[0:05] All right, can you hear us, Sheila?
>> I can hear you. Can you hear me?
[0:09] » We can, yes.
>> Can I ask if Jeff can hear us because he
[0:13] wasn't hearing anything as well?
>> I can hear you. If you can hear me, then
[0:18] we're all good.
>> Wonderful.
[0:20] » All right, yep. We've got you.
All right, then the time is 7:01 p.m.
[0:24] and I will call this meeting to order.
May we have roll call, please?
[0:28] » Mayor Rykal?
>> Here.
[0:29] » Pro tem Hanrahan?
>> Here.
[0:31] » Trustee Bretnall?
>> Here.
[0:33] » Trustee Classen?
>> Here.
[0:35] » Trustee Engelhart?
>> Here.
[0:37] » Trustee Sanchez?
>> Here.
[0:39] » Trustee Siebert?
>> Here.
[0:41] » All right, may we rise for the pledge of
allegiance and a moment of silence.
[0:47] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America
[0:52] and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with
[0:57] liberty and justice for all.
[1:05] » All right, be seated.
[1:13] Uh first item on tonight's agenda is
public comments.
[1:16] Persons desiring to make a public
comment on items uh not on the agenda,
[1:22] please activate the raised hand function
in the meeting program.
[1:26] Or Sheila, any phone calls, emails, or
hands raised?
[1:30] » No, I have none of the above.
>> Okay.
[1:35] All right, and we have nobody in the
chambers with us this evening.
[1:38] Uh so we will move right along to the
consent agenda,
[1:42] uh which contains number one, the
meeting of the August 10th, 2026 Board
[1:46] of Trustees meeting.
Item [snorts] number two, Rifle Remedies
[1:50] LLC uh doing business as Green Cross,
renewal of a retail marijuana license.
[1:56] Item number three
is resolution number 30 series 2026
[2:02] a resolution supporting the grant
application for a Garfield County
[2:05] Federal Mineral Lease District mini
grant in the amount of $27,310
[2:11] for a total project cost of $27,310
in order to offset the cost associated
[2:18] with the installation of a stair lift at
the Silt Senior Housing Center.
[2:23] Uh item number four
resolution number 31 series 2026
[2:28] a resolution of the Board of Trustees
supporting the grant application for a
[2:32] grant from the Garfield County Federal
Mineral Lease District uh for the phase
[2:35] three Grand Avenue Improvement Project
for the town of Silt, Colorado.
[2:40] Uh item number four five would be
resolution number 32 series 2026
[2:45] a resolution of the Board of Trustees
supporting a joint grant application
[2:49] with the Garfield County Housing
Authority uh for the Silt Senior Housing
[2:53] Remodel Project phase two
uh the Garfield County Federal Mineral
[2:57] Lease District and the town of Silt uh
Colorado.
[3:02] Would anyone like to discuss
>> Mr. Mayor?
[3:03] » Yes.
>> Mr. Mayor, um I'm not exactly sure where
[3:06] to insert this uh request, but it's an
agenda change that would come later.
[3:12] But we'd like to pull uh resolution
number 32 off of the consent agenda and
[3:18] uh just uh chat with you about that
separately. Uh we've got a a contingency
[3:24] conversation that we want to have with
you.
[3:27] » All right.
Um is everyone okay with removing that
[3:30] from the consent agenda?
>> And then we can just discuss it real
[3:33] quick.
>> Question maybe for Joel for number three
[3:36] or resolution. So, the old chair lift
didn't go all the way up right. So, this
[3:41] is a complete new bottom to top a
complete whole new assembly.
[3:45] » It'll do the corner and get up on the
last step.
[3:47] » The old one will be taken out of the the
one it just be the one.
[3:50] » Yes.
that's
[3:53] » Okay.
Uh
[3:56] Jeff, would we like to just discuss item
32, resolution 32 right now, or do we
[4:00] need a whole discussion?
>> Um
[4:05] I think Mike's in the room with you
there. Mike
[4:08] » Yeah, I let's pull that and we'll just
discuss that outside of the consent
[4:12] agenda and we just have a little tweak
to what we want to ask you on that one.
[4:17] » Okay.
>> Oh.
