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Good morning everybody.
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Welcome to the Wednesday September 2nd regular meeting
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of the Board of County Commissioners.
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We are starting at 9:02 a.m.
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In the morning.
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We will start with the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Would you please lead us?
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I pledge Allegiance to the of the United States of
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and to the Republic for which it one nation under God,
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with Liberty and Justice for all.
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Kirstin Copeland: If you could remain standing.
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Pastor Carl will do our invocation.
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Karl Leuthauser: Thank you for having me.
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We had our first grandbaby and we are super excited about that.
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What I love about it is it's parenting without the pressure.
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That's a pretty good gig.
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I was talking to Kirsten about this.
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I wish I did other things where I am a grandparent.
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I am present and I do my job.
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I work hard but I'm not too worried and freaked out
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and I don't find my identity in it and all that pressure.
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Jesus said in John 836.
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When the son sets you are free indeed.
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My purview for everybody in the room.
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You can do your job in parenting and your work
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and your Grandparenting for a.
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Without all the pressure.
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In the end, there is one person and that is our creator
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that we answer to.
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Do the right thing, work well in whatever happens happens.
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Lord I thank you so much for our leaders.
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I thank you for all the servants in this room.
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And in our different spheres, I pray
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that we will do it in freedom that we would do in trust.
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We would be present and we would be dutiful
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and we would serve well.
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In the end what happens happens and I pray that we can trust you
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and that we can walk in the freedom you purchased for us.
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We can enjoy the service and opportunities that we have.
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Bless these leaders with wisdom and bless them with freedom.
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In Jesus name.
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Amen.
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Kirstin Copeland: Amen thank you.
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Melissa.
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Can you do the roll call please?
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>> Good morning commissioners.
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[Roll call].
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Kirstin Copeland: Public comment period.
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Any members of the public who would like to speak?
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If you can just give us your name and address please?
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>> Forgot the address parts.
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Holly speaks 2131 Bradford Drive.
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I'm here to alert the county commissioners to a problem
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we may have in Montrose County.
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I am a Concerned citizen worried we
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may have another teen problem in our county.
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I want the commissioners support that we
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will have a free and fair democratic election here
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in Montrose County in the midterm.
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November midterms.
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I'm disappointed in the lack of transparency and integrity
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shown by the Montreal City Council and city
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staff the Montrose County Elections Office
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and Attorney's Office.
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I know there was interaction going back and forth
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about that emailing.
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Everyone I mentioned has known about the discrepancies
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in the vote totals about the April municipal elections
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and contentions between the two offices.
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They kept it from the voters of Montrose County.
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That's not good integrity.
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I don't think they showed good integrity by doing that.
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Those who kept attending the city meetings who
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kept asking why there was a rush to bring the city charter
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amendments coming up and move control of the city clerk
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under the county elections office and we
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never got an answer.
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There's still some confusion as to why it was rushed.
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August 3rd, we finally found out why.
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They let the public in on what the rest of us already knew.
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She had concerns about the county elections office
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and people who worked there and their impartiality.
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I believe us county commissioners
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and I don't know if you have any, any influence or authority
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that you can I would appreciate you
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looking to what is going on with that statement.
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The City of Montrose has made two extremes in the last week.
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They want to investigate the election and now they don't.
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That was a very 25 minute dysfunctional video
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and it's not a good representation
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of what we want our community to look like.
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Why the sudden and abrupt change?
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As another fellow governing body,
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I think you should be concerned about what is going on.
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I'm sure you are aware we've lost Bill bill last night.
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We lost another governing partner .
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I'm worried because the big lie has been
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pushed by the EMR president.
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He's trying to block and and Mail-In voting
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and targeting registration drives in Ohio
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to name a few things.
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The way it's been handled has been disgraceful.
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I think that they chose comfort over transparency.
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They chose to practice dishonesty over honesty
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with the voters pyramids they allowed somebody
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in our community to come Mr. David Weiss who's
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been known to lead our community down a straight path
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to tell us his version of what happened.
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And I don't think that was the right thing to do.
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I would just hope he would help us as voters.
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My heart is personally broken because I feel like a vote is
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sacred .
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I always wanted to trust in our elected officials
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that they would take care of my votes.
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I ask the commissioners and anybody here
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to protect our voting this fall.
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Thank you.
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Kirstin Copeland: Thank you.
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Any other members of the public?
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All right.
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County Manager.
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Any removal or change of the items on the agenda?
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>> There are no changes this morning.
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Thank you.
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Kirstin Copeland: The consent agenda.
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All matters are considered routine
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by the Board of County Commissioners
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and will be enacted by a single vote.
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Looking at the consent agenda, any concerns or changes
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you would make?
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>> No.
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Kirstin Copeland: I would entertain a motion.
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>> I moved to approve the agenda to include amendments
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for 14-026.
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Kirstin Copeland: All those in favor?
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Consent agenda is adopted.
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We believe the regular Board of County Commissioners
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and enter into the Board of Health.
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And I will ask the county manager Joe Kirby.
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Joe Kerby: Good morning commissioners.
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Before you is item D one.
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Consideration and possible adoption of resolution B
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02-2026.
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Appointing our new Director of Public Health, Jacqueline Davis.
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Jackie is in the audience this morning.
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As you are aware, the position has been vacant
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for several months.
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As a result of that interview process,
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we are excited to engage with her
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and have her be our new Public Health Director.
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That's the topic for you this morning Paramount
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Kirstin Copeland: Thank you.
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We will do a motion.
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>> I move to approve resolution B 02-2026 appointing a Director
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of Public Health.
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Kirstin Copeland: I second.
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And all those in favor?
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Aye.
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Welcome aboard.
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We're glad to have you.
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And I think we are going to do pictures.
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Do you want to do it now?
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The communications director runs the show.