[0:03] the guy who was late. >> Before we say the pledge, Friday marks

[0:06] the 25th anniversary of September 11th, 2001 attacks. A day that changed our

[0:11] nation. A day that as a country, we promised we would never forget. On that

[0:17] day, our country came together in sorrow and resolve. Today, we would like to

[0:22] remember the nearly 3,000 lives that were lost at the Twin Towers, the

[0:25] Pentagon, and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Today, we would like to

[0:29] honor the courage of the first responders, civilians, and service

[0:33] members who acted with bravery and selflessness. Today, we would like to

[0:37] recognize the lasting impact that day had on families and survivors. Today, we

[0:42] would like to observe a moment of silence as we are reminded that strength

[0:46] comes from unity, compassion, and service to others. Please join me in a m

[0:50] moment of silence.

[1:05] Thank you. To commemorate this anniversary, the Weld Board of County

[1:09] Commissioners will light the historic Weld County Courthouse from September

[1:12] 9th through September 13th in honor of this anniversary and in recognition of

[1:16] the lasting impact 911 had on families, survivors, and those who continue to

[1:21] carry its memory forward. As a community, we stand with him today. As a

[1:26] community, we keep our promise to never forget. Please join me in the pledge of

[1:30] allegiance. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[1:34] United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation

[1:39] under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

[1:49] » Thank you. Thank you. Let's uh call this regularly

[1:54] scheduled meeting of the board of county commissioners to order. It is Wednesday,

[1:56] September 9th, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. Uh roll call, please.

[2:01] » Perry Buck, >> here.

[2:02] » Lynette Pepler, >> present.

[2:03] » Kevin Ross, >> here.

[2:05] » Jason Maxi, >> here.

[2:06] » Scott Jade >> here. Let record reflect all five county

[2:09] commissioners are present. I'd ask for approval of minutes from August 24,

[2:13] 2026. Please. >> Mr. Chair, I move approval of minutes

[2:16] from August 24th to 2026. >> Second. Motion by Commissioner Buck,

[2:20] second by Commissioner Pepler to approve the minutes of August 24th. Further

[2:23] discussion. All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.

[2:28] Number two is the approval of minutes from August 26, 2026. Please.

[2:32] » Mr. Chair, I move that we approve minutes from August 26, 2026. Second.

[2:37] » Motion by Commissioner Buck, second by Commissioner Pepler to approve the

[2:40] minutes of August 26. Further discussion. All in favor say I. I.

[2:44] Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Other amendments to agenda. I have one to

[2:49] remove items of business number 11 through 15 under new business general as

[2:53] items and renumber the remaining items accordingly.

[2:56] » Mr. Chair, some move >> second.

[2:58] » Motion by Commissioner Maxi, second by Commissioner Ross to uh amend the

[3:02] agenda. Further discussion. >> All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same

[3:06] sign. >> Mr. Chair, I go ahead.

[3:09] » Motion carries. Go. >> Mot, Mr. Chair, I move that we approve

[3:11] the amended agenda. >> Second. Motion by Commissioner Maxi,

[3:14] second by Commissioner Perler to approve the amended agenda. Further discussion.

[3:17] All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Consent agenda.

[3:22] Public comment is allowed for the uh following items listed under consent

[3:26] agenda miscellaneous. They are number one partial vacation BAC 26-00008

[3:32] of two lot recorded exemption RECX16-000046

[3:37] for removal of lot B for Kevin and Heather Willard. Number two, partial

[3:41] vacation BAC26-00009 of a two-lot recorded exemption

[3:46] RECX16-000094

[3:50] for removal of lot B for Kevin and Heather Willard and partial vacation VAC

[3:54] 26-0020 a recorded exemption RE291 for removal

[3:59] of lot B for Colin and Caitlyn Ros. Would anybody like to speak to these uh

[4:04] partial vacations? Seeing none, share would move uh

[4:08] entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda.

[4:10] » Move to approve consent agenda. >> Second.

[4:12] » Motion by Commissioner Ross, second by Commissioner Maxi to approve the consent

[4:15] agenda. Further discussion. All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion

[4:19] carries. >> Uh under warrants. I'd ask for approval

[4:22] of general warrants. Please. >> Move to approve general warrants.

[4:24] » Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Ross, second by

[4:26] Commissioner Buck to approve the general warrants. Further discussion. All in

[4:29] favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Under bids number one is

[4:34] to approve bid B 2600070 Southeast Service Center building

[4:38] renovation facilities department. Good morning Toby.

