[0:00] 
[1:09] I wanted to read a statement
from the town of Firestone,
[1:13] as there's been quite
a bit of social media
[1:16] put out in the last few days.
[1:19] And so I want to
read the comment
[1:22] And this comment is as follows.
[1:24] The town of Firestone
believes that it is not
[1:27] productive to conduct the
central Weld County Water
[1:30] District building conversation
on social media with videos
[1:34] or letters to the
editor We believe
[1:37] the importance of this
issue to both agencies
[1:39] requires a serious and
thoughtful approach The town
[1:42] of Firestone is remitting
payment to the central Weld
[1:46] County Water district,
consistent with the terms of the
[1:49] current 1974 water agreement.
[1:54] That is the end of that
statement moving forward,
[2:00] Becky Duckworth
thank you Thank you.
[2:30] You Mr. Thank you, Jack.
[2:46] And Colorado.
[2:48] My first question to you
tonight is one that I've been
[2:50] asking since April, the 16th.
[2:53] It is in regard to option B, the
sample transparent water bill
[2:57] that was contained in Julie's
presentation that evening I just
[3:00] provided you with a copy Why
do we residents pay the town?
[3:05] $99.97 for 18,680
gallons of water?
[3:11] That is provided by Central Weld
according to the sample bill We
[3:15] also pay the town
another $66, which
[3:19] is shown in the in these
amounts here circled in red.
[3:24] We pay them another $66,
which is shown as central
[3:27] wells cost for
providing those 18,680
[3:31] gallons of water to the town.
[3:33] Mayor Cognac.
[3:33] You approached me
after that meeting
[3:35] and stated you would try
to get me that answer.
[3:37] The answer has never appeared.
[3:39] The town is double dipping.
[3:41] The residents, according to
the option B information.
[3:44] Do you understand why that is ?
[3:46] Earlier today I
emailed each of you
[3:48] the guest opinion
in the town's call.
[3:51] If you recall, it is in
regard to the situation,
[3:54] the town manager has created by
not paying the town's water bill
[3:57] to Central Weld I find it
interesting that the town
[4:01] manager had instructed
staff to pay a lesser
[4:03] amount than was billed.
[4:05] Best Inter Weld for
two billing cycles.
[4:08] but did not notify or self
the board until the April 16th
[4:11] Special Border Trustee meeting.
[4:13] I am under the impression
that the town manager is
[4:16] not allowed to spend
more than $50,000
[4:19] without the board approval.
[4:22] So my question for you is
how could he have authorized
[4:25] approximately $100,000
of debt for those
[4:28] two buildings cycles without
the board's knowledge
[4:31] and/or approval?
[4:33] What penalties would be assessed
to a resident if the resident
[4:36] decided to pay only
50% of the water
[4:38] bill for three billing cycles ?
[4:41] My last comment is in
regard to another question
[4:44] I have asked the mayor,
which is where is Sean from?
[4:47] P three.
[4:49] There have been no updates on
Central Park since January 15th,
[4:52] at which time it was stated
he would be giving us monthly
[4:56] updates on tonight's agenda
resolution 2564 is asking
[5:01] for approval for
another for $52,490,
[5:06] with Port Points Consulting for
real estate feasibility services
[5:11] pertaining to central park.
[5:13] The feasibility study for Sean's
p three company is $380,000.
[5:19] To my knowledge,
it has never been
[5:20] seen by the board, much
less the public So what
[5:24] is going on with Central Park?
[5:26] Is this the board's idea of
transparency with the residents?
[5:30] Any information that
any of you would
[5:32] be willing to share
regarding these things
[5:34] would be appreciated Thank you.
[5:36] Thank you for your
comments Amber
[5:40] Kaufman Amber Kaufman 4319.
[5:49] Falcon Point Court loveland,
Colorado I'm Amber kaufman,
[5:54] district manager of Little
Thompson Water District.
[5:57] I appreciate the opportunity
to talk to you today
[6:00] I'm here on behalf of little
Thompson Water District
[6:02] and my board of
directors to clarify
[6:04] the recent misunderstandings
about little Thompson's
[6:06] current and future water
service for Barefoot Lakes
[6:09] My goal is to ensure a solid
future for the community.
[6:12] We both serve and to
reiterate our desire
[6:14] for a transparency with the
residents of Barefoot lakes.
[6:18] First and most importantly I
want to make it clear that there
[6:21] is no risk to the
current water service
[6:23] provided to Barefoot lakes as
a Title 32 special district.
[6:27] It does not only our legal
obligation but also our passion
[6:30] and privilege to provide water
service to all our customers
[6:32] within our boundaries, including
the Barefoot Lakes community,
[6:36] suggesting otherwise
by any legal body
[6:38] is not only inaccurate, it
creates unnecessary concern
[6:41] for both our residents.
[6:43] It is irresponsible for
firestone representatives,
[6:46] either elected or employed,
to suggest or make
[6:49] misstatements or assumptions
in public venues about water
[6:52] service by another provider
whose details Firestone is not
[6:55] privy to It only creates more
distrust for governmental bodies
[7:00] who are tasked with transparency
and service to their residents.
[7:03] Little Thompson's
goal is to provide
[7:05] clear direct communication to
ensure our customers understand
[7:09] that their dollars
are spent wisely
[7:10] and our water resource
is are used responsibly.
[7:13] For a water secure
future, we are committed
[7:15] to working with our partners
to find solutions to issues
[7:18] on a mutually beneficial way
Barefoot Lakes did dedicate
[7:22] an adequate water supply for
service to the development
[7:25] that water supply, as
the town mentioned,
[7:27] included Wendy Gap
water, which is available
[7:29] for re-use That re-use was
part of the original planning
[7:33] by Little Thompson and the
developer of Barefoot Lakes.
[7:36] The proposed reuse relied on
little Thompson's exchange
[7:39] decree along the St Vrain
River to support irrigation
[7:42] and the development and to
supply water to a small water
[7:45] treatment plant in
Barefoot The plan for Reuse
[7:48] was the impetus for Little
Thompson to join Firestone.
[7:51] Frederick Dickey Snowe
and Central Weld County
[7:54] water District in 2015
to jointly participate
[7:57] in a study for water rights and
water quality for a future water
[8:00] plant. it was because
of that same planning,
[8:03] that little Thompson worked
with Firestone to create
[8:05] the safe rainwater authority.
[8:07] We have served Barefoot Lakes
reliably since the First tap was
[8:10] issued in 2016 using water right
Static added by Barefoot Lakes
[8:13] and treated at Carter
Lake Filter Plant.
[8:16] We will continue to work to
ensure that the reuse portion
[8:18] of the water supply
dedicated for the benefit
[8:21] of Barefoot Lakes is made
available to our barefoot lakes
[8:24] customers.
[8:24] Now and in the future
Once again, there
[8:27] is no immediate threat
to water service
[8:29] but Little Thompson must make
decisions about infrastructure
[8:32] and treatment capacity now
to ensure future demand
[8:35] can be supplied at
a reasonable price.
[8:38] Thank you for your time.
[8:39] Little Thompson
Water District hopes
[8:41] to find cost effective solutions
for additional treatment
[8:44] capacity for the benefit of
all Barefoot Lakes residents
[8:48] Thank you for your comments
and for so Stan Linker i.
[9:00] Stan linker 721 Howard
Street Brush, Colorado.
[9:04] I am the district manager
for central What County Water
[9:06] District And I
just want to start
[9:08] with a little bit of history.
[9:11] In 1965, our district was formed
by a very brave group of farmers
[9:15] out by courtesy Colorado In
1968, the town of Firestone
[9:19] approached the same
group to ask if they
[9:21] would be willing to serve them.
[9:23] We welcome the opportunity to
partner with our neighbors,
[9:26] and our agreement was signed.
[9:27] For 57 years, we've been
a dependable partner,
[9:30] delivering high quality water
a very affordable rates.
[9:34] Our partnership is smooth
up until around 2018,
[9:38] when things changed.
[9:39] The town became confrontational,
adversarial and incredibly
[9:43] difficult to work with.
[9:45] Which brings me here today
Despite paying your bill
[9:48] the same way for
the past 15 years,
[9:51] there's been a recent
misunderstanding from the town
[9:53] about how billing is
calculated Your account
[9:56] is now three months past due
with a balance of $155,341.34.
[10:03] We have responded to
Mr. Krieger's questions
[10:06] and provided appropriate
documentation in numerous times
[10:09] without resolution to clarify.
[10:12] We calculate billing based
on the monthly minimum charge
[10:15] plus the monthly volume charge
for water use this structure was
[10:20] adopted by our board
in September of 2009,
[10:23] and you were properly
notified via a letter
[10:26] explaining it would take
effect in January of 2010.
[10:30] This marked a formal
shift in billing practices
[10:33] and was within the scope of
our existing contract Our 1974
[10:37] agreement, along with
a special district law,
[10:40] allows for rates to be adjusted.
[10:42] It states.
[10:43] And I quote, The district
will treat and deliver water
[10:46] to the town for the
prices established
[10:48] by the water rate schedule.
[10:49] In effect, as established from
time to time by the district.
[10:54] Therefore, there is no
need for an amendment
[10:57] or addendum then or now.
[11:00] Let me repeat therefore there
is no need for an amendment
[11:03] or addendum then or
now Since January 2010,
[11:08] the town has been
making payments, showing
[11:10] clear acceptance
of the structure
[11:12] by your conduct and
performance Why is
[11:16] the town questioning this now?
[11:19] Why have you
deliberately decided not
[11:21] to pay a portion of your bill?
[11:24] Are you continuing to build your
community And for why not paying
[11:27] the district water
is a utility with set
[11:30] rates determined annually
through third party
[11:34] rate studies.
[11:34] We evaluate current and future
needs to ensure our rates are
[11:38] fair and aligned with costs.
