1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:24,310 Thank you, everyone, and welcome to the BLCC regular meeting. Today's date is Tuesday, September the 8th, and the time is 9.02 a.m. We will call this meeting order. First up, we have the pledge of allegiance, Robert. Would you please do the flag? Thank you. 2 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:32,140 We will take attendance beginning with Trish. Trish Turner. Brandon Hirsch. Paul McFeeders. 3 00:00:32,140 --> 00:00:32,820 That's where I'm from. 4 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:34,380 Robert Troy. 5 00:00:35,180 --> 00:00:37,100 Thank you to everybody else in attendance. 6 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,500 Are there any modifications to today's agenda? 7 00:00:39,740 --> 00:00:39,980 No, sir. 8 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:42,280 I will ask for a motion to approve today's agenda. 9 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:42,760 So moved. 10 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:43,240 I'll second. 11 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:44,280 I'll have a favor say aye. 12 00:00:44,420 --> 00:00:44,520 Aye. 13 00:00:45,020 --> 00:00:46,140 I motion passes. 14 00:00:46,460 --> 00:00:48,160 That'll bring us into public comment. 15 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:52,920 I did not have anybody on the sheet out there going once, going twice. 16 00:00:53,420 --> 00:00:55,520 No public comment this morning. 17 00:00:55,780 --> 00:00:58,040 That'll bring us into our consent agenda, Mr. Hersh. 18 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,600 We have one consent agenda item today, which is a resolute two a, 19 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:07,960 which is a resolution and mending resolution 26252, appointing a member to the Pueblo West Road Sales Tax Oversight Committee. 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:09,880 Okay. 21 00:01:10,820 --> 00:01:11,700 You guys got anything? 22 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:19,240 I just want to be clear that this was just clarifying that this is a joint appointment when we appointed Mr. Cleveland. 23 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:22,680 It was intended to be a joint appointment between us and Pueblo West. 24 00:01:23,740 --> 00:01:26,120 I don't think the resolution captured that quite accurately. 25 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,160 On the first go around, is that the my entire understanding of this? 26 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:29,240 Yes. 27 00:01:29,940 --> 00:01:31,140 It says that now. 28 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:31,520 Yes. 29 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:33,880 That's why it's coming back. 30 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,740 I was not the attorney that reviewed this. 31 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,120 I'm not sure the context behind it, but it does reflect that now if that is, in fact, 32 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:43,440 the issue. 33 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:43,660 Okay. 34 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:45,280 I can almost positive it is. 35 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,080 I just want to be clear. 36 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:47,720 So I'm good. 37 00:01:48,020 --> 00:01:48,580 I'm good too. 38 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,360 I will ask for a motion to approve the consent agenda as presented. 39 00:01:51,620 --> 00:01:51,900 So moved. 40 00:01:52,060 --> 00:01:52,380 I'll second. 41 00:01:52,660 --> 00:01:53,380 I'll in favor say aye. 42 00:01:53,500 --> 00:01:53,640 Aye. 43 00:01:53,940 --> 00:01:54,200 Aye. 44 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:57,200 Motion passes and that will bring us into our regular agenda, Mr. Hirsch. 45 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:06,560 First item 3a is a resolution approving the Fourth Amendment to the Grant Award from the Colorado Department of Human Services, Behavioral Health Administration for the State opioid response grant. 46 00:02:07,620 --> 00:02:08,880 Good morning, commissioners. 47 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:15,380 I am bringing you the SOAR grant for this fiscal year 26th to 27 or $52,000. 48 00:02:16,020 --> 00:02:23,440 This money goes directly to help the cost of Suboxone and the jail to mediate that for the county to have to cover. 49 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:29,400 So if $52,000 for the next year, this is our third year receiving it. 50 00:02:29,540 --> 00:02:31,840 It's a federal cycle, but it's our third year. 51 00:02:32,260 --> 00:02:34,420 And we have expended all of it previously. 