:38] great people like you we all try to help
[43:39] and donate our time but we don't have
[43:42] capacity and so as winter gets closer as
[43:45] we start to see fanol increase here
[43:47] which it has here sits on the opio
[43:49] account give a wonderful presentation
[43:51] about how bad that really is what is
[43:53] leading to we're so close to the springs
[43:57] that's what we're starting to see so and
[43:59] we've had bodies dumped up here you know
[44:01] so I just again apologize to you if it
[44:04] appeared that we were attacking all
[44:05] people it wasn't it's an element within
[44:08] that population that is different than I
[44:11] was jry first it's not the mountain it's
[44:14] not the veteran most of the veterans I
[44:16] know that live like that when we left
[44:18] alone these are people that are praying
[44:21] just that's not
[44:24] push by me Mr thank you very much for
[44:27] coming today um as mentioned I serve
[44:32] on
[44:34] good for um but um you know one of the
[44:39] big issues that we deal with down there
[44:41] and lot and there some of our
[44:43] stakeholders that take partner our
[44:44] conversations is you know with springs
[44:46] Rescue Mission and you know those who do
[44:49] not only work with Hess but also work
[44:52] with the CH addicted um and I think
[44:55] that's the big change that we're seeing
[44:57] talking about and it ties into them it
[45:00] ties into
[45:01] thees but it also ties into kids as well
[45:04] and in our work uh on the board of Human
[45:07] Services we get you know firsthand
[45:10] knowledge of our own departments that
[45:13] that's who's responsible for now having
[45:16] to go out and figure out you know what
[45:19] are the conditions that some of these
[45:20] kids are in and sometimes they go in and
[45:22] they're like you know what they have you
[45:24] know ways to Bath they they're fed
[45:27] getting educated it may not you know
[45:28] they may not be living overall in
[45:30] conditions that any of us would choose
[45:31] and maybe even that they wouldn't choose
[45:33] if they if they had that power but as
[45:35] long as you know they're being well
[45:37] cared for then uh you know that's that's
[45:41] what I want to see and you know I've
[45:43] always said that there's nothing
[45:44] compassionate about seeing people living
[45:48] in a homeless situation see fames living
[45:49] in a homeless situation there's nothing
[45:51] compassionate about helping them
[45:53] maintain that I want I want more than
[45:56] that for those people
[45:57] uh and for some of them uh and
[46:01] unfortunately we've experienced it uh
[46:04] you know more recently where we have
[46:05] seen violence uh and more significant
[46:08] criminal activity and and it's not
[46:11] rooted in homelessness but homelessness
[46:13] is part of it and you're exactly right
[46:15] in your comment where you said well not
[46:16] all homeless are you're exactly right
[46:18] not all homeless are but we cannot
[46:20] ignore that uh there are people that are
[46:25] living homeless uh that are simply here
[46:29] because they're don't want to be seen
[46:31] somewhere else um it's either because
[46:33] they're they're living lifestyle they
[46:35] just don't want anybody else to see them
[46:37] but you know they've got a WRA sheet
[46:39] they've got warrants they've got people
[46:40] looking for them um they need you know
[46:43] to be responsible for things that they
[46:45] um you know that they're trying to
[46:47] escape from and just like you know when
[46:49] I first moved here was a Texas out you
[46:51] were probably around in and it exists I
[46:54] mean it's like they they come here and
[46:57] like all of us they come here and they
[46:58] feel safe right um they you know they
[47:00] get to the mountains oh we're safe here
[47:01] and we can hide in the forest and you
[47:03] know and that Shields us and while we
[47:05] all enjoy that level of peace that we
[47:07] get from that we can't ignore that you