[4:41] » Good morning Toby Taylor with purchasing as advertised. This bid is for the

[4:45] renovation of the Southeast Service Center. The low bid is from TCC

[4:49] Corporation and meet specifications. Therefore, the facilities department is

[4:54] recommending the award of this bid to TCC Corporation in the amount of

[4:58] $2,260,593.

[5:03] Questions for Toby or a motion, please. >> Mr. Chair, move to approve the

[5:06] resolution. >> Second.

[5:07] » Motion by Commissioner Ross, second by Commissioner Pedler to approve the

[5:10] resolution. Further discussion. >> All in favor say I. I. Both same sign.

[5:14] Motion carries. Under new business general number one is

[5:18] to consider amendment number four to voting system acquisition agreement for

[5:21] purchase of equipment and designation as single source vendor and authorize the

[5:25] chair to sign for Liberty Vote USA, Inc. Toby. In the 2026 budget, the clerk and

[5:31] recorder was approved to purchase voting system equipment from Liberty Vote USA,

[5:35] formerly doing business as Dominion Voting Systems. The Liberty Voting

[5:40] Equipment has been approved as a single source per county code section 5495 due

[5:45] to its unique configuration. The cost of this equipment and licensing is

[5:49] $116,600.32

[5:53] with the options for five additional years for renewal. Therefore, the

[5:57] recommendation is to approve this purchase of the Liberty voting equipment

[6:01] as the approved single source. Questions for Toby or a motion, please.

[6:06] » Mr. Chair, I move to approve the resolution as presented.

[6:08] » Second. Motion by Commissioner Pepper, second by Commissioner Ross to approve

[6:12] the resolution. Further discussion. All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign.

[6:16] Motion carries. Thanks, [clears throat] Toby. Number two is consider contract ID

[6:20] 11129 master service agreement for implementation of fall prevention

[6:25] programs for older adults and authorize a chair to sign for trailhead institute.

[6:28] Good morning J. >> Good morning commissioners. Jamie

[6:30] Olrich, Department of Human Services. Um, the purpose of this agreement is to

[6:35] establish the terms and conditions under which our area agency on aging division

[6:39] can implement and sustain evidence-based fall prevention programming for older

[6:44] adults in Weld County as a part of the statewide scaling trusted evidence-based

[6:48] prevention initiative. Our request this morning is approval of the master

[6:53] services agreement. >> Questions for the director or motion,

[6:56] please. Mr. >> Chair, I move that we approve 11129.

[6:59] Second. Motion by Commissioner Buck, second by Commissioner Pepper to approve

[7:03] contract ID uh 11129. Further discussion. All in favor say I. I.

[7:08] Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Number three is to consider contract ID

[7:12] 1130 operation memorandum of understanding for administration of a

[7:16] lowincome energy assistance program for Goodwill Colorado and authorize the

[7:20] chair to sign. Jane, [snorts] >> thank you. Um we contract with Goodwill

[7:24] Colorado to administer our LEAP program which is low-income energy assistance

[7:29] program. This is an annual contract that they uh we engage with them um every

[7:34] year and our request uh this morning is approval of theou.

[7:39] » Questions for Jamie or motion, please. >> Mr. Chair, I move that we approve

[7:42] contract ID 11130. Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Buck, second by

[7:47] Commissioner Pepper to approve contract ID 1130. Further discussion. All in

[7:51] favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Number four is to

[7:55] consider contract ID 11131, professional service agreement for alternative

[7:59] transportation services, and authorize a chair to sign for Hop Skip Drive, Inc.

[8:03] Jamie, >> thank you. Uh, this agency assists us

[8:07] with uh transporting our foster children to and from school as well as to and

[8:12] from uh therapeutic visits. So, this contract is to allow them to continue to

[8:17] help us with our transportation needs. And our request is approval of the

[8:21] professional services agreement. >> Questions for Jamie. for a motion,

[8:24] please. >> Mr. Chair, I'd make a motion that we

[8:26] approve contract ID 11131. >> Second.

[8:29] » Motion by Commissioner Maxi, second by Commissioner Pepper to approve contract

[8:32] ID 1131. Further discussion. All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign.