52 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,500 So I plan to expend all of it this year as well. 53 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:39,140 Thank you, Tori. 54 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,740 Can you give me a little bit of, I guess, what lessons you've learned in having this grant 55 00:02:43,740 --> 00:02:47,240 available to you, what impacts do you think are valuable to the county? 56 00:02:47,380 --> 00:02:50,140 And if you feel it's worth continuing to do that? 57 00:02:50,140 --> 00:02:57,640 Yes, I do feel it is it helps with the medical cost and the budget in the jail because if not this would be another amount of money that 58 00:02:57,640 --> 00:03:05,980 Navcare and the facility would be responsible for paying so it does help that. Thank you. And about how many have you served since this grant's been in section? 59 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:16,740 I don't have that number. I can get it for you. Roughly every month about 20 to 25 individuals are covered for their suboxone, for their induction and continuation until they release. 60 00:03:17,140 --> 00:03:27,540 Wow. That's pretty important. Thank you for doing that. I think it's a, again, something people don't realize when we're running a detention center like that, the things that we need to help with. 61 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:34,660 So I appreciate you putting the extra effort into getting that award. And again, I offer my support for it. I think it's an important tool. 62 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:35,660 Thank you, Commissioner. 63 00:03:37,820 --> 00:03:38,220 Yes. 64 00:03:38,220 --> 00:03:44,840 Ma'am, can you mention what is the effect on the general fund for this grant, meaning 65 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:52,680 are there any county costs that go towards matching this grant, or is it all purely grant 66 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:52,840 fund? 67 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:53,860 Yes, purely grant fund. 68 00:03:53,940 --> 00:03:54,540 It's 100%. 69 00:03:55,300 --> 00:03:55,700 Yeah. 70 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:00,580 Well, I feel bad for Captain Bocker that I can't grill you too much, but I told him he's not 71 00:04:00,580 --> 00:04:01,980 asking for nearly as much money as him. 72 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:03,200 So you're off the hook. 73 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:03,620 Thank you. 74 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:03,920 Yeah. 75 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,940 But I have no more questions. 76 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:08,660 Thank you very much. 77 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:09,320 Thank you guys. 78 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:12,860 I will ask for a motion to prevent a three A. 79 00:04:13,020 --> 00:04:13,380 So moved. 80 00:04:13,780 --> 00:04:14,000 Good. 81 00:04:14,340 --> 00:04:14,960 I'll favor say aye. 82 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:16,520 Aye, motion passes. 83 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:22,260 Our next item to be B is a resolution approving the professional services agreement between 84 00:04:22,260 --> 00:04:30,120 crossroads turning point ink in public county to provide case management services for the pre-arrest evaluation intervention and linkage program in public county. 85 00:04:30,900 --> 00:04:32,520 Good morning, commissioners. 86 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:35,240 I'm Christine Zeifo, go with correctional services. 87 00:04:36,100 --> 00:04:38,960 This contract is with crossroads turning points. 88 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:45,360 It's in the amount of 300,301,531 and 80 cents. 89 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:51,360 It covers our case management services for the prevail program for state fiscal year 27. 90 00:04:52,020 --> 00:04:53,880 The program is fully grant funded. 91 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,800 There's no cost to the general fund. 92 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:01,160 And in fiscal year 26, our reimbursements took an average of 48 days. 93 00:05:01,540 --> 00:05:02,500 Do you have any questions? 94 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:05,100 Just a comment. 