[11:40] Delivering a reliable
service in a letter to Mr.
[11:43] Krieger on April 29th, 2025, we
reiterated that your rates are
[11:48] among the lowest in
northern Colorado In fact,
[11:52] your base rate alone is
60% of our retail rate.
[11:58] Our policy for all
customers is that payment
[12:00] are due in full and on time
to maintain service Partial
[12:04] payments or negotiating
establish rates Especially
[12:08] after water is delivered
is not acceptable To say
[12:12] this has been disruptive for the
district is an understatement.
[12:16] We are disappointed that our
long standing partnership has
[12:18] drastically changed I'm asking
you to bring your account
[12:22] current immediately to
avoid disruption of service
[12:24] to the residents of Firestone
and our relationship
[12:29] And in reference to
the opening statement,
[12:32] the district had decided
that if we can't get board
[12:36] and management to
listen to us, maybe
[12:39] you will listen to the public.
[12:40] Thank you Thank you for
your comments Yes, sir.
[12:46] Anybody else in the room
that would like to opine ?
[12:50] All right.
[12:51] Moving on Moving on to
consent agenda We have item
[12:59] approval of May 14th, 2025.
[13:02] Board of Trustees
regular meeting minutes
[13:06] item B resolution 25 dash six
three, A resolution of the Board
[13:09] of Trustees of the
Town of firestone,
[13:11] Colorado, approving
a change order.
[13:13] Number one, to the
20 2025 agreement
[13:17] for professional services sES
with RV planning for the town
[13:21] of Firestone downtown
development Authority
[13:24] formation project Do I
have a motion for approval?
[13:30] Motion Approve Second roll call,
please Mayor Pro Tem minutes.
[13:41] Yes Trustee Morton.
[13:43] Yes.
[13:44] Trustee doherty.
[13:44] Yes.
[13:45] Trustee.
[13:45] Hold them.
[13:46] Yes All right.
[13:48] Motion passes Moving on
to presentation 2024.
[13:54] Audit presentation Good
evening, Mayor Board
[14:00] of Trustees Jessica Clayton
here finance director
[14:03] and I'm going to let Abby take
over Abby Irvine from Haney
[14:07] and Associates is here.
[14:09] They're the ones that
conducted the audit.
[14:11] Once she's finished, Chris and
I are also in the audience.
[14:14] If you guys have any questions
Thank you You got up here?
[14:19] Yeah.
[14:20] Thank you Good evening Mayor.
[14:33] Board of Trustees and
thanks for having me.
[14:37] My name's Abby Irvine
with Haining Company CPAs.
[14:39] I'm here to go over the
annual financial audit.
[14:43] Presentation and happy to answer
any questions regarding that.
[14:46] At the end So just
a quick agenda.
[14:51] We'll go over, I'll
introduce myself
[14:54] and then the audit partner
who unfortunately, wasn't
[14:56] able to make it tonight, go
through just standard audit
[14:59] procedures that we
performed to be able to do
[15:03] the audit, the financial
audit for the town this year,
[15:05] go through some
highlights Let's go
[15:07] through our standard
communications.
[15:10] I'll go through a couple
of the audit adjustments.
[15:13] And then some new
accounting standards
[15:15] that are coming on board.
[15:17] And then Q&A at the end.
[15:20] Just a quick introduction.
[15:23] I'm abby Irvine.
[15:24] I was the audit manager
this year for the audit.
[15:26] I've been the audit manager
for the last Three years
[15:29] for the town's audit.
[15:30] Christine MacLeod is the audit
partner There's our contact
[15:33] information that
is made available,
[15:35] and we're engaged by the town.
[15:39] We're independent auditors
and engaged by the board
[15:42] And so you always
have access to us.
[15:45] If there's ever any questions
Just a quick overview
[15:49] of audit procedures.
[15:51] So the audit process is there's
quite a few steps for us
[15:55] to be able to get here today.
[15:57] So it starts with our audit
planning, which really starts
[16:02] back in November or
December when we start
[16:04] getting ready to be able
to to get here today
[16:08] with a final results.
[16:09] And we do.
[16:10] Come on site for a couple
of days in that time frame.
[16:13] And then we also perform the
audit on site this year in April
[16:17] So that was wrapped up as about
the middle of April And we were.
[16:22] And we gave a presentation
to the Finance
[16:24] Committee or discussion with
the Finance Committee last week.
[16:27] And here to just go over the
results with the board today
[16:30] part of the audit process
as we go through our process
[16:35] of understanding
policies procedures,
[16:38] kind of processes of
the town to help us
[16:41] plan our audit procedures
that we're going to perform.
[16:43] We take a risk based
approach when it comes
[16:45] to a financial statement audit.
[16:46] So what that means is we
identify higher risk areas
[16:49] from our perspective as
auditors to determine
[16:52] what audit procedures
that we're going to do.
[16:54] And we're looking at risk
from a purview of misstatement
[16:58] to the financial statements.
[16:59] So areas that we feel like
could be subject to error
[17:03] or miscalculation
And we're going
[17:05] to dig into those a
little bit deeper from our
[17:08] for our processes as we
don't test everything,
[17:12] we use a sampling approach.
[17:14] And so we look at a sample
of transactions across all
[17:17] the various funds and areas
of the town from that,
[17:22] once we're completed
with our audit procedures
[17:25] and we then go and
review the report, which
[17:28] you have a copy of today and
then we issue our audit opinion
[17:31] So ultimately, all
this work that we do
[17:33] comes down to issuing
the audit opinion which
[17:36] is in the first couple
of pages in the report
[17:41] As far as status
of the audit goes.
[17:43] So we have issued a clean
or an unmodified opinion
[17:46] on the financial
statements as the 2024
[17:48] financial statements that audit
opinion was dated may 23rd.
[17:53] Just overview of
what that covers.
[17:56] So we do look at all
the funds of the town
[18:01] So those are broken into
various Kattegat areas.
[18:03] The governmental activities
the business type activities
[18:06] or your enterprise funds Each
major fund non-major funds,
[18:12] and then the St Brain
Water Authority,
[18:14] even though that's
a separate entity
[18:16] it is included in the audit of
the town's financial statements
[18:20] So we're required we have
to follow audit standards
[18:24] and accounting
standards So our audit
[18:27] is, is performed in
accordance with generally
[18:30] accepted auditing standards.
[18:31] So we're required to be
independent of the town
[18:34] in order to be able
to perform the audit
[18:36] and provide an opinion on
the financial statements
[18:39] and the objective of a
financial statement audit
[18:41] is to provide reasonable
or not absolute assurance
[18:44] about whether financial
statements are presented, are
[18:48] free from material
misstatement by obtaining
[18:52] appropriate and sufficient
audit evidence to provide
[18:55] a basis for our opinions So
again, we're looking for just
[18:59] make sure financial statements
and the note disclosures are
[19:02] materially correct
from our perspective
[19:07] So I'll just go over a couple
financial statement highlights.
[19:10] And so this is just
graphically demonstrating what
[19:14] the various financial statements
that are included in the
[19:18] in the financials, in the in
the report show and so first,
[19:23] we start with the
statement of net position.
[19:25] So essentially, this covers
all of the towns funds
[19:30] both governmental
funds and enterprise
[19:31] funds, all of the assets,
liabilities and net position.
[19:34] And so you can
see from the graph
[19:37] here that the
total assets, which
[19:38] is the large half of
the circle on the left
[19:41] totaled around 313
million for everything.
[19:44] So that's a large component of
the statement of net position.
[19:49] Up top is total liabilities
And so that's going
[19:52] to include long term debt.
[19:53] And then any sort of other
liabilities, standard accruals.
[19:57] And then the difference or
the residual between those two
[19:59] is going to be the net
position which was approximate.
[20:03] And these are all round numbers
rounded approximately 231,000.
[20:07] And so the graph on the
right just breaks down,
[20:11] not position a little
bit further There's
[20:14] various components of
that, the net investment
[20:16] and capital assets
essentially represents
[20:19] how much of the
town's net position
[20:21] is tied up in capital
assets, less the related debt
[20:24] There's a portion
of net position
[20:26] that's restricted either
legally or contractually
[20:28] leave for various reasons
or various commitments
[20:31] that the town has
And then there's
[20:33] a portion that's unrestricted
So that's that purple kind
[20:36] of pie slice that's out.
[20:37] Let's cut off.
[20:39] So that was around of the
total 231 million, 4048 million
[20:44] was considered unrestricted
on unrestricted
[20:50] essentially is is
available resources
[20:53] for future future obligations
or future projects.
[21:00] There's a next is the
government wide statement
[21:05] of revenue expenditures as
in change in net position.
[21:09] So again, this is just a
highlight of the revenue
[21:12] So revenues broken out
into various categories.
[21:15] There's general, which includes
taxes charges for services
[21:20] A lot of that's going to be
what your enterprise funds are
[21:22] collecting water charges,
things like that grants,
[21:26] and contributions,
which is a smaller
[21:28] piece and then the
offsetting program expenses.
[21:32] So the residual of those
for 2024 was 21 million.
[21:36] So that did increase.
[21:37] And this is, again
rounded but that
[21:39] did increase your net
position, which I showed
[21:42] on the previous graphs graph.
[21:43] So revenues exceeded
expenditures by that amount
[21:52] There's another set of
financial statements
[21:54] in the report that covers
just the government funds.
[21:57] And so I guess going
back to these sets
[22:00] of financial statements, the
government why those are again,
[22:04] including all the
funds, but those have
[22:06] a different accounting focus.
[22:07] So those are on
full accrual basis
[22:09] similar to how the private
sector is going to report
[22:11] their financial results So it
includes all your long term
[22:14] assets and liabilities,
whereas governmental funds are
[22:18] a little bit different They
don't include long term
[22:21] assets and liabilities.