[4:19] » I was uh
Oh, sorry. I was just going to say that
[4:23] little checklist on the license renewal
summary page, I thought that was
[4:28] helpful. Where it says like no new
violations,
[4:32] uh you know, just kind of a really easy
to read summarization of whether they
[4:37] checked people's IDs, whether they had
the proper notices out, things like
[4:41] that. And then cuz that's
a lot of what I wanted to know.
[4:47] Thank you.
>> Okay.
[4:50] All right.
Would someone like to make a motion to
[4:53] the consent agenda removing resolution
number 32, series 2026?
[4:58] » Mr. Mayor, I make a motion to approve
consent agenda as presented except
[5:03] but we remove removing resolution number
32, series 2026.
[5:08] » I'll second.
>> All right.
[5:10] Uh motion by Trustee Seifert to approve
the consent agenda as presented uh
[5:14] removing resolution number 32, 2026,
seconded by Trustee Engelhart. All those
[5:20] in favor?
>> Aye.
[5:21] » All those opposed?
Motion carries unanimously.
[5:27] Um
We did have a couple gentlemen walk in
[5:30] after the meeting had started for
public comments. Do we care if we see if
[5:33] they have public comments? Okay. Are you
guys here for public comment? Okay. Can
[5:37] you please Have you signed in to the
sheet at the podium? If you can write
[5:40] just fill that out real quick, we'll go
ahead and
[5:42] get you up here. Yeah.
[6:29] » Thank you very much.
[6:33] » [clears throat]
>> All right.
[6:37] Okay, I'm not good reading your
handwriting.
[6:39] How do you pronounce your first name?
>> Tim.
[6:41] » Just Tim?
>> Yes, sir.
[6:42] » And then Rivera's?
>> Romero.
[6:44] » Romero, okay. Would you like to come up
to the table and just state your name
[6:48] and address for the record and then you
have
[6:50] uh 3 minutes for your public comments.
>> Okay. Uh my name is uh Timoteo Romero
[6:53] Moreno. Uh legal name. Uh you can call
me Tim. I live on 1718 Grand Avenue,
[6:58] Seal, Colorado 81652. My I'm here
because uh I tried to get my neighbors,
[7:03] but this was a last minute. We have a
huge problem on Grand Avenue. Uh in the
[7:09] past 2 years I called at least
uh 15 or 20 times for speeders going 60
[7:15] to 80 mph. We have children, we have
seniors in that community.
[7:19] Uh the the speeders, the offenders over
there and and uh and Prairie they got a
[7:24] speed bump not too long ago. And and the
they're the ones that they go 60 or 80
[7:29] mph.
So, uh
[7:33] there is need and and I asked the town
to to to have a speed bump
[7:38] uh somewhere between 16th and Kim
Avenue. At least protect my my house and
[7:44] my my community.
Uh the the bunch of speeders, I I don't
[7:48] know. I
uh by the time that I call the police is
[7:51] like, "Did you get their license
plates?" Well, I don't know. I'm talking
[7:54] to you and I I cannot do a video.
Besides, they went flipping me like this
[7:59] and they're going 80 mph. So, I don't
think I can do a video and catch their
[8:04] license plates.
>> And This is like Well, have you up next.
[8:07] » Okay. Okay.
>> Yes. Okay.
[8:09] » Uh
I call I call the the last speeder, he
[8:12] was uh driving a BMW, a a dark BMW.
Uh he must have been doing 80 mph.
[8:19] I called and by the time that I call the
police, they they they show up 20
[8:24] minutes later or 45 minutes later or
whatever. Or this time the last time
[8:29] they say, "Oh, we got the speeder and
we're going to have you sign um a
[8:34] complaint about the speeder because the
car driver was doing this to me
[8:39] when I was talking to them
to the uh non-emergency phone number.
[8:44] Guess what? The police officers never
got in touch with me.
[8:49] And I ask and I have come to to ask the
prior police
[8:54] uh the chief of police
uh you know, can can can we do some
[8:58] watch over there? Can you do some some
rounds over there?
[9:01] I rarely see any police officers.
[9:06] » Okay.
>> Uh my one of my dogs
[9:10] Uh my dogs rarely come out of the yard.
Uh one time, like a year ago, the the
[9:16] boy walked out
uh like this this far away from from the
[9:22] from the sidewalk.