95 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,080 I want to say thank you over the last year and a half. 96 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:12,660 I've learned so much about the work you do and how much these kind of awards are part 97 00:05:12,660 --> 00:05:13,040 of that. 98 00:05:13,380 --> 00:05:18,940 And so I don't have any specific questions about the arrangement with crossroads, but again, 99 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:24,760 the intervention and help that you provide is super important to, I think not just service 100 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:30,060 to those that are affected, but the cost management that the county needs to see. 101 00:05:30,900 --> 00:05:35,760 Thank you for continuing to find ways to do that and very supportive of the work that you all do. 102 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:41,060 I know it's difficult, I know it's challenging and especially in the economic times that we're in to make it work. 103 00:05:41,220 --> 00:05:45,520 I know you do have to navigate a lot of things, so I just wanted to say thanks again. 104 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:53,220 I've learned a lot from you this last year and a half and I know there's more that I'm going to continue to learn about how to do this work and the challenging environment we're in. 105 00:05:53,220 --> 00:05:57,120 And I would just say, as you continue to find opportunity, please let us know. 106 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:02,060 And if there are savings, of course, cost savings that we can, you know, realize that 107 00:06:02,060 --> 00:06:06,660 would be one of the main focuses of what we would ask of you and other staff is how can 108 00:06:06,660 --> 00:06:10,500 we do a better job, even with less funding, if there's other ways to do it. 109 00:06:10,540 --> 00:06:12,200 That's what we're interested in here on this board. 110 00:06:13,020 --> 00:06:13,840 Thank you, Mr. Chair. 111 00:06:14,820 --> 00:06:20,240 Madam, can I ask you how long has Crossroads been administering this program on our behalf? 112 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:21,060 Eight years. 113 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:21,660 Eight years. 114 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,520 There is an annual RFP process. Is that correct? 115 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:26,400 Every three years. 116 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:27,700 Three years. Thank you, Mayor. 117 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:33,340 And we did have to do the RFP this time because it was a new contract. 118 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:35,460 Provell used to be lead. 119 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:38,660 And we had to do an RFP with a state. 120 00:06:38,860 --> 00:06:42,780 And then in turn had to do an RFP for our case management subcontract. 121 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:45,920 Thank you very much. I have nothing else. 122 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:52,280 Thank you very much, I will ask for a motion to approve item 3B. 123 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:53,000 So moved. 124 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:53,980 I was second. 125 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:54,960 I'll have everybody say aye. 126 00:06:55,060 --> 00:06:55,260 Aye. 127 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:56,600 I'm motion passes. 128 00:06:59,150 --> 00:06:59,910 That's it. 129 00:07:00,730 --> 00:07:01,630 Short agenda. 130 00:07:02,290 --> 00:07:04,370 That'll bring us into Commissioner comments. 131 00:07:04,730 --> 00:07:05,470 Been going first. 132 00:07:05,650 --> 00:07:05,890 You guys. 133 00:07:06,110 --> 00:07:06,610 Okay. 134 00:07:06,810 --> 00:07:07,410 I'll jump in. 135 00:07:08,190 --> 00:07:08,690 Yeah. 136 00:07:08,730 --> 00:07:11,930 Thanks for easing us back in after the long holiday weekend. 137 00:07:12,270 --> 00:07:13,810 Nice nice light agenda. 138 00:07:14,050 --> 00:07:15,890 I hope everybody had a great Labor Day. 139 00:07:17,050 --> 00:07:22,270 I wanted to, I don't think we've talked about this since the news came out, but we did 140 00:07:22,270 --> 00:07:26,430 find out, I believe it was late Thursday evening, that FEMA and the Trump administration 141 00:07:26,430 --> 00:07:32,450 did approve at least the public assistance portion of our major disaster declaration request. 142 00:07:33,070 --> 00:07:38,910 What that means right now is not 100% sure, but what was included in the public assistance 143 00:07:38,910 --> 00:07:45,410 request for things like debris removal, road and bridge repair, public infrastructure. 144 00:07:46,130 --> 00:07:50,930 So this is a massive dollar amount on the order of about $17, $18 million. 145 00:07:51,210 --> 00:07:53,830 That was included in the public assistance request. 