[22:23] And so that's why there's
different sets of statements
[22:27] included in your report
because they have
[22:28] different focuses and
then, of course report
[22:30] on different types of funds.
[22:33] And so the governmental funds.
[22:34] This is just graphically showing
the trend in your balance sheet.
[22:39] So assets, liabilities, fees.
[22:41] And then fund balances The
residual of those two over time
[22:45] So from 22 to 24,
you can see generally
[22:48] assets which is the bar
on the left is increasing.
[22:52] And then fund balance
is also increasing.
[22:54] That's the black bar.
[22:56] So not a whole lot of
activity and liabilities
[23:00] And that's and that's
pretty standard.
[23:02] I mean, those are covering
just your standard day
[23:05] to day expenses and accruals
and then assets are primarily
[23:09] going to include cash
investments Those are
[23:12] the main amounts
that are going to be
[23:13] shown on governmental
governmental funds.
[23:18] And next is the statement
of revenues expenditures
[23:21] and changes in fund
balance related
[23:23] to the governmental funds.
[23:24] And so this is this is
showing the change over time
[23:30] of both revenue expenditures.
[23:32] So you can see in
each year presented
[23:34] the gray bar, which is revenues
was higher than expenditures.
[23:38] And then the difference is
the change in fund balance.
[23:42] So again, that that contributes
to fund balance on the balance
[23:45] sheet When fund balance
grows, that just provides
[23:49] more resources to the town.
[23:51] Again, for all available
future projects future spending
[23:58] So then there's yet another
set of financials financial
[24:02] statements in the report and
that covers business type
[24:05] activities So your business
type activities, what's
[24:07] going to be your
enterprise funds
[24:14] So that's primarily going to
include the water storm water
[24:18] and then also the Saint
Brain Water Authority falls
[24:21] under that category as
well So these funds,
[24:25] the accounting basis is
similar to the government way
[24:27] that I showed in the
first set of slides.
[24:29] So it's full accrual.
[24:30] You've got all your assets and
liabilities, long term assets
[24:33] and liabilities and
these sets of statements
[24:36] And so you can see
the trends over time
[24:40] with regard to the business type
funds for assets liabilities
[24:44] and the net position,
not a whole lot of change
[24:48] really over the last
couple of years.
[24:50] It's been pretty steady.
[24:52] There's not been a lot
of activity in liability
[24:55] So you can see that
those are going down
[24:56] as you make your standard
recurring debt payments, which
[25:00] then control leads
to net position,
[25:04] increasing for
those funds and then
[25:10] finally, the revenue expense
and change in that position
[25:14] related to the business
type activities
[25:19] or your enterprise funds.
[25:20] So these are just for
accounting purposes,
[25:23] have a few more categories
when it comes to how it's
[25:26] presented its operating
revenues on the left,
[25:30] operating expenses next.
[25:32] And then capital contributions
and transfer hours
[25:35] and then non-operating
expenses which is fairly small,
[25:38] and then change in
that position would be
[25:40] the very the bar on the right.
[25:42] So there was a big
increase in revenue
[25:45] last year that was primarily
related to some native water
[25:51] credit that was
received and that's
[25:53] going to fluctuate every single
year So I wouldn't expect that.
[25:56] You know, that was a large year,
there was also some this year
[25:59] not as significant And
so that's why you see
[26:02] the large increase last year.
[26:03] And then a dip
this year Finally,
[26:12] just like to point out
some of the key areas
[26:15] as you're going
through the report
[26:17] and so I didn't listed on here.
[26:18] But I always like to mention
the M&A, which is the management
[26:21] discussion and analysis
that's written,
[26:23] the whole reports
prepared by your staff
[26:25] But that is written as
a summary from staff
[26:27] on what happened during the
year It's a really good.
[26:31] Just a high level
summary of what's
[26:34] included in the
financial statements.
[26:36] Basically what happened
and why the accounting
[26:39] policies start in No.
[26:40] One.
[26:41] So accounting policies
essentially just go over
[26:43] and a little bit more detail
the why from an accounting
[26:47] standpoint behind the
numbers that you're
[26:49] going to see in those
financial statements
[26:50] that I just talked about, the
capital asset footnote, there's
[26:54] a lot of activity in this area.
[26:57] It's also an area of
audit focus for us
[26:59] just because there
is a lot of activity.
[27:02] So that is detailed
in one of the notes,
[27:04] long term debt, even
though there hasn't
[27:06] been a lot of detail or a
lot of activity in that area,
[27:09] there's a lot of disclosure
when it comes to debt
[27:12] and what you're
required to repay.
[27:14] There's also a lot
of disclosure here.
[27:16] I didn't include it in
here because it's not
[27:17] really fun to read, but there
is a lot of required disclosure
[27:20] on the pensions The town is a
participant in two pensions that
[27:24] are PPA and pair of pension.
[27:26] So that is actually a
big chunk of the report
[27:29] And then throughout the report.
[27:31] There's budgets, actual
schedules for every fund that
[27:34] has a budget It summarizes
what the budget was original
[27:38] and if there is any
amendments to that.
[27:39] And then where the town ended
up in the difference as far
[27:46] as required audit
communiques And so there
[27:49] was a new accounting standard.
[27:51] This year.
[27:52] It was related to
compensated absences
[27:55] So compensated
absences is essentially
[27:58] where you accrue liability
related to employee time
[28:02] off that's taken
and previously what
[28:06] what was accounted
for was vacation time.
[28:08] So that's earned by employees
and is paid out when they
[28:11] leave under the new standard.
[28:14] What's changed really is
that other types of earned
[28:18] employee time off is
now eligible for accrual
[28:20] in the financial statements.
[28:22] And so it doesn't change
what the town pays.
[28:23] It doesn't change the obligation
of ultimately what the town's
[28:27] going to owe, which is
accelerates the recognition
[28:29] of that liability once
additional time off
[28:33] is recognized in the
financial statements.
[28:36] So for this year, it
was i believe it was
[28:40] Peter yau is included in that.
[28:43] And so previously that wasn't
there that it did increase
[28:46] the liability for
compensated absences
[28:49] by about $200,000 this year.
[28:51] So that's a one time jump.
[28:53] And then this, of course
standard isn't, is
[28:55] in place going forward.
[28:57] So that will get
adjusted as each year
[29:00] that will get looked at again.
[29:02] And then just it'll
always be factored
[29:05] in Part of the accounting and
auditing process is that we
[29:10] look at accounting estimates.
[29:11] Again, those are
a little bit more
[29:14] subject to scrutiny just
because they aren't as cut
[29:16] and dry as some of
the other as receiving
[29:19] cash and recording in into
your financial statements.
[29:21] So we look at things
like depreciation
[29:24] We look at the pension and Opeb.
[29:26] Opeb stands for other
post-employment benefit
[29:29] liabilities and so
there is a portion
[29:31] of the pay for a plan
that includes that So
[29:34] those those liabilities
are required to be reported
[29:37] in the financial statements.
[29:38] Because you're a member
of those two plans.
[29:40] So you report your
portion of the liabilities
[29:44] as in your financial
statements, because you're
[29:45] a member of those two plans.
[29:48] There are certain estimates
that require You to estimate
[29:53] what your discount rate is.
[29:54] And so last year, there was
a new accounting standard
[29:58] where you it required
governments to start
[30:01] capitalizing subscription.
[30:02] I t arrange ments if long term.
[30:05] I arrangements where you're
making payments under a contract
[30:09] that relates to
basically software
[30:12] or other intangible type
agreements over the long term.
[30:16] Well, you have to add
up those payments.
[30:17] And then apply a
discount rate to them.
[30:19] So you have to estimate that.
[30:21] And then the employee time off
that I just mentioned for PTO.
[30:27] So essentially what went
into into calculating
[30:29] that was looking back at
historical employee time
[30:33] off trends and just coming up
with a determination of what
[30:37] would be reasonable to
accrue for that liability
[30:42] The audit went really well.
[30:44] Again, we're reissuing
we're issuing
[30:46] a clean, unmodified opinion
on the financial statements
[30:49] Everyone was very timely in
responding to our requests
[30:55] So in order to issue
the final opinion,
[30:58] we did ask for a management
representation letter
[31:02] to be signed last
week, which was signed.
[31:04] You have a final copy of the
audit report The audit is
[31:07] required to be filed with the
state of Colorado by statute,
[31:10] by July 31st.
[31:11] So it's completed with
plenty of time to do so.
[31:14] The town also does participate
in the giveaway certificate
[31:19] program It's an award
for financial reporting.
[31:22] If you meet extra
criteria that's set out
[31:25] by the government,
finance officers associate
[31:28] And so that's required
to be submitted to them,
[31:31] I believe, by June 30th.
[31:33] So both, you know, both
deadlines were well in early
[31:38] for both of those deadlines With
regard to the audit opinion,
[31:42] just want to touch on a couple
of things that it doesn't cover.
[31:45] So the management
discussion analysis portion.
[31:48] And then the pension
and Opeb schedules
[31:51] that are for Para and for FCPA.
[31:53] So our audit opinion
doesn't cover that.
[31:55] We did as we do.
[31:57] So look at it, make
sure it makes sense
[31:59] that it's consistent
with other numbers
[32:01] within the financial statements.
[32:02] And then there's a
couple of other schedules
[32:06] included in there.
[32:06] So budgets, schedules, budgets,
actual schedules, and then
[32:09] the local highway
finance report.
[32:12] So we issue.
[32:13] And in relation to
opinion regarding that.
[32:15] So what that means
is that in relation
[32:17] to the financial
statements, those look,
[32:20] those are material correct?
[32:21] So we again reconcile
those numbers
[32:23] and make sure everything
looks consistent And then
[32:27] just a couple of items to
note, because these were new
[32:29] and different one time events.
[32:31] And again, it goes back to
your pensions If PPA did
[32:35] have a plan merger this year.