[8:37] Motion carries. Number five is to consider contract ID 1132, notice of

[8:42] funding allocation, work plan for workforce enterprise fund, and authorize

[8:46] the chair to sign for Department of Human Services and workforce development

[8:50] board to sign. >> Thank you. So, this allows us to submit

[8:52] our state fiscal year 27 work plan and not notice of funding allocation in

[8:57] order to support our overhead and operational expens expenses for our uh

[9:02] Weld County staff assigned to this particular program. Our request this

[9:06] morning is approval of the submission of the work plan and notice of funding.

[9:10] » Questions for Jamie? Our motion, please. >> Mr. Chair, move to approve contract ID

[9:14] 1132. >> Second. Motion by Commissioner Ross,

[9:17] second by Commissioner Buck to approve contract ID 11132. Further discussion.

[9:22] All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Number six is to

[9:27] consider contract ID 1133, notice of funding allocation work plan for

[9:32] workforce innovation and opportunity act uh dislocated worker 25% evaluation

[9:37] requirement program and authorize the chair department of human services and

[9:41] workforce development board to sign. >> Thank you. So, uh, this allows us to

[9:45] submit our program year 24 work plan and notice of funding allocation under our

[9:49] dislocated worker uh, program. This allows for the 25% evaluation

[9:54] requirement. Our request this morning is approval of the work plan and notice of

[9:59] funding agreement. >> Questions for Jamie. Our motion, please.

[10:02] » Mr. Chair, I move that we approve contract ID 11133.

[10:05] » Second motion by Commissioner Buck, second by Commissioner Ross to approve

[10:08] contract ID 11133. Further discussion? All in favor say I. I. Oppose. same

[10:14] sign. Motion carries. Number seven is to consider contract ID 11142, professional

[10:19] service agreement for alternative transportation services and authorize

[10:22] the chair to sign for alternative logistics technologies holdings LLC,

[10:26] DBA, Everdriven Technologies LLC. >> Thank you. This is another um company

[10:31] that helps us with transportation of foster youth similar to Hops, Skip and

[10:35] Drive. Our request this morning is approval of the professional services

[10:39] agreement. >> Questions for Jamie or a motion, please?

[10:42] » Mr. Sure. I'd make a motion that we approve contract ID 11142.

[10:45] » Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Maxi, second by

[10:48] Commissioner Pepper to approve contract ID 1142. Further discussion. All in

[10:52] favor say I. I. Both. Same sign. Motion carries. Number eight is to consider

[10:57] contract ID 1143 grant closeout checklist for various workforce

[11:01] innovation and opportunity act programs and authorized chair and department of

[11:06] human services is signed. Jamie. >> Thank you. This is our annual report uh

[11:10] for Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. This is for our WEOA grant

[11:14] closeout year. This summarizes all of our grant activities for the state

[11:18] fiscal year 2526. Our request this morning is approval of the 2526 WEOA

[11:24] grant closeout. >> Questions for Jamie? Our motion, please.

[11:27] » Mr. Chair, I move to approve contract ID 11143. Second.

[11:32] » Motion by Commissioner Pepper. Second by Commissioner Buck to approve contract ID

[11:35] 1143. Further discussion? All in favor say I. I.

[11:39] » Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. >> Number nine is to consider contract ID

[11:43] 1145, cooperation and coordination agreement for case management agency

[11:47] dual eligibility special needs plan Medicare and Medicaid benefits and

[11:52] authorize the chair to sign for Coventry Health Care of Nebraska, a subsidiary of

[11:56] Etna Health, Inc. Danny, >> thank you. Uh, this is to establish a

[12:00] partnership for coordinating or Medicare and Medicaid benefits. This is for

[12:04] individuals enrolled in a dual eligible special needs plan and this is required

[12:09] by the centers of Medicaid and Medicare services. Um this is a non-financial

[12:13] agreement and our request this morning is approval of the cooperation and

[12:17] coordination agreement. >> Questions for the director or motion.

[12:20] » Mr. Chair, I move to approve contract ID 1145.

[12:23] » Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Ross, second by

[12:26] Commissioner Maxi to approve contract ID 1145. Further discussion? All in favor

[12:31] say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Number 10 is to consider

[12:35] contract ID 11148, memorandum of understanding to implement plan for

[12:39] strengthening foster and kinship programs and authorize a chair to sign

[12:43] for children need amazing parents Colorado. Jamie,

[12:47] » thank you. Uh this would allow us to continue partnering with the Champs

[12:51] Colorado to ensure quality parenting and support for children in foster and

[12:54] kinship care. Uh this is a non-financial and our request this morning is approval

[13:00] of theou. questions for Jamie or a motion, please

[13:04] contact ID 11148. >> I would like

[13:08] » Okay, [laughter] I want to say it's awesome. It's called Champs. How's that

[13:12] sound? Fair enough. >> Motion by Commissioner Buck, second by

[13:16] Commissioner Pepper. Appreciate comment by Mr. Ross to approve contract ID 1148.