146 00:07:54,610 --> 00:07:59,010 We don't know without a shadow of a doubt that we're getting all of that. 147 00:07:59,110 --> 00:08:00,990 There are some details to be worked out. 148 00:08:01,170 --> 00:08:06,170 We also don't know, at least I haven't learned them over the course of the weekend, the 149 00:08:06,170 --> 00:08:12,850 the mechanics of we know it's a reimbursement but is the state reimbursed or the counties 150 00:08:12,850 --> 00:08:19,270 directly reimbursed? All of those details are kind of TBD. I think we should know a lot more by 151 00:08:19,270 --> 00:08:26,510 the end of this week. But the punchline and the huge news is that it was approved. And unlike 152 00:08:26,510 --> 00:08:30,070 several of the fires that took place over the last couple years in other parts of our state, 153 00:08:30,070 --> 00:08:59,830 This one got approved and I like to think that the governor's office along with all of the people that wrote letters on behalf of this major disaster declaration, I believe the governor's office learned some lessons from those prior rejections and I think they did a great job of publicizing gathering letters, but it came down to the community doing the work writing the letters I heard from Senator Bennett's office and Congressman Herd's office, there were just packets and packets of hundreds of letters 154 00:08:59,830 --> 00:09:02,170 is written on behalf of our community. 155 00:09:02,970 --> 00:09:06,770 So thank you to everybody that did that, it's huge. 156 00:09:07,050 --> 00:09:09,550 We really can't be overstated how important 157 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:11,590 that even if this is all we get, 158 00:09:11,830 --> 00:09:16,030 it is a huge dollar amount that I was not anticipating. 159 00:09:16,650 --> 00:09:19,570 Again, like all the other grants that we've received, 160 00:09:19,790 --> 00:09:22,770 this is a, it will require some county contribution, 161 00:09:23,210 --> 00:09:25,930 dollars that we don't know exactly where they live right now. 162 00:09:26,630 --> 00:09:29,130 But knowing that we are going to be able to do 163 00:09:29,130 --> 00:09:34,730 roughly $20 million worth of infrastructure for a 12 and a half percent match on the county side, 164 00:09:34,730 --> 00:09:41,790 it's massive for the recovery from the Aspen Acres fire. So, extremely grateful for that, 165 00:09:42,490 --> 00:09:46,570 and I'm sure my other commissioners have some comments there, so I'll leave it there. 166 00:09:47,170 --> 00:09:51,270 I just wanted to quickly thank Parks and Rec yet again for all their hard work on the 167 00:09:51,270 --> 00:09:56,290 Fiesta Day flow. It looked amazing. The Fiesta Day parade is one of the most fun 168 00:09:56,290 --> 00:10:00,130 pueblo traditions that I think we have here in our community. So it was a great day. Thanks for 169 00:10:00,130 --> 00:10:05,310 everybody that showed up to ride on the float and wave and sit in the crowd and it was much hotter 170 00:10:05,690 --> 00:10:10,590 this time around, but I guess we're used to it at this point. I asked somebody like, do you remember 171 00:10:10,590 --> 00:10:16,410 a few yesterday parade that wasn't just like dying, sweltering hot and nobody could. So thank you 172 00:10:16,410 --> 00:10:20,770 very much to the parks and rec folks. They make it easy to just show up with my little ones in tow 173 00:10:20,770 --> 00:10:25,630 and jump on the float and have a good time. I really appreciate it. Last but not least, on Thursday 174 00:10:25,630 --> 00:10:31,170 day after we had our regular meeting, Mr. Choi along with our third party accounting 175 00:10:31,170 --> 00:10:35,510 from I Bailey, who are helping us through the 2027 budget process. We had a really, 176 00:10:35,510 --> 00:10:43,910 really good budget kickoff, a lot more specifics about how folks are expected to get their 2027 177 00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:48,990 data into the software, how we're going to do our budget process for 2027. So we've got a 178 00:10:48,990 --> 00:10:54,230 lot more clear parameters around what that's going to look like for next year. We have made 179 00:10:54,230 --> 00:10:58,790 a big ask of the entire organization, including elected offices, and that's to get a preliminary 180 00:10:58,790 --> 00:11:07,330 budget loaded into the system by next Friday, September 18th. So, you know, for offices like 181 00:11:07,330 --> 00:11:12,130 the sheriff who have really large budgets, you know, of course we've got a lot of work to do on our 182 00:11:12,130 --> 00:11:24,210 side. Everybody has a lot of work to do here over the coming weeks, and I want to recognize what a 183 00:11:24,210 --> 00:11:34,330 new software, but also develop your budget. I fully think that everybody always thinks about 184 00:11:34,330 --> 00:11:38,430 their budget. I know I talked to departments and they shouldn't be that hard because I know 185 00:11:38,430 --> 00:11:44,670 to the penny where