[32:37] So what that means is
just add the FCPA level.
[32:41] They merged a couple of
their plans into one.
[32:43] And so you had a
larger adjustment.
[32:45] This year as you recognize
your portion of the liability
[32:48] because of that.
[32:50] And then para had
a disaffiliation
[32:53] with a large member.
[32:54] And so there was some accounting
adjustments that were required
[32:57] on there side for that.
[32:59] And so again, there's a
little bit more of an impact
[33:03] as you record your
liability related to that.
[33:06] On your financial
statements not significant,
[33:08] but because it was
mentioned in their reports,
[33:10] we just want to make sure
that we point that out Then
[33:15] regarding audit adjustments.
[33:18] And so last year we had a
comment in the first year
[33:21] that the town transfer worked
with Ukg for their payroll,
[33:27] that there was certain
employee benefit
[33:28] accruals that were not
included in their year
[33:31] end accrual adjustment.
[33:33] So that was corrected
this year it was included.
[33:36] And we just wanted to point
out that that was a comment
[33:38] last year and was corrected
when we were looking
[33:41] at the calculation for
compensated absences
[33:44] The standard does
require certain salary.
[33:49] We call them salary
related payments, basically
[33:51] like payroll taxes and other
employer related amounts
[33:56] be included in that accrual.
[33:58] But it specifically
says to not include
[34:02] defined benefit plan match
So the town did include that.
[34:07] It was a little confusing
reading the standard.
[34:10] And then trying
to understand it.
[34:11] So the match was included
and so we talked about it,
[34:17] decided we'll leave it in there.
[34:18] It doesn't materially misstate
the financial statements
[34:21] to have it in there.
[34:23] It's increasing the
liability So next year
[34:27] that was that will be excluded.
[34:28] But again, we don't feel like
that that materially misstated
[34:32] the financial statements.
[34:33] And so we were comfortable
all by not removing it.
[34:36] It was it had an
impact of less than 1%
[34:39] when it comes to
overall liable parties
[34:42] And then these this comment,
neither one of these items I
[34:49] guess the other one that
one was from last year.
[34:51] But on no material misstatements
We do look and any time
[34:57] we have any kind
of audit adjustment
[34:58] we assess those whether
or not there should
[35:01] be any sort of material weakness
or a significant deficiency
[35:04] over internal control.
[35:05] We do not audit internal control
but we do look at controls
[35:08] on a high level None.
[35:10] There was nothing that
came to our attention
[35:12] that would cause us
to have either one
[35:14] of those in our reports.
[35:15] So i just want to
point that out as well.
[35:18] So there's a couple other
So uncorrected misstatements
[35:22] means we found something and it
didn't it didn't get changed.
[35:26] And we were comfortable
leaving it in there.
[35:28] And then corrected means we've
there was something found.
[35:30] And then it did get adjusted
So there was a property tax
[35:35] receivable and then related
deferred revenue item
[35:39] for 172,000, truing it up to
your 2024 assessed ment's that
[35:44] are collected at in 2025.
[35:46] This essentially just goes on
your balance sheet It doesn't
[35:49] affect any sort of net income.
[35:53] So it was less than
1% of total assets
[35:57] and a small percentage
of liabilities
[36:00] And then there was
a billing error
[36:02] that the town actually
identified through its control
[36:04] process in the water funds.
[36:07] It was corrected.
[36:08] It was discovered on January 25.
[36:10] It was corrected.
[36:11] It just it pertained to 2024.
[36:14] So we recommended that it
get adjusted in 2024 rather
[36:17] than 2025, just to make sure it
was reported in the right period
[36:24] And then finally, so this was
the last year that the Arpa
[36:27] funds were required.
[36:31] Well, they're required to all
be spent by the end of 2026.
[36:34] So the remain Arpa funds
were spent by the town.
[36:37] So those are federal dollars.
[36:40] When you have federal
dollars that exceed $750,000.
[36:43] And it's federal expenditures
that exceed $750,000,
[36:47] you're required to either have a
single audit which is a special
[36:51] type of audit or Treasury
came out with this alternative
[36:55] compliance examination And when
you have arpa funds that are
[36:59] raising you over that
threshold of $750,000,
[37:02] so that's essentially what
brought the town over.
[37:05] So this is the last year.
[37:07] We'll be doing the alternative
compliance exam for the Arpa
[37:10] funds that there's no
was no findings from that
[37:14] that all looked clean and good.
[37:16] I just want to that's not
included in the in the audit
[37:19] report But just want to mention
that we did do those procedures
[37:22] and we'll be issuing a separate
examination report related
[37:26] to those dollars
It's basically like
[37:28] a watered down single audit.
[37:30] So it's oh, it's less work
less cost to the town.
[37:35] And allowed by Treasury only
with regard to those funds.
[37:39] So in the future, if there
were federal expenditures
[37:42] over the threshold, which
the threshold is increasing
[37:44] to $1 million next year unless
the government comes out
[37:49] with some other alternative
then the town would be
[37:51] required to get a single audit.
[37:53] And a single audit essentially
is just a more detailed audit
[37:56] into your federal spending
or your federal grant
[37:59] expenditures Controls
compliance over the grants,
[38:03] things like that.
[38:05] Finally, we just always
want to talk about upcoming
[38:08] King Gadsby pronouncements.
[38:09] So the town is a
government entity.
[38:12] You're required you're required
to follow government accounting
[38:15] standard is the ones
that are coming up
[38:19] aren't super significant So
there's statement number 1 or 2,
[38:23] which will be in
effect next year.
[38:25] It's goes into more detail
on certain risk disclosures
[38:29] And so if there's a certain
concentration or constraint
[38:33] related to a government
or reporting unit,
[38:35] then those would be required
to be disclosed in more detail.
[38:41] They are making some changes to
the financial reporting model
[38:45] They call it improvements.
[38:46] It's just meant to
be more transparent.
[38:49] So this will affect
more of the Mdna
[38:53] Some of the presentation
on the statements as well
[38:56] as the budgets schedules will
have additional commentary
[39:01] regarding the budget.
[39:03] The original budget amount.
[39:04] And then any sort of
variance as to the budget.
[39:07] So there will be
additional commentary.
[39:08] So that's coming down
in a couple of years
[39:11] and then expand a disclosures
over certain capital assets.
[39:15] So you're already required to
provide information on capital
[39:18] assets And so they're just going
to expand and a little bit more
[39:23] on those.
[39:23] And that mostly
affects disclosure
[39:26] not necessarily reporting all
of these affect disclosure.
[39:29] So what that means is that
they'll just be more notes
[39:31] than the financial statements.
[39:33] You don't have to
change your accounting.
[39:36] All right.
[39:36] Well, with that I definitely
want to thank everyone and thank
[39:40] the staff for having us here.
[39:43] And happy to answer
any questions.
[39:45] Thank you Trustees,
any questions Dougherty
[39:51] Thanks very much for that.
[39:52] That was that was great Just one
question on the 500 550,000 ish
[40:00] adjustment the water
billing issue What
[40:04] was the nature of that issue?
[40:07] Do you remember ?
[40:09] OK.
[40:09] I and staff will give you
a little bit more detail
[40:12] on that Mayor trustees
Chris Morrison,
[40:17] Accounting Division Manager
That was an over billing.
[40:20] There was a read error on it.
[40:22] And it was caught and corrected
and we just didn't adjust it
[40:26] in the right time frame and over
billing to the read that came
[40:31] in was incorrect when they went
out and rechecked the read,
[40:35] they found out it was a lower
than what it should have been.
[40:39] So they put it in correctly.
[40:41] So that they were
billed properly.
[40:42] OK.
[40:43] And so who was the
so so people got
[40:45] bills bigger than they should
have is it did not go out.
[40:48] We caught it.
[40:49] We went out.
[40:50] We have processes where
we look at bills that
[40:54] are over certain threshold.
[40:55] And if they follow within
that category, we look at them
[40:58] and make sure that it's
correct before we send it out.
[41:01] So we make sure billing
is proper It's great.
[41:06] Thank you.
[41:07] Good It just proves that the
process works Thanks, Chris.
[41:13] The other questions.
[41:14] I and it was just one
customer, just One customer
[41:18] doesn't do Thank you very much.
[41:20] Awesome.
[41:21] All right.
[41:21] Well, that was easy.
[41:22] Appreciate it.
[41:23] All right.
[41:26] Yeah Yeah.
[41:27] All right.
[41:28] We'll move on to discussion
action items item Resolute
[41:32] and 20 5-5 to a resolution
to the board of trustees
[41:36] of the town of
Firestone, Colorado,
[41:38] approving construction contract
between the town of Firestone
[41:42] and A-1 Chip seal
pertaining to street
[41:44] resurfacing Nathan
George takeaway or A.J.
[41:53] do you want to start.
[41:54] Do you want to make a motion?
[41:56] Oh, yes, yes.
[41:57] Motion to approve this.
[41:59] Thank you.
[41:59] So moved.
[42:01] So Second, the mayor.
[42:04] Good evening, Trustees I'm
Nate Hays, this town engineer
[42:08] along with George Hubert, the
operations manager with town
[42:12] Again, this is a construction
contract between the town
[42:14] of Firestone A-1 Chip Seal
pertaining to the street
[42:17] maintenance resurfacing project
Road resurfacing projects
[42:21] are essential for maintaining
road infrastructure They restore
[42:24] the structural integrity
and the service
[42:26] quality of the road over time.
[42:28] Traffic, whether other
environmental factors will
[42:31] deteriorate the road
and the entire content
[42:34] of these resurfacing
projects are
[42:36] to extend the lifespan of the
roadway as far into the future
[42:40] as we can most economical way
possible The resurfacing project
[42:47] and this one
specific to Chip Seal
[42:49] is a preventative maintenance
cheap and effective.