I don't want to say really bad names,
[9:26] but this jerk female
16 or 17 years old, boom, hits the car.
[9:31] Hits my freaking dog.
Unfortunately, the the dog
[9:35] didn't don't any incidents. Like today,
my neighbor's dog, she has a little
[9:40] puppy about this big. It ran out to the
street. There are the kids and and and
[9:44] the whole family is looking out for the
freaking dog all over. And there's
[9:48] people driving 45-60 miles an hour.
>> Okay.
[9:52] All right.
Thank you.
[9:53] » Thank you very much. Yes.
>> Thank you.
[9:57] » All right.
Oscar?
[10:00] » I was just going to say what you say
about the dog.
[10:03] » So same same
>> We are we live together.
[10:05] » Okay. Okay.
All right. So do you want to come out to
[10:08] the table or are we just Okay. Okay. All
right. So same. All right.
[10:11] And your last name?
>> Galazus.
[10:13] » Okay.
All right. Thank you very much, guys.
[10:16] » Can I clarify something? Are you talking
about Is it a street that's sort of a
[10:19] through street? So like someone could
get to that roundabout?
[10:23] » No. It's It's Grand Avenue. That that
the main street.
[10:27] » Okay.
>> It's Grand Avenue.
[10:30] From the from 16th Street all the way to
the something Terrace. That's where the
[10:36] speeders are.
>> Okay. Okay. Thank you for that.
[10:38] » Is there a time of day
>> Generally when
[10:41] » We don't
>> Oh, sorry.
[10:42] » Yeah, we don't engage during public
comment, so
[10:44] » We can ask you clarifying questions, but
>> Okay. Would you like to come back up to
[10:47] the table and we can see if we have some
clarifying questions.
[10:49] » I'll be happy
>> Okay. All right.
[10:51] » Yeah. Sorry. So do you Is there a time
of day when you primarily see this?
[10:56] » us- usually in the afternoons when
everybody's coming back from work early
[10:59] in the morning. Uh
especially
[11:03] especially on the weekends on Saturday
and Sundays.
[11:06] Like
I don't see any police officer doing any
[11:10] rounds or anybody. It's like you can
hear the the the mufflers going
[11:15] like that. [clears throat]
And I don't know.
[11:18] And you can you can hear them uh
speeding over there and then going into
[11:23] 70 at the same speed limit 70 miles an
hour where they driving over here
[11:28] between
uh 16th Street and and Kim or uh all the
[11:32] way to the um up up there.
>> Thank you.
[11:36] » Yes.
>> Right.
[11:38] » All right, thank you.
>> Thank you, Tim.
[11:40] » Okay.
[11:42] » Okay.
Uh those are only two public comments
[11:45] signed up in the chambers this evening.
So,
[11:50] So, I guess now do we want to go and
talk about resolution 32
[11:53] series 2026?
[11:57] » Jeff, do you want to
chime in on this?
[12:00] » You bet.
Uh you bet. Um so, um
[12:05] and Joe's going to need to correct me if
I get [clears throat] some of this
[12:08] wrong, but
uh I know that we had a grant with Well,
[12:13] let me back up.
Uh you all know that that of the grants
[12:17] that we're applying for
uh on I think it's on Friday this week,
[12:23] the 28th.
Uh
[12:25] we have with FML with FMLD, we have a
mini grant, a regular grant, and and
[12:31] then a joint grant. Uh the joint grant
is the one that uh is represented by
[12:37] resolution number 32.
Um those are the three types of grants
[12:42] that I'm aware of that FMLD give on an
annual or actually semi-annual, I think,
[12:47] basis.
So,
[12:50] um
we last year we did a grant with the
[12:54] housing authority to remodel
uh
[12:58] I think about 10 or so units in the
building.
[13:03] And uh we were looking towards maybe
continuing that effort to
[13:10] uh improve those uh those the units that
had not been touched
[13:15] yet. Um
and so, we approached
[13:18] rather belatedly approached the housing
authority to do another joint grant for
[13:24] 2020
uh six
[13:27] that would allow us to do those
I think it's about half, right Joe? So,
[13:33] it's another 10 units or so.
>> Correct, another 10 units.
[13:38] » So, then we'll um
uh
[13:41] so, because we were a little late to the
party and I'm I'm not
[13:45] yeah, they they don't um
we've been told by their
[13:50] uh their staff that they think it's a
good grant, but they bring it to their
[13:55] board on Wednesday this week.