all of my budget is going. So it's a large effort. We fully understand that, 186 00:11:44,910 --> 00:11:50,830 but like I said many times, nothing's going to change if we don't change anything. And this is a big 187 00:11:50,830 --> 00:11:56,830 step forward in how the budget is going to look going forward and when it's all said and done, 188 00:11:56,930 --> 00:12:02,750 I genuinely believe that everybody across this organization will have a much easier time managing 189 00:12:02,750 --> 00:12:11,110 their budget, knowing where we're at at any given moment of time. And while the two-week crunch 190 00:12:11,110 --> 00:12:15,890 may seem like a lot, we're in September. We're in early September and we're not in November 191 00:12:15,890 --> 00:12:20,610 trying to throw these numbers together. So we're doing the right thing. I know it can be a challenge. 192 00:12:20,610 --> 00:12:25,690 I know it's going to be, you know, there's going to be hiccups and learning along the way. 193 00:12:26,410 --> 00:12:32,410 But I, Bailey, has been very supportive. They're very responsive. Mr. Troy is always here to 194 00:12:32,410 --> 00:12:38,170 get us through this process. So I just wanted to kind of pump up the organization to say, we got this, 195 00:12:38,610 --> 00:12:43,050 we can do this. We're headed in a new direction, and this is a really big step in that process. So 196 00:12:43,050 --> 00:12:46,850 thank you, Mr. Troy, for getting us all on the same page. And thank you for everybody for buying 197 00:12:46,850 --> 00:12:49,970 into what is to come in regard to the budget. That's every minute. 198 00:12:50,790 --> 00:12:53,610 Well said, Commissioner, and I would echo your 199 00:12:54,890 --> 00:12:59,030 Saws of Mr. Choi for his presentation on Thursday. I've heard from many in the community 200 00:13:00,550 --> 00:13:05,510 that watched your presentation and understood what you're trying to communicate in terms of this 201 00:13:05,510 --> 00:13:10,310 forward. And again, thank you for a reserve policy that I believe has been long overdue. 202 00:13:10,790 --> 00:13:15,870 I'm glad that last year when I started exploring that and finding that we had a very 203 00:13:16,350 --> 00:13:19,230 per funcary one that we could actually get one that's workable. 204 00:13:19,830 --> 00:13:36,930 And I think it is a path forward and a light forward, not just for our government, but for the rest of our county, for our city, frankly, to look at how should government operate, while government should operate on the behest of the taxpayer should spend money the way a taxpayer would spend it and spend it on the services that are needed and required. 205 00:13:37,170 --> 00:13:44,590 And so we are entering that phase where as the commissioner alluded to, a budget process that is ahead of the curve and being ready to go 206 00:13:45,070 --> 00:13:52,050 So that we can review and approve before the end of the fiscal year, which is the goal we want to start January knowing where we're going to end up. 207 00:13:52,910 --> 00:13:58,810 And while it's a lot of work, I want to say thank you to everyone that has been involved to this point. 208 00:13:58,830 --> 00:14:04,730 I know it's not been easy for everybody, but it is the path forward for us to get financial stability in this county. 209 00:14:05,790 --> 00:14:10,550 In regard to the big news of FEMA Thursday night, we kind of knew that that could be coming Friday morning. 210 00:14:10,550 --> 00:14:14,630 I did get a phone call from Congressman Jeff Heard at about 830 in the morning, and 211 00:14:15,430 --> 00:14:20,330 my conversation with him, I think the one thing I would say that in this disaster with 212 00:14:20,330 --> 00:14:25,950 the Aspen Acres fire, well, we can deal with government agencies and we can deal with the 213 00:14:26,930 --> 00:14:29,150 folks that run the mechanisms of government. 214 00:14:29,670 --> 00:14:33,950 What really comes down to it's all about relationship and the relationships you share with others, 215 00:14:34,270 --> 00:14:38,990 and I can tell you that in that conversation with Congressman Heard, I heard a lot of effort 216 00:14:38,990 --> 00:14:41,250 from his staff, from him personally, 217 00:14:42,070 --> 00:14:44,090 dealing with the White House, talking with them, 218 00:14:44,090 --> 00:14:48,690 and getting a good sense of their understanding of the tragedy 219 00:14:48,690 --> 00:14:50,410 that has hit and befallen our community. 220 00:14:50,530 --> 00:14:52,610 They really do understand how much this money means, 221 00:14:53,110 --> 00:14:55,070 and that made me feel a heck of a lot better 222 00:14:55,070 --> 00:14:57,250 about where we stand with possibly the future. 223 00:14:57,430 --> 00:14:59,130 Again, this doesn't affect personal homes. 