[47:09] know there there is a problem which is
[47:12] increasing homelessness is a part of
[47:14] that but there's there's nothing
[47:15] passionate about leaving people where
[47:18] they are uh and not recognizing that
[47:23] unfortunately you know elicit drugs
[47:25] plays a huge role in it and as a
[47:27] byproduct of elicit drugs you get human
[47:29] traffic you get U the continued dealing
[47:33] of drugs which is you know issue around
[47:36] here because they don't have to deal a
[47:38] lot of drugs to get enough money to
[47:39] maintain a lifestyle of living you know
[47:41] in a trailer they don't own on property
[47:43] they don't know um so U you know having
[47:47] those conversations I know that the
[47:49] sheriff and uh the chief police in in
[47:51] [ __ ] Creek AV just the other day uh
[47:54] to talk about some of the things that that you talks about which is
[47:58] getting the proper stakeholders together
[47:59] to have these discussions about what is
[48:01] this going to be we also recognize that
[48:04] with the coming of fall means that we're
[48:07] going to have cold nights coming up and
[48:09] uh winter has a little bit of a
[48:11] cleansing effect on our homeless
[48:12] population because it's brutal you know
[48:14] they come up here at 10,000 fet they
[48:16] don't realize what that means and it
[48:18] kind of flushes them out but that's have
[48:20] a plan for what happens when winter goes
[48:23] away and I think that's what a lot of
[48:25] this is about what's that plan do both
[48:27] from a law enforc also
[48:30] Community if I could
[48:33] Point speak for Jason but I did talk to
[48:36] him ination talk to me um he is working
[48:40] very closely with the PD here it's a
[48:42] jurisdictional issue rather than going
[48:44] after homeless folks out there trying to
[48:46] sort it out because that's what ends up
[48:48] happening the Jud might trailer my we
[48:52] see everything and it's so much
[48:55] worse tell you um they're coming in CRI
[48:59] and so what what he's doing along with
[49:01] PD is looking for over looking for list
[49:05] sex and looking for all that stuff here
[49:07] to address the crime whether they live
[49:09] in a mansion or they live homeless that
[49:11] may have an effect as well soing out the
[49:13] Predators from the people truly trying
[49:16] to stand up on them so just no I I I think it's something we're
[49:23] very aware of and we understand that
[49:25] there's distinct different
[49:27] between some of those demographics
[49:29] people have just fall on on a hard time
[49:31] and people it's a way of life and it's
[49:33] their way of life that promotes
[49:36] illegalities in a lot of their life but
[49:39] we have to distinguish the difference
[49:41] help those that want be helped but not
[49:44] also promote the idea that living out
[49:46] there is the best answer in world
[49:48] because it's not thank you I appreciate
[49:51] that I and I do realize and and I
[49:54] appreciate that you see what a compx
[49:57] problem and
[49:58] situation and um again if we can help if
[50:02] I can help please let us thank you thank
[50:06] you so much and thanks again for last
[50:08] night or Tuesday all right other citizens that
[50:14] would like to address the board yes
[50:27] hi my name is gett Hall I'm here to
[50:30] thank County Commissioners Bob Campbell
[50:33] Dan Williams and er stone for coming and
[50:36] supporting me and my brother at the T
[50:38] County Livestock F an auction year um
[50:42] with their help I'm able to donate 100
[50:45] pound of G beef to the as M Center
[50:49] tomorrow and thank you guys um I have a
[50:54] few gift for you
[51:03] offici
[51:15] thank with you guys
[51:29] family makes us cry every time
[51:35] we
[51:46] get look at me I'm three one
[51:51] two good
[51:53] job good job
[51:56] proud of you
[52:04] guys hey these kids go stay up here for
[52:06] a minute these kids are Grandpa their