So, as of Wednesday this week, we'll
[14:00] know whether we have a joint grant
to submit to FMLD
[14:06] with the housing authority for this
project. We'll know that on Thursday and
[14:10] then we'll run it down up to Palm
Springs
[14:13] and we'll all be good to go.
If for some reason the board um
[14:20] the housing authority board would decide
not to
[14:24] uh pursue that grant
then we have a a contingency in that uh
[14:30] RE2 schools
have asked us
[14:35] uh and I don't know when they started
asking, but they've asked us to sign on
[14:40] as a joint
uh grant
[14:43] uh
applicant for their grant application
[14:48] that would build a new playground at
Riverside Elementary School.
[14:54] Um
uh it was our staff's
[14:59] uh
I guess [clears throat]
[15:00] uh thought on this that we really
uh
[15:03] our first first priority should be so
senior housing, uh use that money that
[15:09] we could get from them and and really do
a a bang-up job on that second phase and
[15:14] not wait.
Uh
[15:16] but, since it's not a slam dunk, we
wanted to make you aware of that and to
[15:22] sort of get a contingency approval
to uh partner with RE-2 schools on their
[15:29] grant
uh if that were to happen.
[15:32] Um they have asked us for money and I've
not uh
[15:37] I've not uh
[15:41] told them we give them any.
Um I was kind of thinking, you know, we
[15:44] could maybe give them a token
uh
[15:47] a thousand bucks or something uh just to
show that we had some skin in the game
[15:51] for that project, but um I know it
wasn't budgeted. It's not something that
[15:55] we've ever talked about, so I didn't
want to
[15:58] uh get too out on the far out on the
gangplank on that.
[16:02] Uh but so I think really I think what
we're asking you tonight is to approve
[16:07] the resolution 32 with a a contingency
that we switch our
[16:14] uh
grant um
[16:18] sponsorship or or signing you into the
joint grant from the housing authority
[16:24] to RE-2 schools should the housing
authority not approve it in their
[16:29] meeting on
Wednesday.
[16:36] » Okay.
>> I've got a question on that. So, if the
[16:40] housing authority doesn't approve it, is
there a plan for when the units would be
[16:45] remodeled in two, three, or
never? I mean, what would be the thought
[16:50] if that scenario occurred?
>> is as the units get empty, if we have
[16:55] the money, we remodel that unit as we
go.
[16:58] » But coming out of town budget instead of
a grant funding, okay.
[17:02] » It's about It's about $35,000
per unit right now.
[17:08] » And there's 20 units total, correct?
>> 20 units total.
[17:13] » So, with this grant we'll have half the
building, basically.
[17:15] » Right. And you know,
the half we did this time
[17:19] is the half we had most of our drainage
problems on.
[17:23] So,
if for some reason we couldn't get it,
[17:28] we'd just have to
do piece work, you know, apartment by
[17:32] apartment.
>> Got you.
[17:36] I
I mean, I'd be okay with it, but
[17:40] we have some
the Roy Moore Fields, some property that
[17:44] we'd like to get from the school
district, so
[17:48] I
I'm I'm not supportive I mean,
[17:51] yes, I'm just going to say I'm not
supportive of the playground because
[17:55] until the school district starts
negotiating with us over the Roy Moore
[17:59] parcel,
I I don't necessarily want to do a whole
[18:03] lot. I mean, I get it if we help them
out, but at the same time, I I kind of
[18:09] have a feeling that we're going to have
some things that we're going to have to
[18:13] approve
from them, and I kind of feel that in my
[18:18] opinion, you know, I don't want to speak
for you guys, my opinion, I I kind of
[18:21] want them to know that, you know, we we
kind of need to
[18:25] negotiate a little bit better on the Roy
Moore property.
[18:33] » I just I just have one point of
clarification. The the
[18:37] RE2 joint grant would be for
Riverside Middle School, correct? Not
[18:42] Riverside Elementary School.
>> My understanding is it's Riverside
[18:48] Middle School.
Joe, can you clarify that?
[18:51] » I think you said elementary.
>> elementary, so I just wanted
[18:53] » You said elementary earlier, Jeff, and
>> I
[18:55] Sorry.