224 00:14:59,230 --> 00:14:59,970 This is really the... 225 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:29,620 The structure pieces, which in and of themselves are huge for rye car out of city and bulo when you talk about water and fire and flood mitigation. Those things are really important to our county because we have to fix all that. All the roads that have been damaged, all the culverts and all of that. So it was great news to get that news on Friday. I think we were prepared either way, whether we got the approval or not, but to get the approval was a whole different feeling. And thank you again to our congressional representatives, all of them were unified in the state. 226 00:15:29,620 --> 00:15:34,200 our governor's office, our senators, everybody was on the same page in Colorado and that doesn't 227 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:40,120 happen that often. So I want to extend my thanks and congratulations over the weekend as well 228 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:45,300 as well as there was yesterday. There was a fundraiser in Rye, an auction that was held, 229 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,700 and when I say, and I've said it many times, if you're waiting for government to help you, 230 00:15:49,780 --> 00:15:54,260 you're going to be waiting. In this case, FEMA came through quicker than we thought, but on a 231 00:15:54,260 --> 00:15:58,800 personal level, the citizens of Rye held a public auction and they alone raised 70 grand for the 232 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:04,140 gasp and acres fire over the weekend, doing an auction in that community that reached 233 00:16:04,140 --> 00:16:05,140 many, many people. 234 00:16:05,300 --> 00:16:06,500 And so that's one example. 235 00:16:06,660 --> 00:16:12,480 The other is in Buella, we had a cleanup Saturday where volunteers came and helped sandbag 236 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:17,380 and do some flood mitigation, again, citizens showing up, doing the work. 237 00:16:17,460 --> 00:16:21,520 And I want to say thank you to those communities for not waiting for the government help, but 238 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,180 jumping ahead and saying we can do something. 239 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:27,320 And watching that happen, again, it's all about relationship, it's all about community, 240 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:28,820 and we have lots of that in Pueblo County. 241 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:32,400 So I want to say thank you to those that have extended themselves that way. 242 00:16:32,860 --> 00:16:39,360 In addition, I'm working with Sally Clark, who is working with the USDA. 243 00:16:40,020 --> 00:16:44,300 We're working on getting representation on the 18th into this county. 244 00:16:44,940 --> 00:16:48,540 From the USDA, we're possible more funding coming beyond FEMA. 245 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:54,240 We are working on an event, Josh Johnson is helping me coordinate that with our electives and 246 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:59,660 other representatives to possibly have a site tour in Bula and a meeting with a representative 247 00:16:59,660 --> 00:17:04,220 at the high level with USDA. There is a possible emergency funding that could be opened 248 00:17:04,220 --> 00:17:07,660 up to us, and I'm really working to try to get additional funding that would help us with 249 00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:13,300 water treatment, fire mitigation flood mitigation. Again, whatever we can access, I'm working 250 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:19,000 on doing that and those relationships. Thank you to Sally Clark for being that voice to 251 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,840 me that that's available to us through the USDA. Friday I spent part of the afternoon 252 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:28,600 working on that so we as a board are unified in getting help where we can whether it's federal 253 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:33,940 money whether it's volunteering whether it's bake sales we're going to work together and this 254 00:17:33,940 --> 00:17:38,560 tragedy will be with us for a while to come and in the meantime we keep our eye on the ball with 255 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:44,080 the budget and what this county needs to do and yeah I would say at the end of my conversation about 256 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:48,540 what we've been through this year how important it is to have a reserve because the next time there's 257 00:17:48,540 --> 00:17:53,020 if should there be unfortunately an emergency of this magnitude I would love to see a county 258 00:17:53,020 --> 00:17:57,220 government that has access to