[52:08] mom their dad was in here today uh you
[52:11] guys make a St every time we see and you
[52:13] hear a lot about our youth you hear a
[52:14] lot about people that don't plug in
[52:16] social media gaming you know whatever
[52:19] these guys are grounded you're a great
[52:21] example of gripple Creek and what we're
[52:23] trying to be in Teller County you're who
[52:25] we come to work for every day you know our commitment to Fairgrounds
[52:29] what we're trying to do andal AG members
[52:32] um it's still a rural County you know we
[52:35] have a diverse County here with folks
[52:36] that haven't been to this part of the
[52:38] county that live at Wood Park that
[52:39] commute but you're a reminder of why we
[52:42] try so hard because you're about our
[52:44] future so we love you guys and mom youi
[52:46] your dad doing great grandpa's doing
[52:48] good whatever you did you know keep it
[52:50] up it's probably in our water
[52:52] I now obviously I've been involved in
[52:55] Bri for a lot time because all my kids
[52:57] did
[52:59] florage got to be close to 30 years ago
[53:01] now and most of what they did was the
[53:03] indoor projects where you guys obviously
[53:05] do some lifesty projects and some other
[53:07] things too but I'm a big supporter it
[53:09] builds young Community it builds youth
[53:12] that turn into great leaders and great
[53:13] adults and you guys are off to a great
[53:16] start and we really appreciate what you
[53:18] guys do and how you represent the 4
[53:20] groups how you represent other kids in
[53:22] the community and farming and
[53:24] agricultural community so thank you so
[53:26] much guys I really appreciate
[53:29] it yeah I guess I'll hold
[53:32] this but no thank you for this and um
[53:36] you know but even bigger than that you
[53:37] know is thank you for thinking of other
[53:39] people um and donating you know ground
[53:42] beef to the ASP mind Center you know uh
[53:45] one of the things that you guys are
[53:46] already learning which a lot of people
[53:47] don't learn until later in life is that
[53:50] you know you work really hard and once
[53:51] you work hard and you've seen the
[53:53] benefit of your hard work is It's always
[53:55] important to turn around and then get
[53:56] back loow and you guys are doing that
[53:59] you're starting very young doing it and
[54:01] I can tell you that uh it's going to pay
[54:03] off in Spades not directly but uh you
[54:06] know as you get older you're going to
[54:08] find that people will begin to look to
[54:10] you guys for leadership I think they
[54:12] already are even among your peers so uh
[54:14] I just I just hope that when you guys
[54:16] are growing up that you're still here in
[54:18] County I know a lot of times our own
[54:20] youth my own my own kids you know are no
[54:22] longer in Teller County and I'd love to
[54:24] have them back here but uh uh anyway as
[54:27] you go out into the world whether it's
[54:28] here or somewhere else I know both you
[54:30] going to be great leaders and uh engage
[54:32] for you I know you're the younger than
[54:34] too but you remind me of me because I
[54:36] passed my brother in height about the
[54:37] same age as you're passing your brother
[54:40] and you know so and for Garrett for you
[54:43] is uh you know when you're you're seeing
[54:46] your brother the good news is you're not
[54:47] going to have to share clothes with him
[54:48] for very long he's going to keep growing
[54:50] that thank you guys and congratulations
[54:52] on a great year apprciate what time you
[54:54] go
[54:55] the 9 a 9 A.M we'll be there at 8 to
[54:58] start putting bags together and then
[55:00] they'll start handing out at 9: and I've
[55:02] got your picture with your animal ra
[55:05] you put headquarters
[55:08] here awesome thank you again for coming
[55:30] again thank you so much for being here I
[55:32] appreciate taking the time to come do
[55:34] this this morning it's a great
[55:37] presentation Jerry
