[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.