a few million to help that would be the goal. So we're headed 259 00:17:57,220 --> 00:18:03,100 in the right direction and thank you to our executive team and to this board for having that vision 260 00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:09,960 and the hard work that it takes to get there. That's it for me. Thank you both. Yeah, I mean, 261 00:18:10,020 --> 00:18:17,040 I'll just quickly touch on a few things that have been discussed. First, yeah, thank you to Robert 262 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:22,140 and before we started this meeting, I just told him that, you know, I've heard some of that 263 00:18:22,140 --> 00:18:29,440 same feedback from from the community on the presentation and then I've also heard from staff after 264 00:18:30,020 --> 00:18:36,920 you know the following meeting and it's uh and a lot of the staff being on the same page as far 265 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:43,380 as you know looking at development looking at you know it's it's tough for our staff to say hey 266 00:18:43,380 --> 00:18:48,600 I got to look internally and potentially shrink things down and things like that but uh I think that 267 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:52,580 that team effort attitude is existing in this organization. 268 00:18:52,940 --> 00:18:54,220 So, again, thank you. 269 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:56,640 And the wheels are turning out in the community 270 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,980 with speaking with a lot of people out there 271 00:18:59,980 --> 00:19:03,960 on potential ways that we can improve our development process 272 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:05,440 and encourage development here, 273 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,680 because as I consistently say, 274 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:13,000 and we all know that that is one major piece 275 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,820 of how we claw our way out of this. 276 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:22,160 And quite frankly, it's almost the old business adage of, you know, you can cut costs 277 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:26,220 and increase revenue in the only way we increase revenue is through development and 278 00:19:26,220 --> 00:19:27,220 that property and sales tax. 279 00:19:27,540 --> 00:19:33,800 So appreciate that and appreciate all of our staff being willing to participate in that. 280 00:19:34,220 --> 00:19:35,760 Yeah, I had a conversation. 281 00:19:36,140 --> 00:19:40,540 It is very welcome news on the FEMA amounts or on the FEMA reimbursement. 282 00:19:40,540 --> 00:19:47,780 And then talking to Congressman Hurd on the phone, he's certainly not done lobbying. 283 00:19:48,740 --> 00:19:55,380 And I agree that I think that all of our state partners and federal partners were in 284 00:19:55,380 --> 00:20:01,120 lockstep on this and those letters from everybody very much helped. 285 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:05,260 So I just want to say thank you to everybody who wrote those letters. 286 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,520 We are not out of the woods by any way, shape or form. 287 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:14,340 We get, and speaking of the cleanup on Saturday, 288 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:17,920 I want to thank my beautiful wife for going up there with me on Saturday, 289 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:22,040 and got randomly paired up with an army guy, 290 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,640 and we went and cleaned a house further up, 291 00:20:25,660 --> 00:20:28,220 and again, it's just, it hits, 292 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:32,140 it's personal when you see the personal tragedy of this, 293 00:20:32,140 --> 00:20:36,960 And the couple that we helped lost everything, 294 00:20:37,340 --> 00:20:42,400 and we just, it's so sad because they are one of the people 295 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:44,500 that unfortunately did not have insurance, 296 00:20:44,720 --> 00:20:46,620 and they had everything paid off, 297 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:48,500 and the last payment was their truck, 298 00:20:48,660 --> 00:20:51,280 and they were about to pay it off in like four weeks. 