[55:46] you hard for you to follow
[55:51] that I only have a few things one thing
[55:53] I wanted to say you're talking about
[55:56] live 67 so much as I love leaves I hate
[55:59] this time of year um I don't know if
[56:02] it's possible one idea I had that might
[56:05] help at least with some of them so
[56:07] County have any those flash ROP sign put
[56:09] up7 enjoy the leaves don't stop in the
[56:13] road
[56:14] don't because I have also like you come
[56:17] around corner most just scream people
[56:19] stop Road take
[56:22] picture we see big signs J yeah I don't
[56:26] know if you get SE to do but I think
[56:29] that would help at least in some
[56:34] measure okay thanks and then two on my
[56:38] last visit of course I irritated all you
[56:40] guys and some of that some of that was a
[56:42] little bit intentional um because I just
[56:45] wanted you to see it through somebody
[56:46] else's eyes you're coming in there you
[56:49] know I know what you're doing you're
[56:51] finding that's good some them are just
[56:54] working people and have problems it's
[56:56] just this is who they are and this is
[56:58] how they are and they get very irritated
[57:00] about that so my father used to have a
[57:03] saying I didn't understand I was younger
[57:04] but as I got older understood that
[57:06] there's right wrong and legal and I
[57:09] would just ask you to bear in mind when
[57:10] you do your stuff just because you do
[57:12] something that's legal doesn't make it
[57:15] necessarily right doesn't necessarily
[57:17] make them wrong and like said your job
[57:20] is hard I don't discount that in any
[57:22] shape form or fashion but like I told
[57:24] you I would keep coming in telling you
[57:26] this to remind you that um CU I talked
[57:29] to a lot of people talked to a guy who
[57:30] lived here for years and told something
[57:32] was going on and his first comment said
[57:34] well ioved out here to be left alone
[57:36] well isn't the same place it used to be
[57:38] but yeah I understand that and so I'm
[57:41] going to keep coming and reminding you
[57:43] that you know you know all the good
[57:45] stuff you do there's still people are
[57:46] not going to be happy with you I don't
[57:49] really have a
[57:50] complaint um other you
[57:53] know I I don't like exess government but
[57:56] like I said I moved here there was one
[57:57] Sheriff that that was 4 years ago I can
[58:00] drive from C Creek to day car and those
[58:03] changes come with it and you have to
[58:05] roll those but but that's just the
[58:07] biggest thing just remember you know
[58:09] some people that you think you're
[58:11] helping you're just making their light
[58:13] harder that's that's all I ask you and
[58:16] I'll be back two weeks to tell you this
[58:18] again good yeah if you can do the sign
[58:21] thing I think that I think we've got it
[58:23] working I almost B on a couple signs of
[58:25] go just put out by slow
[58:34] so any other public that doesn't have
[58:36] items on the
[58:43] agenda WEA move on to our Administration
[58:47] consider resolution to amend 2024
[58:52] Department fund budgets Administration
[58:54] Mr
[59:06] thank you on resolution 32
[59:09] corre before you is resolution number
[59:12] 09-
[59:14] 26-22
[59:17] 24 32 and this is a resolution to amend
[59:21] the 2024 General Road and Bridge and
[59:24] jail Enterprise fund budget
[59:27] whereas in the past the county has
[59:29] recognized significant savings from
[59:31] employment turnover that the board of
[59:33] County Commissioners could consider for
[59:35] use in other areas and whereas the board
[59:37] of County Commissioners has directed
[59:39] staff to make a monthly budget
[59:42] adjustment by
[59:43] transferring Personnel related funds
[59:46] from Individual departments to holding
[59:49] departments within each fund as
[59:51] Personnel budget needs are reduced and
[59:54] from holding departments to individual
[59:55] departments as Personnel budget needs
