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Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting Minutes Jul 15, 2025

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Cristy

Lynn,

Clerk

and

Recorder,

Ouray

County,

Co
Minutes
Board

of

County

Commissioners
Regular

Meeting
1.

9:00

Call

to

the

Public
July

15,

2025
The

"Call

to

the

Public"

agenda

item

is

a

time

when

the

community

members

may
bring forth items of interest or concern that are not already
on the day's agenda. If
you

would

like

to

speak

about

an

agenda

item,

please

hold

your

comments

until
that

time

in

the

meeting.

The

format

is

presentation,

but

the

BOCC

or

staff

may
answer

straightforward

questions,

and

the

Chair

may

limit

speaker

time

to

3
minutes.

No

formal

action

may

be

taken

on

topics

raised

in

Call

to

the

Public

due

to
Colorado

Open

Meetings

Law.
Any

topics
that
require
back-and-forth

dialogue

will
be

referred

to

commissioners

or

staff

for

discussion

outside

the

meeting

or

placed
on

a

future

work

session

or

agenda

for

action.

Written

comments

can

be

submitted
electronically

via

our

website.
The

meeting

on

July

15,

2025

was

called

to

order

at

9:00

AM

by

Commissioner

Niece.
No

public

comment.
2.

9:30

Consent

Agenda
Commissioner

Nauer

asked

to

pull

both

items

from

the

consent

agenda.
Commissioner

Padgett

asked

to

pull

item

b

from

the

consent

agenda

to

address

some
language.
a.

Request

for

approval

of

Expenditures:
Commissioner

Nauer

asked

about

payments

to

the

City

of

Ouray

and

Town

of

Ridgway
labeled

apportionment.
Kara

Rhoades,

Interim

County

Manager

and

Commissioner

Nauer

discussed

the
payments.
M/S/P

Motion

was
made

by
Commissioner

Nauer
and

seconded

by

Commissioner
Padgett

to

approve

the

expenditures.

Motion

Passed

(3

0).
Commissioner

Padgett

acknowledged

payments

related

to

the

rockfall

disaster,

asked
for

a

discussion

about

these

payments

during

admin

reports

and

stated

for

the

record
that

after

conversations

with

the

County

Attorney

and

County

Manager,

she

does

not
believe

she

is

violating

any

state

statutes

by

approving

the

expenditures.
b.

Approval

of

Candidate

Brochure,

Job

Description,

Job

Search

Goals,
Requirements

for

Applicants,

and

Selection

Procedures

for

County

Manager
Recruitment:
All

three

commissioners

discussed

language

referring

to

insurance

benefits

and
holidays

in

the

Candidate

Brochure.

They

also

discussed

updating

the

information

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the

organization

to

the

current

year.
M/S/P

Motion

was

made

by

Commissioner

Padgett

and

seconded

by
Commissioner

Nauer

to

approve

the

candidate

brochure,

job

search

goals,
requirements

for

applicants,

and

selection

procedures

with

the

minor

changes
discussed

in

the

meeting.

Motion

Passed

(3

0).
The
board

began
to

move

on

to
General

Business,
but

Dolgio

Nergui,

IT
Technician
informed

the

board

that

IT

Manager

Jeff

Bockes

requested

the

board

hold

item

3a

until
the

scheduled

time

so

he

could

be

present.
Commissioner

Padgett

stated

that

the

board

had

only

addressed

one

item

in

2b

and
asked

if

separate

motions

would

be

necessary

for

the

other

items.

She

then

discussed
changes

to

the

remaining

items

from

2b.
M/S/P

Motion

was

made

by

Commissioner

Padgett

and

seconded

by
Commissioner

Nauer

to

approve

the

candidate

profile

with

the

changes
discussed.

Motion

Passed

(3

0).
M/S/P

Motion

was

made

by

Commissioner

Padgett

and

seconded

by
Commissioner

Nauer

to

approve

the

2025

County

Manager

Job

Description.
Motion

Passed

(3

0).
9:25

AM

The

Board

recessed

for

a

break.
3.

9:35

General

Business
a.

Request

for

approval

and

award

of

the

Video

Conference

Systems

for

Meeting
Rooms

RFP

as

outlined

in

the

IT

Manager's

recommendation

memo,

and
approval

and

authorization

of

the

Chair's

signature

on

the

SIPA

GovGrants
Grant

Agreement

and

on

the

Fiscal

Impact

and

Pre-Grant

Application

Forms:
Presented

by

Jeff

Bockes,

IT

Manager.
Leo

Caselli,

Ouray

County

Attorney,

suggested

the

board

include

a

caveat

in

the

motion
to

allow

for

legal

and

fiscal

review

once

the

final

contract

is

received.
Commissioner

Nauer

and

IT

Manager

Bockes

discussed

whether

this

could

be

used

for
meetings

other

than

BOCC

meetings.
Commissioner

Padgett

and

IT

Manager

Bockes

discussed

the

equipment

included

in
the

proposal.
M/S/P

Motion

was

made

by

Commissioner

Padgett

and

seconded

by
Commissioner

Nauer

to

approve

the

IT

Manager's

recommendation

and

award

the
Meeting

Rooms

RFP

to

High

Point

Networks,

and

approve

and

authorize

the
Chair's

signature

on

the

SIPA

GovGrants

Grant

Agreement

and

on

the

Fiscal
Impact

and

Pre-Grant

Application

Forms

with

the

contingency

that

the

final
contract

is

reviewed

by

Legal

and

Finance,

and

to

approve

and

authorize

the
County

Manager's

signature

on

the

final

contract.

Motion

Passed

(3

0).