299 00:20:53,100 --> 00:20:56,260 So I mean, I just, I ask again, 300 00:20:56,700 --> 00:20:59,760 that if people have insurance to utilize that insurance, 301 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,280 and I know insurance can be a pain, 302 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:07,380 and I'm having conversations with people out there if there's potentials of ways that we can help with that process, I don't know. 303 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:23,180 But if you have insurance, please, please, please utilize it because the folks that do not, there's a small amount of resources for this size of tragedy and it can only go so far. 304 00:21:23,180 --> 00:21:26,640 So if you have insurance, please, please go that route. 305 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:32,660 And then they, I just want to say thank you to everybody that showed up. 306 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:39,480 It was, it was wonderful to see the community rally people bring in their personal trailers. 307 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,960 The dumpsters were certainly appreciated. 308 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:51,020 And I just have to give a huge shout out to Jen Wei, who basically organized that entire thing. 309 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:57,320 And this coming Saturday, we're going to try and do another one, because as everybody 310 00:21:57,320 --> 00:22:01,540 knows, there's so a ton of work to do up there, and I can't tell you how appreciative 311 00:22:01,540 --> 00:22:05,080 just the couple word that we went down and helped clean up. 312 00:22:05,360 --> 00:22:12,240 So if people are willing and able, again, I think this coming Saturday, there's going to 313 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:17,280 be another cleanup and I'll get you some more details on that, and just thank you to all 314 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:24,480 all the local businesses that are continuing to help out, I mean, just with a simple phone 315 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:29,680 call, people are willing to donate, you know, dump trucks full of sand, pay the haul 316 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:33,340 route, or pay the haul fee, like all of these different things that people are willing 317 00:22:33,340 --> 00:22:34,040 to still do. 318 00:22:34,260 --> 00:22:36,560 So, I just want to say thank you to everybody on that. 319 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:46,460 There's this coming Saturday, there's going to be heroes helping heroes at CSU, I'll have 320 00:22:46,460 --> 00:22:47,860 wanted to put it on people's radar. 321 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:50,160 We've got some good events coming up. 322 00:22:50,320 --> 00:22:51,760 And then, yeah, last but not least, 323 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:55,140 the Fiesta Day parade was certainly enjoyable. 324 00:22:55,820 --> 00:22:59,520 And it is great to see the community rally around 325 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:02,300 such a longstanding tradition in an event. 326 00:23:02,820 --> 00:23:05,920 And it's a nice way to wrap up the fair, 327 00:23:06,020 --> 00:23:07,260 I think, for all intents and purposes. 328 00:23:07,260 --> 00:23:09,240 We had a pretty successful fair this year. 329 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,660 So just thank you to everybody who participated 330 00:23:12,660 --> 00:23:16,140 in all the events that have occurred during the last week, 331 00:23:16,140 --> 00:23:22,420 during the fair and we are right around the corner from chilly season two so we've got some 332 00:23:22,420 --> 00:23:27,940 things to look forward to and we've got a lot of work to do so I just appreciate y'all our 333 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:33,360 executive team, our entire county organization and this board for continuing to do that work so 334 00:23:33,360 --> 00:23:38,680 appreciate y'all. Our next meeting will be September 10th I will ask for a motion to adjourn. 335 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:42,020 So move on if I ever say hi hi we're adjourned. 336 00:23:55,890 --> 00:23:58,130 You see work session staff update meeting today's 337 00:23:58,130 --> 00:24:02,210 date is September 8th and the time is 9.27 a.m., we will take attendance beginning with 338 00:24:02,210 --> 00:24:02,530 Trish. 339 00:24:02,930 --> 00:24:03,770 Just turn her. 340 00:24:04,070 --> 00:24:04,610 Rendon Hirsch. 341 00:24:04,730 --> 00:24:05,350 All of McFeeders. 342 00:24:05,470 --> 00:24:06,030 Zach Swar engine. 343 00:24:06,350 --> 00:24:06,810 Miles Lucero. 344 00:24:07,310 --> 00:24:07,670 Robert Tour. 345 00:24:07,970 --> 00:24:09,610 Thank you to everybody else in attendance. 346 00:24:10,010 --> 00:24:15,210 We have no presentations and I don't believe anybody has any operational updates, so that 347 00:24:15,210 --> 00:24:16,950 will leave us with a request for executive session. 348 00:24:16,950 --> 00:24:19,810 Assign massaging for an executive session to hold a conference with...