[59:57] increased within the county policy and
[59:59] whereas funds budgeted in the above
[1:00:02] reference holding departments which have
[1:00:04] been added to each fund as Personnel
[1:00:08] contingency
[1:00:09] departments ending in the numbers
[1:00:12] 2190 are not
[1:00:14] appropriated nor available for
[1:00:16] expenditure and are only accessible AR R
[1:00:18] by resolution of the board of County
[1:00:20] Commissioners transferring them to other
[1:00:23] departmental budget accounts and whereas
[1:00:25] the board County Commissioners hereby
[1:00:27] finds determines and
[1:00:29] declares that adoption of this
[1:00:31] resolution is necessary for the
[1:00:33] preservation and protection of the
[1:00:35] public health safety and
[1:00:37] Welfare of the inhabitants of terer
[1:00:39] County Colorado so again this is the
[1:00:41] resolution to amend the 2024 General
[1:00:43] Road and Bridge and jail Enterprise fund
[1:00:46] budgets so now therefore be it hereby
[1:00:49] resolved by the board of County
[1:00:50] commissioners of Teller County Colorado
[1:00:53] that the departmental budgets and
[1:00:55] personnel conen Department accounts be
[1:00:57] decreased as follows I'll summarize by
[1:01:00] fund so the general fund is
[1:01:06] 9,534 Rod and Bridge
[1:01:08] fund is $
[1:01:12] 6,582 jail Enterprise fund is
[1:01:17] $13,516
[1:01:19] and that the departmental budgets and
[1:01:21] Personnel contingency Department
[1:01:23] accounts be increased as follows and
[1:01:25] again all summarized by fund the general
[1:01:27] fund
[1:01:34] $290,500
[1:01:37] 582 jail Enterprise fund
[1:01:43] $3,522 and that the amounts appropriated
[1:01:45] for expenditure be re be reduced and
[1:01:49] increased
[1:01:50] accordingly adopted at the regular
[1:01:52] meeting of the board of County
[1:01:53] commissioners of T County Colorado this
[1:01:56] 26th day of September
[1:02:00] 2024 thank you sir any questions for
[1:02:04] Mr no questions only thing I'd like to
[1:02:07] not is the trend goes out through the
[1:02:09] year these numbers are much
[1:02:12] smaller obvious see this rat to
[1:02:14] Personnel dollars and we've got a few of
[1:02:15] these departments that Holy staff are
[1:02:19] getting close to it
[1:02:22] so that I'll open this resolution up for
[1:02:27] public comment is there any public
[1:02:28] comment on this budget
[1:02:32] resolution all right hearing none what's
[1:02:35] your choice Gentleman on this resolution
[1:02:38] yeah M chairman I would move to approve
[1:02:40] resolution number 0926 224 number 32 a
[1:02:43] resolution to amend the 2024 General
[1:02:45] Road and Bridge and jail Enterprise fund
[1:02:48] budgets and have it attached to the
[1:02:49] written minutes to show the details of
[1:02:51] the budget adjustments second the motion
[1:02:53] Mr chair thank you gentlemen
[1:02:56] other discussion roll call please Mr St
[1:02:59] yes yes Mr Campbell
[1:03:15] yes
[1:03:17] yeah right we going to consider a
[1:03:21] proclamation recognizing October 2024
[1:03:25] as art in
[1:03:29] County Mr St you yeah thank you Mr chair
[1:03:34] this is something uh you know that get
[1:03:37] copper out to us every year to raise
[1:03:41] attention towards the Arts uh in tell
[1:03:44] and Al Paso counties and as many of you
[1:03:46] know I'm involved my family been
[1:03:49] involved for many years and a lot of
[1:03:51] different music activities whether it
[1:03:53] was my children and the Colorado Springs
[1:03:54] children uh col's children's Corral or
[1:03:57] myself now with my activities now that
[1:03:59] I'm not living vicariously through my
[1:04:01] children um I've gotten back into the
[1:04:04] Arts again and uh and actually wanted to
[1:04:06] raise attention to on October 5th
[1:04:09] there'll be a concert in Colorado
[1:04:10] Springs called bachfest being put on by
[1:04:13] a new uh local chamber group called
[1:04:15] Coral song that was started by me Daniel
[1:04:18] Price who's the now is hired head of