[42:52] Again, there's some
overlap with our next item
[42:54] as well, so I'll combine
some of the details,
[42:56] and then speak more
on the next item.
[42:58] But for every $1
of chip seal, it
[43:02] covers about 5x to ten x in an
overlay, which is our next item.
[43:07] So again, it's it's a very
effective tool that again,
[43:10] stretches the town's dollars
in a very effective way
[43:14] This project scope,
again, it's chip sealing
[43:16] of arterial and collector
streets including
[43:19] the preparation
of road surfacing
[43:20] patching service treatment,
fog, seal striping
[43:22] and restoration as needed.
[43:24] There are five locations for
the chip seal on Sable Avenue
[43:30] essentially from the frontage
road to frontier street,
[43:33] Birch Avenue various
locations, Frontier Avenue,
[43:37] Colorado Boulevard
and Pine Cone Avenue
[43:42] The contract is for a not to
exceed amount of $977,277.15.
[43:50] It's staff recommends
approval of this contract,
[43:53] and we're happy to
answer any questions.
[43:56] OK Any questions from
trustees comments.
[44:01] Roll call, please
Trustee Holcomb Yes.
[44:07] Trustee.
[44:08] Doughty.
[44:09] Yes Mayor Pro Tem Minutes.
[44:10] Yes.
[44:11] Trustee Morton.
[44:11] Yes.
[44:12] Motion passes.
[44:14] Moving on to item
B resolution 25.
[44:21] DoorDash 53A resolu of the
Board of trustees of the town
[44:25] of Firestone, Colorado approving
a construction contract between
[44:29] the town of firestone and
A-1 Gypsy, or pertaining
[44:32] to street mill and overlay.
[44:34] Do I have a motion Some of
our motion to approve Second.
[44:40] All right.
[44:40] I did.
[44:41] Mayor Excuse again.
[44:43] This is another
resurfacing project
[44:46] like we just talked about.
[44:47] It is construction
contract with the town
[44:49] and A-1 Gypsy seal
again pertaining
[44:52] to the street maintenance mill.
[44:53] Not really project again known
overlays kind of next iteration
[44:57] after Gypsy all again addresses
deeper damage than Gypsy or will
[45:02] And again, this project
location there's
[45:05] two locations on Oak
Metals Oak Meadows
[45:08] Boulevard between Colorado
Boulevard and Colorado.
[45:12] 26 from Colorado Boulevard
about 625ft east of that,
[45:18] again the way, they'll simply
mill down about two inches.
[45:22] The asphalt and then
fill in all the cracks,
[45:24] anything subsurface, and then
repave over the top of it.
[45:26] So is for a not to exceed
amount of $84,854.25
[45:34] and staff recommends
approval of this resolution.
[45:36] And we're happy to
answer your questions.
[45:38] Okay.
[45:39] Any questions on
this contract Roll
[45:42] call, please Mayor
pro Tem Minutes.
[45:46] Yes.
[45:47] Trustee Holcomb.
[45:48] Yes.
[45:48] Trustee Downey.
[45:49] Yes.
[45:50] Trustee.
[45:50] Martin Yes.
[45:53] All right.
[45:53] Motion passes Moving on to
Resolution 25 dash five nine.
[45:58] The resolution of
the board of trustees
[46:00] of the town of
Firestone in Colorado
[46:01] approving an agreement
between the town of Firestone
[46:04] and mC Green Water
Engineering LLC pertaining
[46:08] to the town of Firestone
own alluvial well
[46:10] number Two project.
[46:12] Do I have a motion?
[46:13] A motion to approve
Second, I do.
[46:18] Good evening, Mayor.
[46:19] Trustees Dave Linsey.
[46:21] Color of civil Group, a
civil engineering consultant
[46:23] for the town I think
the name pretty well
[46:26] explains everything
we've got over this one.
[46:28] Several times.
[46:29] But this is the
exploration project
[46:33] that we would like
to engage in up
[46:35] on the north side of the same
grade sanitation district site.
[46:39] We don't actually have
permission from the landowner
[46:41] yet.
[46:41] We're still working on that.
[46:43] But I've got all these
other contracts from McGrane
[46:45] and so we want to go out and
get this one in front of you
[46:47] and get that one
approved as well.
[46:50] But it's effectively the same
program that we've been talking
[46:53] about for quite a while.
[46:54] We did actually sit down
with the groundwater engineer
[46:58] and the du hydrologist and
sharpen the analytical pencil
[47:02] a little bit.
[47:02] We're able to pull.
[47:03] We had a couple of other wells
test holes and monitoring wells
[47:07] that we wanted to drill on the
south end of their property,
[47:10] but we were able to determine
that we could move those north
[47:13] up into the permanent
easement area
[47:16] that we had identified with
the sanitation district
[47:19] So we won't have to
do anything there
[47:21] on that South property line.
[47:22] So that's really the
only modification
[47:24] to what we had proposed before.
[47:26] But this is an update
with the approval of this.
[47:31] This is just the design portion.
[47:33] One of the first things that
they would do once we get going
[47:36] would be to put together
bidding documents
[47:38] for the drilling contractor.
[47:39] So I'd come back to you
with that drilling contract
[47:42] after we get done
bidding that But that's
[47:45] kind of where we stand.
[47:46] But right now, we still
need to get approval
[47:49] to get on the property.
[47:50] So we're still working on that.
[47:51] But like i said, I wanted to
get the contractor for you,
[47:53] get that approved.
[47:56] Any questions or comments
from the trustees?
[48:00] Christie So i just
might think it didn't
[48:04] maybe not process that we do.
[48:05] We don't yet have permission.
[48:06] We anticipate permission,
and then we will
[48:09] we have we can't go out there
until we have permission.
[48:11] So, yeah, but we're
improving the design
[48:14] contract before the permission.
[48:15] Do we think permissions
forthcoming?
[48:17] I mean, is that.
[48:19] I'm always hopeful.
[48:20] Yes A qualified yes Yeah.
[48:25] That's just that
my concerns right
[48:28] But obviously, we
would move forward
[48:30] until we did have the approval.
[48:31] But like I said, given
the meeting spacing,
[48:33] I just wanted to get
this box checked.
[48:36] Okay.
[48:37] Trustee Dougherty, anybody else?
[48:40] Trustee Morton.
[48:42] I do.
[48:44] On, on page three of the
document that was provided it
[48:51] it indicates that for monitoring
if not allowed to access
[48:56] to monitoring of the well
locations located on the north
[49:00] side of the river Then you
would request that the town seek
[49:04] permission the
land or to install
[49:06] temporary sand points instead
of monitoring the wells.
[49:11] And I'm assuming the answer is
the same as what you gave me
[49:14] at that, that until all
of this has been approved,
[49:18] nothing would happen.
[49:19] Right?
[49:20] That's a different landowner
That's on the north
[49:21] side of the river But yes, we
would need to reach out to them
[49:25] and seek permission.
[49:26] Ideally we would like to be
able to go there and drill,
[49:28] test wells.
[49:30] If they don't want us to get
on there, that our next request
[49:33] of them, there's a way for us
to go over there and basically
[49:35] hand dig what we need to do.
[49:37] We wouldn't actually have to
bring a drill rig back there
[49:40] And so we would
ask them for that.
[49:42] If we can't get permission
to get over there,
[49:44] it's not the end of the world.
[49:45] But it just it
improves the data.
[49:47] If we can see what
the transmissivity
[49:49] is across the river.
[49:51] So it does help us.
[49:52] But no, same thing.
[49:54] We would have to get
their permission OK.
[49:56] But if we don't and we get
permission for the other part
[49:59] of the project.
[50:00] You can still move.
[50:01] Absolutely.
[50:01] Yes.
[50:02] It's not contingent
on those two spots.
[50:03] OK, great Thank you.
[50:08] You or so.
[50:09] So will we be spending any
design money before permission
[50:14] or will we wait till
we get permission?
[50:15] No, we're going to
We're going to wait.
[50:17] Yeah I do want to wait until
we get any of that stuff.
[50:19] And there's no sense of putting
together a bidding document.
[50:21] So I can this
stuff until we move
[50:23] forward, until we get
that permission So, no, we
[50:25] have not yet.
[50:26] And we will OK.
[50:28] OK Anybody else woke up
with christie Morton?
[50:35] Yes.
[50:36] Trustee Doherty?
[50:37] Yes.
[50:37] Trustee Holcombe.
[50:38] Yes.
[50:39] Mayor Pro Tem.
[50:40] Yes.
[50:41] All right Motion passes.
[50:42] Moving on to resolution
25, dash six zero.
[50:46] A resolution to the
board of trustees
[50:48] of the town of
Firestone Colorado,
[50:50] approving an agreement between
the town of Firestone and McRae
[50:53] water Engineering,
LLC pertaining
[50:55] to the development of a gas
tool I have a motion to approve.
[51:02] So second All right.
[51:08] Thank you.
[51:09] So this contra act is
a little bit different
[51:13] We have a number of potential
alluvial well locations
[51:19] that we've been looking at
along the same river between 25
[51:24] and Highway 66 as potential
sources of groundwater
[51:28] to feed the water treatment
plants with We have a water
[51:33] court case that is pending right
now that identified several
[51:36] of these location as we may
need more in the future,
[51:40] depending on you know, we've got
a pretty good estimate of what
[51:43] we think these
wells will deliver,
[51:44] but we really don't know until
we get there, and build them.
[51:48] So the the groundwater team
that we've been working with
[51:52] developed a system where
they can take gIs data that's
[51:57] available from various state
agencies that have in this case,
[52:03] what we're looking at these
there's seven different criteria
[52:06] that we look at.
[52:07] But it has to do with
a lot of data that's
[52:10] already available based
on wells that have
[52:12] been drilled over the years.