>> We just want to verify cuz yeah, there's
[18:57] no Silk people that'd be or mostly
wouldn't be very many Silk kids in the
[19:02] elementary school over there, but there
are a bunch in the middle school over
[19:04] there.
>> thanks for the clarification cuz that
[19:06] was what I thought was elementary.
>> Okay.
[19:08] » Thank you for that clar- I I that. Thank
you.
[19:11] » Yeah.
Um
[19:16] I'm fine with it. I mean, hopefully
the housing authority sees the value in
[19:21] partnering with us on this thing. I
think the uh
[19:24] the school district conversations, I
think, change after the election and
[19:28] their mill levy request.
[19:31] If it
If it doesn't doesn't pass, then
[19:35] they're going to be looking for plan B,
so.
[19:40] » I tend to think that if If I mean, we I
agree we should prioritize the housing
[19:46] authority. I think if
if we can if we end up with the option
[19:51] of supporting the school district, I
think we should. I think that it
[19:57] would cost us very little and an olive
branch can
[20:02] be beneficial to negotiations at times.
So, I would support it as a backup plan
[20:08] myself.
>> One other thing is, too, is in
[20:10] regardless regardless of the negotiation
with the school district itself, the
[20:15] kids shouldn't suffer not be able to get
a better playground or some of those
[20:19] things because adults aren't doing what
they should do.
[20:23] Is my thought. I mean, if and and really
the from what I from the project when
[20:28] they presented it, it's administrators
at that school that are doing all the
[20:32] legwork and doing all this to take care
of the kids that they see in their
[20:35] buildings every day. So, I'm supportive
of them helping them do what they need
[20:38] to to help the people that they impact.
>> Sure. I mean, I mean, if this is for
[20:43] Cactus Valley, yes, I'd be all for it
100%. And I know a lot of our junior
[20:48] high kids go to
>> About half of the middle school, I'd
[20:50] say, probably or if not more than half,
probably go to Riverside, I would say.
[20:54] » The kids from Silt either go to Rifle
Middle School or they go to
[20:57] New Castle. They They can get bus to New
Castle, they can't get bus to Rifle, so.
[21:01] » Most of them probably go to New Castle.
>> them go to New Castle, yeah.
[21:10] » So we need a motion then.
>> Yes, we need a motion to approve
[21:12] resolution 32 series 2026 based on the
outcome of the Housing Authority
[21:16] meeting.
And if that's a no, then we support
[21:20] Garfield RE-2's joint application.
>> Mr. Mayor, I'll make a motion to approve
[21:26] um resolution number 32 series 2026 as
presented um in the instance that the
[21:31] or the Housing Authority does not
approve their um co-signing of this
[21:36] grant or the joint grant application,
then we would um put our
[21:40] support to the Riverside um middle
school's grant.
[21:46] » I'll second. Second that.
>> All right.
[21:49] Uh motion by Trustee Britton all to
approve resolution 32 series 2026
[21:53] pending the outcome of the Housing
Authority decision. Uh if that's a no,
[21:57] then we will partner with
uh Garfield RE-2 on their application.
[22:02] And that was second by
seconded by Mayor Pro Tem. All those in
[22:05] favor?
>> Aye.
[22:07] » All those opposed?
Motion carries unanimously.
[22:10] » Thank you.
>> All right.
[22:13] Uh next item on the agenda is to
schedule a special meeting of the Board
[22:17] of Trustees for Monday, August 31st, uh
2026 at 6:00 p.m.
[22:22] » Uh Mr. Mayor, I'll I'll field that one.
So as the board is aware, the
[22:28] town contracted with Investigation Law
Group to conduct an investigation
[22:32] related to some employment issues that
came
[22:35] uh
to the town's attention.
[22:39] Uh the
findings of Investigation Law Group
[22:44] should be ready for
uh for the board to receive next Monday.
[22:49] And in light of
wanting to move forward with that
[22:53] process and kind of figure out which
direction the town is is going to head,
[22:59] uh
at least I thought it would be a good
[23:02] idea to schedule a special meeting for
the purpose of of receiving that report.
[23:08] Um, so
next Monday, same day as your normal
[23:13] meetings, but uh in an off week at 6:00
p.m. So, maybe we can get out of here a
[23:18] little quicker.
