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Consent agenda
- Motion: Approve the consent agenda (minor correction changing 2025 to 2024 on item 6c). Moved by Commissioner Carmen Waring; seconded by Commissioner Gleeson. Vote: unanimous among present commissioners (Aye by Commissioners Waring and Gleeson). Outcome: approved.

Proclamation — School Board Recognition Month (Proclamation 2025-02)
- Motion: Approve proclamation 2025-02 proclaiming January 2025 as School Board Recognition Month in San Miguel County (covers Telluride R-1, Norwood R-2 and Dolores County RE-2J). Moved by Commissioner Carmen Waring; seconded by Commissioner Gleeson. Vote: unanimous among present commissioners. Outcome: approved.

Chair and Vice-Chair appointments for 2025
- Motion: Appoint Commissioner Brown as Chair for 2025. Moved by Commissioner Carmen Waring; seconded by Commissioner Gleeson. Vote: unanimous among present commissioners. Outcome: approved.
- Motion: Appoint Commissioner Carmen Waring as Vice Chair for 2025. Moved by Commissioner Gleeson; seconded by Commissioner Carmen Waring. Vote: unanimous among present commissioners. Outcome: approved.

Citizens Weed Advisory Board appointment
- Motion: Approve appointment of Sheila Grother to the Citizens Weed Advisory Board (3-year term). Moved by Commissioner Carmen Waring; seconded by Commissioner Gleeson. Vote: unanimous among present commissioners. Outcome: approved.

Executive session
- Motion: Go into executive session to receive legal advice on the Paradox bankruptcy matter under CRS 24-6-402(4)(b). Moved by Commissioner Gleeson; seconded by Commissioner Waring. Vote: unanimous among present commissioners. Outcome: approved; the board later reported it gave direction to counsel.

Adjournment
- Motion: Adjourn the meeting. Moved by Commissioner Gleeson; seconded by Commissioner Carmen Waring. Vote: unanimous among present commissioners. Outcome: approved; meeting adjourned.

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“we did receive our executed grant from Dola,” Biggs said, and staff are moving forward on required pre-award reporting. Christina Lambert is posting a job description for a county housing specialist, Biggs said, and county staff are preparing a request for proposals for code consultants to evaluate the land-use code with an eye toward making affordable housing easier to build.

Biggs said the consultant work will include assessment of the county’s Community Housing (CH) zoning district but will be broader: consultants will be asked to identify code tools and procedural changes that could accelerate affordable housing and to recommend options appropriate for a small, resort-area county.

He said EPS (the housing needs consultant) will present at a February 10 intergovernmental meeting hosted by the town of Mountain Village; the full housing-needs assessment will follow. Biggs said staff are reconciling data sources with EPS and aim to present more complete numbers after that meeting.

Biggs told the board the county’s work is prioritizing the Ilium property because it is the fastest track for county development, while other county parcels face longer lead times tied to wastewater provision and well adjudication. He said the county has submitted a wastewater permitting application at the Pathfinder site to obtain design limits needed for system design: “We actually have to pull a permit as if we had a plant in order to get our limits so we can design then to those limits,” Biggs said.

Biggs and staff also reported meetings with KEO Studios and consultant Jim Kehoe to update development time frames; he said the county expects to bring similar lot-line and PUD amendment paperwork for Ilium within roughly the next month to month-and-a-half.

Commissioners asked whether the code-consulting exercise will include infrastructure constraints (water, sewer, roads). Biggs said consultants will “nod to” infrastructure limits and identify code measures that might speed development once infrastructure is addressed.

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Nicola Kerr, Associate Planner, explained the request and said one parcel currently houses a Conoco gas station and the other is used for long-term overflow parking and EV charging. Kerr said the replat will vacate a drainage easement and a utility easement that previously served the two separate lots, and it will create a single new lot (Hub 1af) of about 2.26 acres.

Tom Kennedy, representing Gordon Enterprises (the owner), told the board the applicant is not asking for additional density or new uses; they are reallocating existing footprints and parking allocations across a single combined lot to make an expansion more efficient. “We’re not proposing to increase any of the uses or densities. It’s just a more efficient way to utilize the property,” Kennedy said.

Kerr said the Lawson Hill Property Owners Association and county reviewers, including the county surveyor Mr. Foley, had been contacted; no public comments were received and Mr. Foley indicated his comments were addressed and approved the final plat.

Commissioner Gleeson moved to approve the subdivision exemption and authorize the chair’s signature on the final plat; Commissioner Waring seconded. The motion passed unanimously. The board then separately authorized the chair to sign the proposed insubstantial PUD amendment; that motion also passed unanimously.

The county’s staff memo contained a final-plat condition that staff later removed after Mr. Foley’s approval; the board adopted the motions as presented.

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Cooley, who said she is six days into the job, told the commissioners the district should have 16 prosecutors but currently has seven: “We need 16 attorneys. We have 7.” She said existing caseloads are “three times what’s recommended by the Colorado District Attorney’s Council,” and that salary and housing costs make recruiting difficult. Cooley said the incoming deputy district attorney salary is about $80,000 and added that many candidates face law school loans and high local housing costs.

Cooley described the office as being in a “problem identification” stage rather than a solution phase. She said one near-term staffing need is evidence technicians: the office currently has three and needs a fourth to avoid discovery violations. “We have 3 technicians at this time. We certainly need 1 more,” she said.

On criminal trends, Cooley told the commissioners the district is seeing a rise in drug, domestic violence and homicide cases; she said Delta currently has multiple murder cases pending. She described a twofold philosophy for prosecutions: impose consequences for criminal behavior while expanding resources to help people leave the revolving cycle of addiction and mental-health-related offending.

Cooley said she plans to ask county governments across the 7th Judicial District for more funding but promised accountability for any new money: she listed missing job descriptions, a lack of updated employee handbooks and absence of regular performance reviews as internal gaps she plans to address. She also identified a training-budget shortfall and mentioned an $18,000 training gap in the existing budget.

When asked how she will ask counties to share costs, Cooley said she will prepare math on staffing and compensation needs and hopes to provide finalized numbers within three to six months. She said the office currently presents a single districtwide budget to each county and that not every county is able to accommodate the full ask.

Cooley asked for time to make changes: “I am asking the counties in our district to give me at least a year to get things under control,” she told the board.

Public commenter Doug Tooley raised objections about single-commissioner meetings and said he is currently before the prosecutor in a local case (23m109); Cooley did not take public questions about that pending case during the meet-and-greet.

The commissioners and Cooley discussed housing pressures in resort communities and how local cost of living affects recruiting for public-sector legal positions. Commissioners offered to meet again once Cooley has cost estimates for staffing and training needs.

Cooley said she will prioritize building relationships across the district and emphasized both accountability and outreach as part of her first-year goals.

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Votes at a glance: San Miguel County commissioners — Jan. 22, 2025

County advances housing work: DOLA grant executed, consultant RFPs, Ilium site prioritized

County approves Lawson Hill lot-line vacation to combine Conoco parcels; PUD matrix amended

New 7th Judicial District Attorney Anna Cooley outlines staffing, training and addiction-focused priorities