[13:22] Further discussion? All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.

[13:27] » Thank you. >> Thank you.

[13:28] » Thanks, Jamie. Number 11 is to consider contract ID

[13:31] 1153 amendment number two to task order contract for high impact human immuno

[13:36] defficiency virus uh prevention program and authorize the chair to sign. Good

[13:41] morning director Chester. Good morning commissioner. It's Jason Chesher with

[13:44] the health department. This item uh relates to a grant-f funed program for

[13:50] uh HIV prevention. It it really covers a handful of sexually transmitted

[13:54] infections. As with many of our grant-f funed

[13:57] programs, um these days amendments are typically broken up into state funded

[14:03] share versus federal funded share. The board has already authorized the

[14:08] contract for the state funding. Uh this is the federal funding amount and it is

[14:14] in the amount of 1,99 $19,95521

[14:20] for fiscal year starting July 1st of 2026. This was presented to the board

[14:24] via pass around on August 31st of this year and I recommend that the board

[14:27] approve the contract. Questions for Jason for a motion, please.

[14:30] » Mr. Chair, go ahead. >> Mr. Chair, I move to approve contract ID

[14:33] 11153. >> Second. Motion by Commissioner Peeper,

[14:37] second by Commissioner Maxi to approve contract ID 1153. Further discussion.

[14:41] All in favor say I. >> I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.

[14:45] Number 12 is to consider contract ID 1155, affiliation agreement for clinical

[14:50] nursing education. Authorize the chair to sign for Regis University, Lorettto

[14:53] Heights School of Nursing. Morning, director.

[14:56] » Thank you, sir. This is uh a uh I guess renewal is not the right word. A a a new

[15:03] contract or affiliation agreement with Regis University to provide clinical

[15:07] hours for nurses. I believe the original affiliation goes back to 2012. We have

[15:13] similar agreements with local universities to provide clinical hours

[15:17] for nursing students. So, um, this is something that we do on a regular basis.

[15:22] Uh, the, uh, affiliation agreement was submitted to the board to be a pass

[15:25] around on, uh, July 29th of this year. And I recommend that the board approve

[15:29] the affiliation. Questions for Jason or a motion, please?

[15:32] » Mr. Chair, I would move that we approve contract ID 11155.

[15:35] » Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Maxi, second by

[15:38] Commissioner Pepper to approve contact contract ID 1155. Further discussion?

[15:43] All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Number 13 is to

[15:48] consider contract ID 1156 amendment number four to task order contract for

[15:53] immunization core services program and authorize the chair to sign. Jason,

[15:57] » thank you sir. So im immunizations particularly childhood or school age

[16:01] immunizations are sort of our flagship program similar to the HIV contract that

[16:08] the board just considered. Uh this is the federal portion of funding for that

[16:13] program in the amount of $89,469 beginning um at on July 1st of this

[16:20] year. Um this was submitted to the board via a pass round on September 1st and I

[16:25] recommend that the board approve the contract. Questions for Jason or a

[16:28] motion, please. >> Mr. Chair, I'd make a motion that we

[16:31] approve contract ID 11156. >> Second. Motion by Commissioner Maxi,

[16:35] second by Commissioner Pepper to approve contact contract ID 1156. Further

[16:40] discussion. All in favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries.

[16:44] Thanks, Jason. >> Thanks, Jason.

[16:46] » Number 14 is considered temporary permit for permitted malt beverage and wine off

[16:51] premises county liquor license and authorize a chair to sign for 7-Eleven

[16:54] Inc. and Udei Inc. DBA 7-Eleven stores 39510B.

[17:01] Good morning, Matt. >> Good morning, commissioners. Matt

[17:03] [clears throat] Conroy, assistant county attorney. Um, this is a follow-up item

[17:06] to the liquor license renewal you all considered last week. Uh, 7-Eleven is

[17:10] working through getting a new franchisee in at the 7-Eleven down on Highway 119.

[17:15] So, this is a temporary permit for the franchisee to take over operations. Um,

[17:20] staff has no concerns and this is not a public hearing and so, uh, we would

[17:24] recommend approval of the temporary permit.