[23:22] » Is that a public meeting? Is it an exact
session? Do we need to notice? Like,
[23:25] what are the rules?
>> Yeah, so the Sheila will provide notice
[23:30] of
of the special meeting.
[23:33] Uh there will be an agenda, and the
agenda
[23:36] uh will likely
uh simply be that we go into executive
[23:41] session, although that's not completely
within the town's control.
[23:46] Uh I'll explain that more next week when
we have the meeting, but but in all
[23:51] likelihood, that will be done in
executive session.
[23:54] » The reason I ask is will that meet our
public notification requirements?
[23:58] » Yeah, under under the open meetings law,
we simply have to post an agenda 1 week
[24:03] in or I'm sorry, 1 day in advance.
There's not a there's no publication in
[24:08] the newspaper or anything that's
required. You'll vote if if you choose
[24:13] to go to set the special meeting,
uh and then Sheila will get an agenda
[24:18] prepared and posted, and that meets the
obligations.
[24:26] » Then
>> Yeah, I'm fine with it.
[24:28] » Mr. Mayor, I'll move to schedule a
special meeting of the Board of Trustees
[24:31] for Monday, August the 31st, 2026 at
6:00 p.m.
[24:35] » Second.
>> Second.
[24:36] » All right. Uh Mayor Pro Tem made a
motion to schedule a special meeting
[24:41] of the Board of Trustees for Monday,
August the 31st, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.,
[24:44] seconded by Trustee Britnell. All in
favor?
[24:47] » Aye.
>> Aye.
[24:48] » All those opposed?
Motion carries unanimously.
[24:52] Uh next up is I'm
>> Just real quick, how much time should we
[24:55] set aside for this?
>> I I would think we're going to need an
[24:59] hour and a half to two hours.
>> Okay.
[25:01] » Yeah.
>> That's what I put.
[25:03] » Okay.
[25:06] All right.
>> Sorry.
[25:07] » No, you're good. Um then manager and
staff reports.
[25:14] Mr. Lyman.
>> Yes, this is me. Let's see if I
[25:20] remember how to do this. I I I mentioned
a lot of these things in my uh written
[25:24] managers report, but I wanted to just uh
I and it sounds like uh I'm probably
[25:30] late to the party on this one, too.
Uh I want I was made aware uh
[25:36] » [clears throat]
>> that the LoVa South Canyon phase looks
[25:39] like it's moving again. Uh Glenwood
Springs is requesting about 20
[25:44] million dollars, 20.7 million dollars in
a couple of different grants
[25:49] uh
to uh to complete that. And I think uh
[25:54] well, um we we have expressed support
for the grant.
[25:58] Uh but we haven't uh pledged and nor we
have nor have we been asked to pledge
[26:03] any money to the project. So,
it seems like that might be running
[26:08] forward if uh if they get that grant.
And then last but not least in the in
[26:13] the mayor mentioned it um
the RE-2 two schools have this big bond
[26:19] uh extension.
Uh I don't know how big it is. This bond
[26:22] extension on the 26th or May be on the
26th ballot. I think they have until
[26:27] about September 4th
to vote on it and this would impact
[26:31] silt. Um
I would I seems like it'd be
[26:36] uh
a good thing uh
[26:38] build a child care center behind Cactus
Valley.
[26:41] And then uh also add about 25,000
square feet classroom space at
[26:46] Coleridge.
So, I just wanted to make you aware of
[26:50] that in case anybody might have missed
it.
[26:55] Oh, and by the way, I I didn't say this
earlier. I really planned to be there,
[26:59] but I woke up this morning with a
a stomach virus that I could not um
[27:05] shake. So, um
rather than infect everybody around the
[27:08] building today, I decided I would
work from home.
[27:12] » Thank you for not sharing.
>> You're welcome.
[27:15] » Yes.
[27:18] Okay. [clears throat] I think the school
board meets about that
[27:21] Wednesday night, the 26th.
It's their official meeting where
[27:25] they're going to either say go or no go.
I'm going to be there. Didn't know if
[27:29] anyone else was interested, but that's
when it's happening.
[27:33] And the committee that's been working on
it is meeting tomorrow night, and I'm
[27:36] going to go to that as well.