[52:13] So it gives you an estimate
of what depths to the bedrock
[52:17] and how deep the groundwater
is and some other parameters
[52:22] they're able to
compile all of that
[52:24] and score them based
on its applicability
[52:27] to what we want to be able
to do to go out and develop
[52:30] these alluvial wells and
then they can present
[52:33] this information graphically.
[52:35] This is one of the
nice tools with guys.
[52:38] They can present it graphically.
[52:39] It's almost like a heat map
where you can see the areas
[52:43] along the river
that tend to lend
[52:44] themselves better to being a
good productive alluvial well
[52:48] location.
[52:49] So this is just a tool to
help us identify locations.
[52:52] And in this particular case,
to help us confirm some
[52:55] of the locations that we've
already identified But again,
[52:59] depending on how productive
those facilities,
[53:03] those locations that we
are going to develop,
[53:04] do we may need to develop more
This will be a tool to help us
[53:08] do that.
[53:09] So that's really
what this is for.
[53:11] It's in support of
the water court case
[53:14] that we're that we're
working through right now.
[53:16] But like I said, this
is a tool to help
[53:18] us be able identify properties.
[53:20] If we start to see something
that's going to come in and be
[53:22] developed, there's a gravel
operation or some sort
[53:25] of a land development project.
[53:27] It might this tool will help us
make a decision about whether we
[53:31] want to start talking
to that landowner
[53:33] about perhaps acquiring some
sort of an easement or something
[53:36] like that to be able to get
on the property in the future,
[53:39] to do some more testing
like the contractor just
[53:41] approved Any questions first?
[53:47] OK.
[53:48] OK.
[53:48] So we just we just did the
design for alluvial wells
[53:52] and in in the
sanitation districts
[53:56] This is outside that along along
the river between 66, correct?
[54:04] Yeah So it's that whole
stretch of the river.
[54:05] So this would be
inclusive in that it's
[54:07] essentially like theoretical
drilling, essentially Yeah.
[54:11] This is like i said, this
is taking data that's
[54:14] already available so that.
[54:16] But, you know, that's
why all of that data
[54:18] is spread out quite a bit.
[54:19] But it's USGS information.
[54:21] There's other information that
the state keeps with regard
[54:24] to wells and things like that.
[54:26] So it's it's an evaluation tool.
[54:28] We would still, if we
did identify something
[54:31] as being a good location, like
the ones that we have now, we
[54:33] still need to go out
and do what we are going
[54:35] to do on these other sites
where we need to go out
[54:38] and actually drill holes
and see on those sites.
[54:40] So this is not
anything that we would
[54:42] use to make final decision.
[54:44] It seems to just jump
right into a final design
[54:46] It's just a tool to
help us identify it.
[54:48] Or more importantly weed out
sites that would not necessarily
[54:53] lend themselves based
on that existing
[54:55] if we get in the block
or the neighborhood
[54:57] that we exactly what might
work both just as an example
[55:01] if you look at on the
north side of the river
[55:03] where the Barefoot Lakes
development that even
[55:06] though it's very
close to the river,
[55:08] it really wouldn't lend itself
to being a very good alluvial.
[55:11] Well supplied the
bluff that sticks out
[55:13] there is there for a reason
It's really hard rock
[55:16] and it's that kind
of information
[55:18] that is available through
some of these government
[55:20] agencies in this format.
[55:22] Now that they're able to compile
all an overlay and like i said,
[55:26] we could rank all of
these different things
[55:28] What are the ranking criteria
that we have as well?
[55:31] The properties
already developed,
[55:32] not the geologic
information, may
[55:35] say that it would work
really, really well,
[55:37] but if it's already developed
or has been mined out,
[55:40] then it really wouldn't
make a good site.
[55:41] And so that's what this tool
is, is able to help us identify
[55:47] any other questions,
comments you
[55:51] have real quick on that, Dave.
[55:52] I believe the biggest
portion of this
[55:55] would just be identify showing
geological formations that are
[56:00] known to hold water Like I said,
it's a relative Lee speaking
[56:04] inexpensive tool to help us
stay focused on the properties
[56:09] that would be most beneficial
to us Rock our place
[56:18] mayor Pro tem minutes yes.
[56:20] Trustee Holcomb Yes
Trustee Morton Yes.
[56:23] Trust Garrity.
[56:24] Yes.
[56:25] Motion passes We have
the resolution 20 5-61.
[56:30] A resolution of the
Board of Trustees
[56:32] of the town of
Firestone Colorado,
[56:34] approving an agreement
between the town of Firestone
[56:37] and Mike Green Water Engineering
LLC pertaining to the town
[56:41] of Firestone on BFR.
[56:43] Vogel steiner, Alluvial
well Project to have
[56:48] motion to approve something.
[56:51] So I can take my interest is at
your June retreat You're going
[56:58] to be getting a lot of
information from the water team
[57:00] about the update of
the water action plan
[57:03] that we've been working on and
obviously, as the town continues
[57:08] to grow, there will be a need
for both more treatment and more
[57:13] raw water rights to be
able to augment with
[57:15] But we'll also need
additional alluvial well
[57:18] sources to continue to feed
water to the treatment plants.
[57:22] So as part of that,
that was why the town
[57:25] had filed this water change case
to try and secure water Right.
[57:31] Conditional water rights
at some of these locations.
[57:33] One of the ones that
we have identified
[57:35] as being a very
enticing candidate
[57:39] is a piece of property.
[57:41] There's an exhibit that's
in your in your packet.
[57:43] So that you can see it
a little bit better.
[57:45] But it's due south of
Barefoot lakes They actually
[57:50] own a small piece of property
that little triangle that's
[57:53] on the South side of the river.
[57:54] It's owned by the
metro district.
[57:57] Number one.
[57:58] That's part of that
project over there.
[58:00] The rest of the property
that we're interested in
[58:02] is owned by a family.
[58:03] It's the local Steiner family
We've had some dealings
[58:06] with them, very positive
dealings with them
[58:08] over the past few years on
some other things as well.
[58:11] But again, this is all property
that's up in the flood plains
[58:17] and they don't
actually even farm
[58:18] it Most of what we would be in
there is a little bit of it that
[58:23] had been irrigated
pasture for a long time,
[58:25] but they don't even run
livestock up there right now
[58:28] So it's not really property
that they're utilizing
[58:32] And like I said, even
with the Barefoot
[58:34] Lakes, the little triangle,
it's nothing that they could
[58:36] really ever reasonably utilize.
[58:38] And so we started a conversation
with them about doing something
[58:41] similar there that we would
like to be able to do up
[58:45] on the sanitation district site
This again, is just investigated
[58:48] Three because with
the growth projections
[58:51] that the town has got, growth
can happen very, very rapidly.
[58:56] And so with the
fast alluvial well
[58:58] site with alluvial
well, number two,
[59:01] those will take us out
just so many years.
[59:03] And then we're going to have
to be moving on the next ones.
[59:06] And this one is similar to
the sanitation district.
[59:10] So it is a very
enticing one because
[59:12] of its proximity to the river.
[59:14] This one is further away from
the water treatment plant
[59:16] It's much further upstream.
[59:17] A lot of pipe that I
got to build to get
[59:19] it back over to the plant.
[59:20] But the site itself tends
to appear to lend itself
[59:26] very well to a site like this.
[59:28] Or to a development like this
with the alluvial well systems
[59:32] we've been talking to
both of the landowners
[59:35] the Metropark district.
[59:37] I was on a conference
call with them a week
[59:39] or so ago They need to take it
to their board, their board,
[59:43] their next board meeting
is not until July
[59:46] But they did not
throw up any issues.
[59:48] And the Vogelstein family has
already given us the okay.
[59:52] So there are still
think a couple of hoops.
[59:54] I asked them if they
wanted us to execute
[59:56] some sort of a trespass
agreement or anything like that.
[59:59] And they kind of
shrugged and I said
[1:00:00] Well, what you think about we'll
get this contract approved.
[1:00:03] And then i'll circle
back with them.
[1:00:05] But similarly, because it
takes so long to develop
[1:00:10] these facilities, I'd like to
get this one to be a little bit
[1:00:14] more of a known quantity.
[1:00:15] So that down the road,
several years when we need to,
[1:00:19] we already know that we've got a
site organized and ready to go.
[1:00:23] So all this is exploration.
[1:00:24] That's all that this.
[1:00:25] That's all that
this is going to be.
[1:00:27] We'll come back with
some recommendations
[1:00:29] as to a potential
wellfield configurations
[1:00:34] but we really wouldn't take
it any further than that.
[1:00:36] This will just help us identify
by what the potential product
[1:00:40] tivity of a of a
wellfield on that site
[1:00:42] would be so that like i said,
as we start to exhaust once,
[1:00:45] this would be a logical
one to move to, then.
[1:00:48] So any questions or comments ?
[1:00:54] Roll call, please
Trustee Holcomb.
[1:00:57] Yes.
[1:00:58] Trustee dougherty.
[1:01:00] Yes.
[1:01:00] Mayor Proton women.
[1:01:01] Yes.
[1:01:01] Yes.
[1:01:02] Trustee.
[1:01:02] Martin yes.
[1:01:05] All right.
[1:01:06] Moving on to Resolution 25,
DoorDash 62, a resolution
[1:01:09] of the board of trustees of
the town of Firestone Colorado,
[1:01:12] approving an agreement between
the town of Firestone and McWane
[1:01:16] Water Engineering, LLC
pertaining to the development
[1:01:19] or another just to yes
or a motion to approve
[1:01:25] a motion to approve So, again.
[1:01:30] Okay.
[1:01:30] Thank you.
[1:01:31] So this gIs tool is actually
our second endeavor.
[1:01:36] I we did this once before
up on the Rouge property.
[1:01:40] We took a look at
alluvial or that potential
[1:01:44] managed aquifer
recharge sites that
[1:01:46] would be able to
make return flows
[1:01:48] back to the south Platte River.