[1:04:22] music for the United States Air Force he
[1:04:24] started a chamber group and he will be
[1:04:26] hosting uh and directing conducting a
[1:04:28] boach Fest on October 5th uh which I
[1:04:31] believe is Sunday and Cado strings at St
[1:04:34] Stevens's Episcopal church if you're a
[1:04:36] lover of Bach you're going to love this
[1:04:37] full Orchestra as well as chamber local
[1:04:41] group and group of uh soloists from
[1:04:45] literally across the country are coming
[1:04:47] in uh to do about 10 12 different Bo
[1:04:51] pieces including box magnificant um the
[1:04:55] rest of them are German I won't even
[1:04:56] attempt their name but you know if
[1:04:59] you're a lover of Bo Le cical music will
[1:05:01] be great to go to but with that I'll go
[1:05:03] ahead and read the
[1:05:05] resolution back on so I can do that
[1:05:09] um Proclamation recognizing October 2024
[1:05:13] as Arts month in Teller County whereas
[1:05:15] the month of October has been recognized
[1:05:16] as National Arts and Humanities month by
[1:05:18] thousands of Arts and Cultural
[1:05:20] organizations communities and States
[1:05:22] across the us as well as the White House
[1:05:24] and Congress nearly 30 years and for 11
[1:05:27] years here in the Pikes PE region
[1:05:29] whereas the Arts and Humanities enhance
[1:05:31] and enrich the lives of every American
[1:05:33] including those of us living in and
[1:05:35] visiting the Pik PE region and whereas
[1:05:37] the Arts positively support mental
[1:05:39] well-being Community cohesion education
[1:05:43] healing economic Vitality tourism and
[1:05:45] our quality of life whereas the Arts
[1:05:48] culture for-profit and nonprofit sectors
[1:05:51] represent an over1 trillion American
[1:05:54] industry 4.4 4% of our national GDP 16.9
[1:05:59] billion of which is in Colorado that
[1:06:01] supports 4.85 million American jobs and
[1:06:04] 10
[1:06:05] 2,383 jobs in Colorado whereas the Arts
[1:06:09] are a proven Civic engagement tool and
[1:06:11] can bring people together across
[1:06:12] different in challenging times whereas
[1:06:16] cultural heritage creativity and
[1:06:18] Innovation are an intrinsic part of the
[1:06:20] history of Teller County and our shared
[1:06:23] future now therefore the Teller County
[1:06:25] Board County Commissioners here ride
[1:06:27] proclaims October 2024 as Arts month in
[1:06:30] Teller County Colorado and urges all s
[1:06:33] citizens to recognize this money as Arts
[1:06:37] money thank you sir
[1:06:41] addition I had an opportunity say Angela
[1:06:43] seals could still walk in and thiser
[1:06:45] project is the region Cultural Arts
[1:06:49] community and uh they actually interview
[1:06:52] which is kind of neat so I was hoping
[1:06:53] they were going to be here so you could
[1:06:55] find them social media but keeping in
[1:06:57] things with braver angels Eric and Bob
[1:07:00] and I talk to me about the division has
[1:07:02] to stop this country one of questions
[1:07:03] they only ask you questions what art me
[1:07:06] that kind of thing um and way I answer
[1:07:09] that just you know art is unique and
[1:07:11] personal it's the environment around you
[1:07:12] get music get object that you're
[1:07:14] creating it's your interpretation and
[1:07:17] what's cool about it the second question
[1:07:18] was how does that Comm
[1:07:24] [Music]
[1:07:25] best we something like that helps us
[1:07:28] understand how someone else looks in the
[1:07:30] world it helps us empathize helps us
[1:07:32] realize that it's not just about us
[1:07:34] we're not the S of the univers we're all
[1:07:36] part of the same thing so it really
[1:07:38] wonderful so she's got a series of
[1:07:39] videos out there if you want to see
[1:07:41] Liam's work through that you didn't see
[1:07:42] it but uh they were very impressed that
[1:07:45] Ral counties appreciate art she actually
[1:07:47] told me that I said no we do that's why
[1:07:49] everybody stand on side with one of