Just to see if anything's changed
[27:40] regarding what the strategy is, how
they're going to deploy the funds, and
[27:44] how much they need.
[27:47] » Good.
>> All right.
[27:50] Anything for other
managers that that want to speak of?
[27:55] » I have nothing.
>> No, thank you for everybody that came
[27:58] out to the concert. It was a lot of fun.
We had um just about a thousand people
[28:02] there.
So, it was a pretty good turnout, and
[28:07] the events
that we have left this year are going to
[28:11] be the Main Street Trick or Treat, so
save the date, as well as
[28:16] um
the downtown tree lighting. So, the Main
[28:20] Street Trick or Treat will be Thursday,
October 29th.
[28:25] And we do it on a Thursday before or the
Thursday that's closest to Halloween
[28:30] because that's when the kiddos are all
dressed up at school, and so the parents
[28:35] are already off work early. They're
already at the school for the parties
[28:39] and celebrations. The kids are already
dressed up. And we start at 4:00 for
[28:43] that event, so they can just leave the
school and go straight down and let the
[28:47] kids get all their wiggles out after
being sugared up at the
[28:52] at their school parties and do all the
activities. And then that seems to work
[28:57] out really well for everybody.
And then the downtown tree lighting is
[29:01] going to be November 24th. It's a the
Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
[29:07] So last two major events for the
2026 event year and we appreciate all
[29:14] the support that everybody's given.
>> I do have one thing to say mayor
[29:19] trustees. The speed table is installed
on
[29:22] Grand Avenue out in Painted Pastures.
And also the stop signs at Grand and
[29:27] Pickett are up. So you have a four-way
stop at Grand and Pickett now. And the
[29:32] speed table out in Painted Pastures. So
hopefully that will
[29:36] slow down some residents.
>> And we will continue doing enforcement.
[29:43] We have a traffic trailer that
we're starting to
[29:46] figure out how to use. So we'll
institute that.
[29:51] I can do [clears throat] another traffic
survey. The last traffic survey I did
[29:55] was
50 vehicles. The average speed was 23.4
[30:00] mph. So
[30:04] we'll do what we can.
>> Okay.
[30:08] All right.
>> Any board comments?
[30:13] » Nothing.
>> Nothing.
[30:14] » Trustee Leonard?
>> No.
[30:17] » Just say thank you to everybody that
came out for Haydays.
[30:20] It was really good weekend for weather
wise. It was probably one of the better
[30:24] weekends we've had. Didn't get like
rained on, no crazy windstorm that shut
[30:28] down a concert early or anything crazy
like that.
[30:30] We had 20 or 14 teams, 28 people
participate in the horseshoe tournament.
[30:35] Had 10 teams participate in the cornhole
tournament.
[30:40] And half of the the entry fees from the
cornhole and all the entries from the
[30:44] horseshoes went to the historic park.
So, that was a donation of about $348.
[30:49] That goes to that. Um, in addition to
just getting more people out and
[30:53] involved in doing things. Um, a special
thank you to Rifle Recreation
[30:56] Department, Matt. Um, is why they come
over and run that tournament for us. Do
[31:01] all the legwork and bring their boards
and all their stuff, which make it run
[31:04] much smoother than anything we could do
trying to do it ourselves as a
[31:06] committee. So, the Hay Day Committee
greatly appreciates that cooperation
[31:09] there.
>> Very nice.
[31:12] Trustee Clawson?
>> Just that would just second what Trustee
[31:15] Britton said about the Hay Day event.
And that's all I have tonight.
[31:20] » All right. Trustee Ford?
>> Uh, I did notice that all of the new
[31:23] crosswalks, I'm really impressed people
are using them.
[31:27] It does help people not dodging out, you
know, in the daytime, um, quite a bit
[31:31] through town. I see people are
using the crosswalks like they're
[31:35] supposed to, and people are slowing
down, so it does help. Think there's
[31:39] what? Did Did you say What did they put
up? Four new ones or three?
[31:42] » It was four.
>> Four?
[31:43] » Four, fifth, sixth,
and eighth.
[31:46] » Yeah.
>> So, it does help. It is helping, so
[31:50] » And the reduced speed probably helps,
too.
[31:54] » Oh, we have one on 8th now, too?
>> Yeah.
[31:57] » Oh, okay. I hadn't noticed that.