[1:01:50] So very quickly with
the water rights
[1:01:54] that the town gets that we use
for augmentation those water
[1:01:58] rights a component of that
has to be returned back
[1:02:02] to the river at certain
locations, at certain times
[1:02:05] We are set up to be
able to do that on most
[1:02:09] of the stretch of
the state brain river
[1:02:11] with the reservoir
and future reservoirs
[1:02:13] that we've got
because there aren't
[1:02:16] any intervening water
rights along those stretches
[1:02:18] of the river.
[1:02:18] However, as we
look at more growth
[1:02:22] further down the
road in the town,
[1:02:24] we are going to
need to be looking
[1:02:26] Get some water rights that
are a little bit further away.
[1:02:28] And in this particular
case, these would
[1:02:30] be primarily water rights.
[1:02:32] Over on the other side of the
interstate that would have
[1:02:35] return flow obligations to
Idaho Creek and/or boulder Creek
[1:02:41] We don't have any infrastructure
over there right now to make
[1:02:43] return flow obligate liens.
[1:02:46] There are reservoirs over there.
[1:02:47] There would be the potential
to buy something like that.
[1:02:50] But we may not need to because
the number of water rights that
[1:02:54] are over there that
might be available to us
[1:02:56] are a little bit more limited.
[1:02:57] So we might not need to go to
the major expense of a reservoir
[1:03:01] pump stations ditch diversions,
all that kind of thing So what
[1:03:04] we'd be able to do
is develop these,
[1:03:06] manage talk over
recharge facilities.
[1:03:09] What are the things
that our water brokers,
[1:03:11] they negotiate with these
landowners about these water
[1:03:14] rights and sometimes they want
to sell the water in the land.
[1:03:17] A lot of times that land
doesn't have any value to us,
[1:03:20] but if it's in
the right location
[1:03:22] and it could be developed as
a managed aquifer recharge,
[1:03:26] then that might make that a
little bit more appealing to us
[1:03:30] So that's one of the potential
uses for a tool like this.
[1:03:33] But then like I said,
even without that,
[1:03:35] just us being in flow,
identify locations over there.
[1:03:39] If we're going to acquire
more of those water rights
[1:03:41] where we might be able to go
secure a piece of property
[1:03:44] to develop a managed aquifer,
recharge facility and just very
[1:03:48] simple terms, what that is, is
just it's a pond that we would
[1:03:52] build that you bring
water into and you
[1:03:54] let it soak into the ground
It doesn't go any place.
[1:03:58] There are some
evaporative losses
[1:03:59] that we have to deal with.
[1:04:00] But the rest of it
goes into the ground
[1:04:01] just like it did when it
was a cultivated field.
[1:04:04] And so that's how
those returns are
[1:04:06] made at the proper time in the
creeks that it's supposed to.
[1:04:09] So again, this is just a
tool to help us identify
[1:04:13] potential locations There
would still need to be testing
[1:04:16] that would need to be done.
[1:04:18] But again it's a tool to help
us identify those locations.
[1:04:22] And when we do have
landowners that
[1:04:24] want to sell the
water right with land,
[1:04:26] it helps us make that decision.
[1:04:27] If that land does have a
secondary value for us I guess,
[1:04:33] any questions We'll
go may your time.
[1:04:40] You minutes.
[1:04:40] Yes.
[1:04:41] Trustee holcomb.
[1:04:42] Yes.
[1:04:42] Trustee Morton Yes.
[1:04:44] Trustee Diary.
[1:04:45] Yes.
[1:04:45] OK.
[1:04:46] Thank you Thank you, Dave.
[1:04:49] Moving on to ordinance 1064,
an ordinance of the Board
[1:04:52] of Trustees of the town
of Firestone, Colorado,
[1:04:55] enacting Section 9.20.090 of
the Firestone municipal Code
[1:05:01] regarding the regulation of
unmanned aircraft systems
[1:05:05] I have motion motion approved.
[1:05:08] Second it evening, Mayor okay.
[1:05:13] I'll be presenting tonight.
[1:05:15] Good to see everyone again
The ace for the ordinance
[1:05:18] has a pretty good
job of summarizing
[1:05:21] the ordinance Very high level.
[1:05:22] The two goals that accomplish
so I won't regurgitate that.
[1:05:25] I also won't go through
every line of the ordinance,
[1:05:28] but it's broken down
into four sections.
[1:05:31] We have definitions as subset
action B of the new section
[1:05:36] is prohibited acts so I
won't go over each one,
[1:05:41] but I'll highlight a couple.
[1:05:43] The first one is the
ordinance prohibited?
[1:05:45] It's prohibited.
[1:05:46] Excuse me, operating drones
recklessly or carelessly
[1:05:49] in a way that endangers
people or property.
[1:05:52] It also prohibits operating the
drone equipped with a firearm
[1:05:57] or deadly weapon.
[1:05:58] Stop.
[1:05:59] There Does anybody have any
questions about that section?
[1:06:01] And in the acts that are
prohibited and then subsection
[1:06:06] C imposes operational
restrictions on drones again,
[1:06:12] just highlighting a couple
you're restricted from flying
[1:06:17] over specific town facilities.
[1:06:19] For example town
hall the PD building,
[1:06:23] municipal court
building town hall,
[1:06:27] Town maintenance Facility is
our water treatment plant.
[1:06:30] Anything that's
critical infrastructure
[1:06:32] without the prior written
authorization from the town
[1:06:35] manager or his designee.
[1:06:39] The other major
highlight of that section
[1:06:41] is that it restricts the
operating landing or hovering
[1:06:44] a drone over private
property without the property
[1:06:47] owners consent.
[1:06:49] So another way this is
codifying drone trespass
[1:06:53] is is anybody have any
questions about that section?
[1:06:58] And then the final
subsection D importantly,
[1:07:03] it exempt or excepts out
from the prohibited acts,
[1:07:06] the drone operational
restrictions
[1:07:11] town employees is law
enforcement and emergency
[1:07:14] services personnel that
are using drones lawfully
[1:07:18] in the course of their duties.
[1:07:20] And then we have
kind of a final catch
[1:07:22] all to avoid any sort of
preempted federal preemption
[1:07:25] problems.
[1:07:27] We set out lawful drone
operations that are authorized
[1:07:30] under FAA regulations.
[1:07:33] And I'm happy to answer
any other questions you all
[1:07:35] might have about the ordinance.
[1:07:37] Any questions on
that Just important.
[1:07:42] So keep on the, I think, Section
three, restore acted operations.
[1:07:50] I okay, So we've had
this happen where
[1:07:55] and it's been in the evening and
so but it's like what do you do?
[1:08:02] I mean, by the time that
I mean you don't really
[1:08:06] want to call police
or you know I mean,
[1:08:09] by the time you
would report it, they
[1:08:11] would be gone So yeah,
oddly there there probably
[1:08:15] will be some potential
enforcement issues given
[1:08:19] the nature of how you can
operate a drone from large just
[1:08:22] from pretty far distances.
[1:08:24] But in the event that
you happen to identify
[1:08:29] the operator of the drone or the
owner of the drone, the pilot
[1:08:33] you have a mechanism and
enforcement mechanism.
[1:08:36] Okay.
[1:08:36] OK, great Thanks.
[1:08:39] Any other questions?
[1:08:41] So there's no differentiation
between say, a commercial drone
[1:08:45] operator or a there
is there This only
[1:08:48] regulates recreational drones.
[1:08:50] The town cannot regulate
commercial drone tracks
[1:08:53] And I'm thinking like kids
versus somebody on a commercial
[1:08:58] was what I was thinking.
[1:08:59] So i'm not going to drill drone.
[1:09:03] So much familiar.
[1:09:05] So if somebody wanted to say i
see there was a they navigated
[1:09:11] around a property on a street
and doesn't the drone have like
[1:09:15] an automatic return function?
[1:09:18] You it can.
[1:09:19] And it would if it's turned
on, they can it can remember,
[1:09:23] it's path there.
[1:09:25] But like if it returned home.
[1:09:27] It might not be under
operation of anyone,
[1:09:29] it would just be returning home.
[1:09:32] Is that is that an accurate way?
[1:09:34] I don't understand
technology or is
[1:09:36] it does it always under the
influence of an operator?
[1:09:40] It has to be.
[1:09:41] If you want to if you want
to fly recreational drone
[1:09:45] in compliance with
federal law you
[1:09:48] have to abide by the FAA
regs on Molokai craft
[1:09:52] recreational drones,
which is always operating
[1:09:54] control an operator a pilot.
[1:09:55] But again, we the town.
[1:09:58] I mean, we the
town can't regulate
[1:10:01] things with respect to drones
like the actual aircraft
[1:10:05] excel itself.
[1:10:05] We can't regulate design
safety standards weight limits,
[1:10:10] all that.
[1:10:11] But we have some areas
of the subject matter
[1:10:14] that we can regulate.
[1:10:15] This ordinance is a proper
reflection of that area
[1:10:19] that you can't regulate Yeah.
[1:10:22] Yeah.
[1:10:23] Interesting I know that drones
have the capability of following
[1:10:27] the path that they
flew and flight back,
[1:10:30] so i guess the operator
being the operator,
[1:10:35] you can just say
fly, fly, return
[1:10:38] and you still have to
do visually look at it,
[1:10:42] but it can fly.
[1:10:43] So interesting Yeah.
[1:10:45] Contradiction there still
has to be within visual line
[1:10:48] sight per FAA regs.
[1:10:49] OK So that's what
they're saying.
[1:10:51] Visual line of sight.
[1:10:51] Got it.
[1:10:52] All right You have
the questions.
[1:10:57] Look up, please Trustee Morten.
[1:11:01] Yes Trustee Dougherty.
[1:11:04] Yes Trustee.
[1:11:05] Welcome.
[1:11:05] Yes.
