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Cristy

Lynn,

Clerk

and

Recorder,

Ouray

County,

CO
Minutes
Board

of

County

Commissioners
Regular

Meeting
A.

9:00

Call

to

the

Public
June
24,

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.
Randy

Mathis,

President

of

the

Fairway

Pines

HOA,

discussed

changing

the

location

of
the

mailboxes

for

the

Fairway

Pines

neighborhood,

and

requested

county

assistance.
Commissioner

Padgett
suggested

the
HOA

work
with

Land
Use
staff
and

County
Attorney

Leo

Caselli.
John

Peters,

Fairway

Pines

HOA

Board

member,

provided

some

additional

history

on
the

issue
and
suggested

moving

the

mailboxes

to

the

original

location.
Commissioner

Niece

directed

staff

to

work

with

the

HOA

to

move

the

location

of

the
mailboxes.
Ken

Miller,

Ouray

Cattlemen's

Association,

requested

the

Cattlemen's

association

take
over

the

flying

of

the

flags

from

Ouray

County

as

they

had

done

in

the

past

through

an

MOU.

All

three

commissioners

and

Miller

discussed

the

previous

MOU

between

the

County
and

the

Cattlemen's

Association,

other

ways

the

Association

could

help

with

the

flags,
and

the

reason

for

the

request.
Glenn

Boyd,

Ouray

County

Emergency

Manager,

presented

updated

information

on

the
Snowshed

Fire

on

US

Highway

550

south

of

Ouray.
Justin

Perry,

Ouray

County

Sheriff,

thanked

local

businesses

in

Ouray

for

the

hospitality
for

the

emergency

responders

for

the

fire.

He

also

discussed

some

communication
failures
they have
experienced.
Commissioner

Padgett,

Sheriff

Perry

and

Emergency

Manager

Boyd

discussed

the

lack
of

availability

of

Crystal

Reservoir

to

fight

the

fire.
Jeff

Bockes,

IT

Manager,

addressed

the

communication

failures,

and

stated

that

they
had

received

an

offer

from

Verizon

for

additional

communication

help.
Emergency

Manager

Boyd

stated

that

mobile

service

is

not

the

issue,

but

rather

the
radio

communication

relied

upon

by

emergency

services.

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Consent

Agenda
M/S/P

Motion

was

made

by

Commissioner

Nauer

and

seconded

by

Commissioner
Padgett to approve
the consent agenda. Motion
Passed (3 - 0).
1.

Request
for
approval

of

Expenditures
2.

Request

for

approval

of

the

following

minutes:
3.
a.

February

25,

2025
b.

March

18,

2025
Request

for

approval

to

appoint

Planning

Director

Mark

Castrodale

as

the
County

representative

to

the

Housing

Needs

Assessmentt

Steering

Committee
led by
the Town of
Ridgway:
C.

9:35

General

Business
1.

Request

for

approval

and

authorization

of

County

Manager

and

Chair's
signature

on

the

Tri-River

Area

MOU

with

CSU

and

the

Chair's

signature

on
the

Fiscal

Impact

Form:
Presented

by

Kara

Rhoades,

Interim

County

Manager.
M/S/P

Motion

was

made

by

Commissioner

Nauer

and

seconded

by

Commissioner
Padgett

to

approve

and

authorize

the

County

Manager

and

Chair's

signatures

on
the

Tri-River

Area

MOU

with

CSU

and

the

Chair's

signature

on

the

Fiscal

Impact
Form.

Motion

Passed

(3

0).
2.

Request

for

approval

and

authorization

of

County

Manager's

signature

on
Federal

Lands

Access

Program

Red

Mountain

Pass

Project

MOA

and

the
Chair's

signature

on

the

Fiscal

Impact

Form:
Presented

by

Kara

Rhoades,

Interim

County

Manager.
All

three

commissioners

and

Interim

County

Manager

Rhoades

discussed

the

MOA
which

included

details

about

specific

parking

projects

at

Crystal

Reservoir,

the
horseshoe

parking

south

of

Ouray

and

bathrooms

at

the

project

locations,

as

well

as
when

funds

would

need

to

be

obligated.
M/S/P

Motion

was

made

by

Commissioner

Padgett

and

seconded

by
Commissioner

Nauer

to

approve

and

authorize

the

County

Manager's

signature
on

the

Federal

Lands

Access

Program

Red

Mountain

Pass

Project
MOA

and

the
Chair's

signature

on

the

Fiscal

Impact

Form

and

to

give

direction

to

the

County
Manager

to

discuss

the

County's

preferences.

Motion

Passed

(3

-0).
3.

Request

for

approval

and

authorization

of

Chair's

signature

on

the

Modification
of

Grant

or

Agreement

as

described

in

Exhibit

A

Cooperative

Law