[17:27] » Questions for Matthew? Your motion, please.

[17:28] » Mr. Chair, I move to approve the temporary permit for the fermented balt

[17:31] malt beverage and wine off premises liquor license and authorized chair to

[17:35] sign for 7-Eleven Inc. and Uday Inc. DBA 7-Eleven store 39510B.

[17:42] » Second. >> Motion by Commissioner Ross, second by

[17:44] Commissioner Buck to approve the resolution. Further discussion? All in

[17:47] favor say I. I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Thanks, Matt.

[17:52] » This is public comment. Each individual speaker is allowed a a a three minute

[17:57] three minute period of time in which to direct their comments to the board. The

[18:00] chair shall enforce the rules of order into decorum and will not accept

[18:04] comments regarding matters which are scheduled to be considered at a future

[18:07] public hearing such as a land use hearing. In that event, the speaker will

[18:10] be asked to give their testimony at the appropriate public hearing either in

[18:13] person or in writing pursuant to the rule set forth in section 2120e of the

[18:17] Well County Code. Any comments from the public this morning? Mr. Tits. Good

[18:22] morning, sir.

[18:28] » Too late, pal. But thanks for the advice.

[18:35] For for the record, my name is Steve T. I'm in in Gley. Uh, first I wanted to

[18:41] talk about ebikes, e- scooters, and anything along those lines. Uh,

[18:46] [clears throat] and they are very dangerous. I almost got hit three times.

[18:50] Uh yeah, three times by ebikes and one time by an e scooter. Those things go

[18:56] real fast. Now I told uh gley government about that and that went over their

[19:03] heads. Uh I know I'm very sarcastic this morning, but you get hit almost three

[19:08] times and they don't do nothing about and one time by an escooter.

[19:12] And so my recommendation is for the county to have an ordinance of their

[19:19] county section uh to protect the people because uh and the escooters

[19:26] uh because even small children uh uh and they go fast they can get hurt

[19:32] without hurting anybody. So I think for safety and protect them for going to the

[19:38] hospital or the doctors as well anybody. So, uh, and also too, downtown Gley is a

[19:45] mess. So, if you can stay away from it, please do. Uh, and be there for a while,

[19:52] too. And so, another thing that I I know what you

[19:58] just said, but I won't be able to stay for uh the 10:00. So, I'm going to do do

[20:04] a little snippet if that's okay. >> No, you can't I cannot accept that,

[20:07] Steve. It has to be pertinent to the land use hearing. So,

[20:10] » oh, I won't be able to stay, but I um also I want to but I will say I'm

[20:18] against it. I'm about going deep. >> Okay,

[20:21] » don't make me gabble you down. Be the first time ever. I don't want you.

[20:24] » Okay. Uh the other thing I want to uh say is I want to invite you to the Well

[20:30] County Mobility Committee. It's a subcommittee from the Northront Ranch

[20:34] Metropolitan Planning Organization. and I've been on that committee for many

[20:38] years and in February I got uh voted into a co-chair.

[20:44] Um would like to invite you on September 22nd, 2026.

[20:49] uh and it's uh at the United Way here in Gley and also in November 24th Northern

[20:57] Colorado Mobility Committee at Windsor at the rec center and that goes from 1

[21:02] to 3:00 p.m. Uh things that we're working on we should

[21:08] have worked on 10 years ago but anyway is that we have on our agenda it it's

[21:16] called uh case studies and what those case studies

[21:21] are because we have a what I forgot what they call it but people call in and ask

[21:28] for how they get one from one place to another if it if is in the northern

[21:33] front range metropolitan region and uh we get quite a few calls and uh people

[21:41] have a hard time getting around. We do need a regional besides a good

[21:46] transportation in the Gley Evans area. >> Anyway, uh please wrap up.

[21:53] » Yeah. So anyway, I want to invite you and uh uh it's very educational and I'm

[21:59] think that would help all the way around. Thank you.

[22:02] » Thank you for your continued advocacy, sir. Any additional public comment,

[22:05] please? >> Mr. Chair, I had a question for Mr.

[22:09] Tits. Mr. You mentioned September 22nd at United Way. You didn't mention a time

[22:14] for that meeting.

[22:18] » Thank you. >> Thanks, sir. Additional public comment.

[22:23] Seeing none, we will stand in recess until 10 o'clock when we come back for

[22:27] land use. Thank you.

September 9, 2026, Weld County Board of Commissioners Meeting

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