[1:07:51] these right now because we're surrounded
[1:07:53] by Art colies and this Nature's art the
[1:07:56] best canas you'll see on plan so thank
[1:07:58] you for we definitely support the Arts
[1:08:01] again VI have art show to long
[1:08:04] [Music]
[1:08:08] for yeah obviously my family has been
[1:08:11] involved in Arts and Music and once upon
[1:08:13] a time I was quite involved in some jazz
[1:08:15] things and I wasn't necessarily employed
[1:08:18] once in my life when I was like 24 years
[1:08:20] old I had a pain gig one one paying gig
[1:08:25] got to record a music show for the TV
[1:08:29] pilot that didn't get picked up actually
[1:08:32] got paid to be there one time so with
[1:08:34] that I'd be happy to make a motion to
[1:08:36] accept the proclamation recognizing
[1:08:39] October 2024 apartment in County second
[1:08:45] motion right send discussion rooll call
[1:08:48] please Mr St yes Mr yes Mr K yes thank
[1:08:54] you gentlemen for important part of our
[1:08:56] life in everyday
[1:09:00] occurrences I think we
[1:09:02] have
[1:09:04] one one to
[1:09:10] late thank you sir so before you there
[1:09:12] are a couple items the first one is
[1:09:14] consider approval of the commercial real
[1:09:17] estate agreement with [ __ ] Creek
[1:09:19] Victor School District re1 this is a
[1:09:22] renewal uh it is backdating from July
[1:09:25] 1st
[1:09:26] 2024 um through June 30th
[1:09:29] 2025 and this is the space that the T
[1:09:32] County Public Health and environment
[1:09:34] occupies as the tenant it has a monthly
[1:09:38] um 3on amount of $300 and each party
[1:09:42] could terminate with 30 days notice if
[1:09:44] desired but it works well gets us over
[1:09:46] in to the school system for our health
[1:09:53] department question
[1:09:56] no
[1:09:57] sir this agreement sure move that we
[1:10:00] approve the commercial
[1:10:02] estate Victor School District or1 as
[1:10:06] presented second thank you gentlemen
[1:10:09] call please Mr St yes Mr William yes Mr
[1:10:14] yes second item so this was an
[1:10:17] additional initiative matter that was
[1:10:18] received after the agenda deadline uh it
[1:10:21] is from the state of Colorado Department
[1:10:23] Public Health and environment it's an
[1:10:24] amendment
[1:10:25] contract uh it's amendment number two to
[1:10:28] the contract you actually saw this item
[1:10:31] during our last hearing uh that was the
[1:10:35] amendment one uh which changed the dates
[1:10:38] this is also changing uh the termination
[1:10:42] dates um to 10524 so it's just
[1:10:46] recognizing the later date however there
[1:10:49] was also um some other changes
[1:10:53] internally with how the ation of the
[1:10:57] funding was distributed between various
[1:11:00] parts for the health or between the
[1:11:02] nurses and director in spending um the
[1:11:06] bottom line is that there is no indirect
[1:11:09] change to the dollar amounts the
[1:11:11] original contract was $ 53,486
[1:11:17] 3,47 they just went through and wanted
[1:11:19] to get the best use of how that funding
[1:11:21] was being spent between the line almost
[1:11:23] like a rebalance so and the budget last
[1:11:26] two pages that were added for specifics
[1:11:29] for expenses but other than that no
[1:11:32] concerns this
[1:11:34] matter any questions gentl
[1:11:38] sir trace on contract Amendment two yeah
[1:11:42] Mr chairman I would move to approve
[1:11:45] contract amendment number two between t
[1:11:47] County state of Colorado Department of
[1:11:49] Public Health and environment um I guess
[1:11:52] I should say between no I say Oran
[1:11:55] that's
[1:11:56] um as present second motion thank you
[1:11:59] gentlemen roll call please Mr yes
[1:12:03] Mr
[1:12:04] yes that's all I have in front of me
[1:12:08] anything else matter sir great thank you
[1:12:12] gentlemen if there's nothing else to be
[1:12:15] in front of this board I have 10:33 we
[1:12:18] shall adjourn today County meetings