[1:11:06] Mayor Pro Tem Minutes.
[1:11:07] Yes that's it.
[1:11:11] All right.
[1:11:13] Motion passes Moving on to
resolution 25, DoorDash six
[1:11:17] for he resolution of
the board of trustees
[1:11:20] of the town of
Firestone, Colorado
[1:11:22] approving an agreement
between the town of Firestone
[1:11:25] and Points Consulting LLC for
real estate feasibility services
[1:11:30] pertaining to Central Park.
[1:11:31] Do I have motion to
approve some second?
[1:11:37] Good evening Mayor.
[1:11:38] Board of Trustees Raymond
fryer, Assistant Town Manager.
[1:11:40] The agreement before you is
to enter into a consulting
[1:11:44] agreement with points consulting
for them to perform, to perform
[1:11:48] a feasible study that
feasibility study will include
[1:11:52] a market impact submarine
along with an economic impact
[1:11:56] and an implementation
plan, all of which
[1:11:59] will be performed over
the next Six months
[1:12:01] and a deliverable
of the final report
[1:12:03] will be due to staff in
November of this year.
[1:12:06] Staff sent out an RFQ in May,
received three sealed response
[1:12:10] hours after review points
Consulting was selected based
[1:12:14] on their response
available for questions
[1:12:18] any comments or questions on
that trustee during Ringling?
[1:12:24] What's the difference
between this engagement
[1:12:27] and past feasibility
studies that we've done?
[1:12:30] I would say this is
much more specific
[1:12:32] and delve into some topics.
[1:12:33] You'll see the terms
economics in there.
[1:12:35] You'll see if you remember
the past feasibility study.
[1:12:38] I believe sEC
presented last summer
[1:12:41] was specific to athletic fields.
[1:12:43] This is a broader
approach approach.
[1:12:45] And this has more of
an economic outlook.
[1:12:48] Can i quickly add to that?
[1:12:50] As the board knows
we've started to engage
[1:12:54] a couple of specific users
and have learned more about it
[1:13:01] Some specific type
of development, such
[1:13:03] that we can study that a
little more with a little more
[1:13:05] specificity.
[1:13:07] I think as Ray Allen mentioned,
and I agree, the SEC and there
[1:13:11] was nothing wrong with that
study and it's been useful
[1:13:13] and I think they did a good job
with what they were tasked with.
[1:13:16] They were mostly
tasked with looking
[1:13:18] at something in an abstract.
[1:13:20] And in this case, we anticipate
seeking some more specific work
[1:13:24] on a project specific and more
use specific data to eventually
[1:13:30] guide, not only our decisions
but the future development,
[1:13:33] whether in Central Park
I think the comments will
[1:13:40] accomplish Trustee Holcomb yes.
[1:13:46] Trustee Morton Yes.
[1:13:47] Trustee.
[1:13:48] Darity Yes.
[1:13:49] Mayor Pro Tem Minutes yes.
[1:13:51] Motion passes.
[1:13:53] Moving on to item.
[1:13:55] I appointment of the members we
need to appoint to parks trails,
[1:14:07] recreation and open
space committee members.
[1:14:09] Tonight And we
received four applicant
[1:14:15] surnames were Paul
Long, Elizabeth Fox,
[1:14:19] Kevin Arnold and Molly Rushing.
[1:14:22] I've looked at the
applicants and I
[1:14:24] would like to nominate
paul Long and Molly Rushing
[1:14:29] to the board Would you?
[1:14:34] I will do this one at a time.
[1:14:37] If anybody has any
comments or whatever.
[1:14:39] But regarding Paul
Long, can we get a roll
[1:14:44] call vote on Paul Long please ?
[1:14:48] Roll call is okay.
[1:14:49] Or is this just a voice vote?
[1:14:51] It's good enough, Keith
I would go a little.
[1:14:55] OK, good Mayor Pro tem minutes.
[1:15:02] Yes Trustee Doherty.
[1:15:04] Yes.
[1:15:05] Trustee.
[1:15:05] Martin.
[1:15:05] Yes.
[1:15:06] Trustee Holcomb Yes.
[1:15:07] All right.
[1:15:08] And then regarding Molly Rushing
roll call, please Thank you.
[1:15:14] Trustee Martin Yes.
[1:15:15] Mayor Pro Tem Minutes Yes.
[1:15:17] Trustee Holcomb Trustee Doherty.
[1:15:19] Yes.
[1:15:20] All right.
[1:15:20] Well, congratulations to paul
Long and Molly Rushing for
[1:15:25] and thank you for being
willing to do that.
[1:15:32] All right.
[1:15:33] Now we're moving along to
our second public comment.
[1:15:36] We do have somebody and it's
Chris Good evening, Chris kim.
[1:15:45] Good evening, Mayor.
[1:15:46] Trustees, Mayor Pro
Tem timers good.
[1:15:50] OK Good evening.
[1:15:52] As you guys know, I am Chris
Campion, your district manager
[1:15:55] for the State Green
Sanitation District
[1:15:57] I'm here respectfully to address
the town's current approach
[1:15:59] to its water portfolio
development, an approach that
[1:16:02] imposes significant
operational environmental risks
[1:16:05] upon existing critical
regional infrastructure,
[1:16:07] especially in light of decisions
made earlier this evening.
[1:16:10] And to urge the board to
lead us towards a more
[1:16:12] collaborative and
responsible path forward.
[1:16:14] Our core mission is to
protect public health
[1:16:17] and the environment by
providing high quality rec water
[1:16:20] reclamation, collect through
collection and treatment We
[1:16:23] fulfill this mission daily by
serving 50,000 citizens and over
[1:16:27] 15,000 connections regionally
across our 208 service area,
[1:16:32] which includes Firestone
and the multiple
[1:16:34] neighboring communities.
[1:16:36] This significant
regional responsibility
[1:16:38] frames our perspective.
[1:16:40] The town's ongoing
efforts since 2019
[1:16:42] to secure conditional
water rights
[1:16:44] and augment its water
portfolio directly
[1:16:46] proposed to encumber
property essential
[1:16:49] to our district's only
wastewater treatment plant.
[1:16:52] The heart of the
critical wastewater
[1:16:54] infrastructure for the region
This is a long standing issue.
[1:16:58] Recently underscored by a
Colorado Supreme Court ruling
[1:17:01] that formed the previous
water courts ruling, which
[1:17:03] agreed with the
district's objections
[1:17:05] and consequently rejected the
key elements of the town's
[1:17:09] original 2019 water court
application we understand
[1:17:14] the town's the town has refiled
a related water rate application
[1:17:18] in December of 2020 for
the Supreme Court ruling
[1:17:21] on the initial
initial case validates
[1:17:24] the fundamental concerns
about the location
[1:17:27] that the District has raised.
[1:17:28] Our specific site with
this planned service life
[1:17:31] of decades, an
irreplaceable part
[1:17:33] of the critical
regional infrastructure
[1:17:35] vital for our collective ability
to maintain a safe, clean town
[1:17:40] As stated in the
Board of Trustees.
[1:17:42] Goals number Five Attempting
to co-locate new water
[1:17:46] infrastructure as proposed poses
foreseeable and unacceptable
[1:17:50] risks, undermining not only
our operation, but also
[1:17:53] your primary objective
to maintain town
[1:17:55] infrastructure and facilities.
[1:17:57] Goal number one in a responsible
and sustainable manner.
[1:18:00] A key tenant of your
public works objectives
[1:18:03] Build sustainable water
storage and infrastructure.
[1:18:06] The town's continued
pursuit of this location
[1:18:08] and despite years of conflict
and a clear statement
[1:18:10] from the Supreme Court in
the original application
[1:18:13] directly contradicts
Firestone's own published
[1:18:15] goals of fiscal integrity
and civic partnerships.
[1:18:17] Is already led to a significant
expenditure of public funds
[1:18:20] by both of our entities We note
with concern that the board
[1:18:24] earlier this evening
approved the design contract
[1:18:27] of 175,000 for this
very alluvial very
[1:18:29] well alluvial well project.
[1:18:31] My apologies.
[1:18:32] Committing significant further
taxpayer funds in design
[1:18:35] to a project on a site with
such resolved questions
[1:18:39] as trustees The path to
litigation over this approach
[1:18:44] has proven costly on
its initial merits.
[1:18:46] Flawed.
[1:18:47] While we acknowledge Firestone's
objective to diversify its water
[1:18:50] portfolio method
repeatedly chosen
[1:18:52] is untenable and jeopardizes
existing critical infrastructure
[1:18:56] we urge you to lead.
[1:18:58] Instead of pursuing a
course already fraught with
[1:19:00] legal and operational problems.
[1:19:02] Thank you.
[1:19:04] Thank you, sir.
[1:19:05] Appreciate your comments.
[1:19:08] Moving on to reports staff
other than financials,
[1:19:14] we have none tonight OK,
everybody get out of financials.
[1:19:19] The only question is on
the financials Okay, Mary,
[1:19:24] report met with the numerous
residents over the last few
[1:19:31] weeks regarding several
issues Other than that,
[1:19:38] that's about it for
right now All right,
[1:19:42] then trustees all right Then
we will move on to an executive
[1:19:52] session Item 20, an executive
session pursuant to CRC 20
[1:20:00] 4-6-424B for a conference with
special counsel for the purpose
[1:20:06] of receiving legal
advice on specific legal
[1:20:09] questions regarding Central Weld
County Water district Services.
[1:20:13] Is there a motion to go
into executive session?
[1:20:16] Some of the second?
[1:20:18] All right Motion
carries time is now 720
[1:20:23] and the board will adjourn
into executive session
[1:20:39] Oh, we didn't vote.
[1:20:42] Got a vote Sorry,
but the county.
[1:20:46] All those in favor
I all those opposed
[1:20:49] Okay, thanks Minor thing,
Keith Minor things I