>> We have the signs.
[31:59] » The sign.
>> There's signs on all of them. Okay.
[32:01] » But people at least aren't dodging just
dodging out, you know, they are
[32:04] stopping, you know, at least people in
drivers are noticing it, that big sign,
[32:09] so
it is helping.
[32:12] That's it.
>> All right. Mayor Pro Tem?
[32:15] » Actually, I had a question for Chief
Gash. I apologize I didn't speak up
[32:18] quick enough, so I'll just add it as my
comments is Is there any way additional
[32:22] to the equipment that during the times
we know that speeding's happening in
[32:26] happening in those areas that we can
increase the police presence?
[32:32] » Yeah.
>> To increase the frequency of them being
[32:34] there.
>> Yeah.
[32:36] You know, we get we get
um
[32:39] asked to be in a lot of places in the
early morning, especially the school.
[32:44] Um so, I made that a priority when I
first got here.
[32:49] Other citizens had issues with the Grand
Avenue, so that's why I did the traffic
[32:54] survey. Um
And the evidence just spoke for itself,
[32:58] but we'll do what we can for the
personnel we have.
[33:01] » I think increased [clears throat]
visibility goes a long way, even just
[33:05] doing an extra lap or two up and down
Grand during those rush hours and on the
[33:08] weekends.
>> Myself and uh Officer Kerbs um do a lot
[33:13] of traffic enforcement. Um
he's in a marked unit, I'm not in a
[33:19] marked unit, so
just because you don't
[33:22] see it
red and blue lights, it doesn't mean
[33:25] we're not there.
>> Sweet.
[33:29] Thank you. I just wanted to clarify
that. And that's it for me.
[33:32] » That's it?
>> Okay.
[33:33] » Uh
I've got nothing. I mean, it is tough. I
[33:37] I just wanted to say I think our
officers do a pretty good job. It is
[33:40] hard to be everywhere at every time.
>> Yeah.
[33:41] » Um
I think we can all say we have that
[33:45] person in our neighborhood that
um
[33:48] causes us all trouble. Uh
I but it's kind of I know it's tough to
[33:52] to make the call. You guys get there in
time, you could be on a
[33:55] another call, so you can't always get
there immediately. Um
[33:59] but I do want to make sure that there is
that we are following up on. If we if we
[34:03] tell the citizen we're coming back with
a report
[34:05] » Oh, absolutely.
>> then we better be coming back with a
[34:07] report. I think that's that's just the
the minimum we should do. So, um
[34:12] you know, if this
um issue did happen, the officer didn't
[34:15] come back by, I hope we can dig into
that a little bit and see
[34:18] what's going on. So, um
other than that, next we are going to do
[34:23] an executive session.
I don't think we're going to return to
[34:26] the open meeting.
Okay.
[34:28] » There's no action item on there.
>> Action item, okay.
[34:31] Um so, then I'm just going to read this
one of my blue cards. So, the board will
[34:35] be going into executive session
and will not be returning to the open
[34:38] session when we are done. So.
[34:42] Okay.
[34:45] I will read this. We'll go into the open
session or the executive session. We'll
[34:48] get ready. So, I will make a motion to
go into executive session to determine
[34:53] positions relative to matters that may
be subject to negotiations, develop a
[34:56] strategy for negotiations, and or
instruct negotiators pursuant to CRS
[35:00] section 24-6-402-4E
[35:04] in regards to the interchange
97 improvement agreement with CDOT and
[35:09] contribution agreements with developers,
acquisition of property at 241 County
[35:14] Road 311, Silt, 81652,
and to discuss the purchase,
[35:18] acquisition, lease, transfer, or sale of
any real, personal, other property
[35:22] interest under CRS section 24-6-402-4A
in regards to the property of Mark S.
[35:30] Anderson, 230 South 7th Street, Silt,
81652.
[35:34] » I'll second.
>> All right.
[35:36] Motion by the mayor to enter into
executive session, seconded by Trustee
[35:39] Clawson.
All those in favor?
[35:41] » Aye.
>> Aye.
[35:43] » All those opposed?
Motion carries unanimously.
[35:46] We will take a short recess and get set
up here. So.
[35:48] » Thank you for coming in. We really do
appreciate cuz people don't get
[35:52] coming in