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1) Motocross lease (approved)
- Action: Approved a one-year lease with Mount Elbert Moto allowing operation of the Leadville motocross track, contingent on delivery of current insurance certificates, official 501(c) documentation and the most recent Form 990, and pending final legal review and clerical cleanup.
- Vote: Recorded in the meeting as unanimously in favor (three yes votes).
- Notes: County staff said a current insurance certificate running to 06/07/2025 is already on file and renewal will be provided; the board said it will reinstate a clause restricting unpermitted construction and will revisit the lease October–December.

2) Resolution 2025-16 — Letters of support/opposition policy (adopted)
- Action: Adopted a policy establishing how the BOCC issues letters of support or opposition on behalf of the county, including requirements for memos and a process for time-sensitive requests (manager may authorize an interim letter subject to ratification).
- Vote: Adopted by the board (recorded as unanimous on the meeting record).
- Notes: Policy clarifies that individual commissioners may write letters as private individuals and that staff-authored letters require committee or BOCC review and ratification; the policy also proposes adding items to the consent agenda with supporting memos.

3) Resolution 2025-17 — Signature authority policy (adopted)
- Action: Authorized the county manager (or designee) to execute agreements valued at $25,000 or less so long as expenditures are budgeted, and permitted routine year-over-year renewals without substantive change to be executed and later ratified by the BOCC.
- Vote: Adopted by the board (recorded unanimous).
- Notes: The resolution includes an exception process for unbudgeted contracts of $10,000 or less to be placed on the consent agenda; commissioners discussed communication options for routine items.

4) Professional services agreement with Teague Simonton (approved)
- Action: Renewed a professional services agreement to provide election assistance and expertise, including help with the voter registration/address library and state-required logic-and-accuracy testing for the November 4, 2025 election.
- Vote: Approved (recorded unanimous).
- Notes: The clerk's office said it has relied on the consultant for prior election cycles and expects the consultant’s certification and experience to support required election tasks.

5) Housing at 1020 (Phase 2) lottery rules (approved)
- Action: Approved lottery guidelines and procedures for Phase 2 of the county's Housing at 1020 project, including application and appeal dates. Applications will be available May 12 and due June 13; the lottery is scheduled for July 23 with contract execution expected later in July.
- Vote: Approved (recorded unanimous).

6) Backcountry Search and Rescue grant for boat purchase (approved)
- Action: Accepted a Colorado Parks and Wildlife Backcountry Search & Rescue grant to purchase a boat and related equipment. Total cost of the purchase was presented as $42,031; awarded grant funds total $36,408 with the department covering the remaining balance from its equipment budget.
- Vote: Approved (recorded unanimous).
- Notes: County staff said the team will travel to pick up the boat to minimize transport costs; the grant will be reimbursed to the county once the vendor receipt and documentation are submitted to the grantor.

7) Quarterly public trustee report (approved)
- Action: Approved the quarterly public trustee report presented by the county treasurer describing deposits, releases and foreclosure processing for the first quarter.
- Vote: Approved (recorded unanimous).

8) Consent agenda (approved)
- Action: Commissioners approved the meeting consent agenda as presented; the agenda packet is available on request.
- Vote: Approved (recorded unanimous).

Each item above was recorded in the meeting minutes and will be followed by the administrative steps required for execution or further public review. Where approvals were conditional (for example, the motocross lease), staff must obtain and verify the required documentation before final contract execution.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Lake County CO 05.06.2025 BOCC Regular Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The Lake County Board of County Commissioners recorded several administrative and operational approvals, including a conditional one-year lease for the Leadville motocross track and adoption of two internal policy resolutions.","taxTitle","Lake County, Colorado","taxId",27576,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6566670,"County schedules wildfire resilience fair May 14; officials say normal fire season expected locally",3203,222000,3425000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3203787-d67987b732a8cb17c5a0d87ce2b4a0a6&start=222&end=3425","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3203787-d67987b732a8cb17c5a0d87ce2b4a0a6/thumbnail_222000.jpg","/articles/6566670/Lake-County/Colorado/County-schedules-wildfire-resilience-fair-May-14-officials-say-normal-fire-season-expected-locally","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6566670-783213317081d288fec7414628ee816e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771185979&Signature=ZlRYJO8zAT6yncqRcTt-YfxSjU6Pn0H7WNaUrrNDFE6zUblspaRLJvU5JgokSdSdyTPYgWZdh5aWgBg8IefMXy-i0hOBUzKeOl3D1HHxFzhpcea4wS7JjSsi0sVA5LYlknKqkPsuFQ-BwJqikqgqnHbNuEza5nu-q4Pe-DrOVp04Qn6ldtyp25sBgeOFSdOCzzo1GG8rhnPN1pEKcyRSCVZ84LVONwJ9kcXARowl7CRT7yy86OTW1oAdV-VE1WkLfyLCjVzMc-J6dfqB8qBgTK1wnzwYTQt6CzaSEI1E9jX6g5PuMd0CkQ1rrXqnr7NPyiOzkGD0p0ZE3mTA1RulFQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lake County officials urged residents to prepare for wildfire season and promoted a free Wildfire Resilience Fair, while the county’s emergency manager gave a monthly update saying current conditions point to a near-normal statewide fire season but localized risks remain.

The Wildfire Resilience Fair will be Wednesday, May 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Southern Fire Station, county staff said. The free, family-friendly event will include booths with defensible-space assessments, summer chipping programs, pet-evacuation information, a kids’ zone and appearances by local, state and federal partners.

Claire Hathaway, director of the Office of Emergency Management, briefed commissioners on current and forecasted wildfire conditions. Hathaway said the Arkansas Basin snowpack was about 45 percent of average and that Colorado statewide snowpack was approximately 53 percent. She noted the Upper Arkansas was faring somewhat better and that the Leadville Ranger District had been moved to \"moderate\" fire danger by the U.S. Forest Service.

Hathaway said the national preparedness level is 1, meaning national resources are currently readily available; by contrast, the county experienced high resource strain at levels 4–5 during the previous summer. She described the outlook as follows: \"April is gonna bring normal fire potential for Southeast Colorado. We're really watching Southwest Colorado, which has very low snowpack and increased significant fire potential for June down in the Southwest. The rest of Colorado, including us, will stay at normal potential.\"

Hathaway advised residents to download WatchDuty, a free app that posts near-real-time fire and prescribed-burn information gathered from interagency dispatch centers. She also reminded the public that last year’s red-flag events and nearby fires underscored the need for planning: the county will continue monthly briefings on wildfire conditions through the summer.

Commissioners and staff discussed coordination with federal partners, local burn restrictions, and community outreach. The county’s communications staff said organizations participating in the fair would meet on Thursday before the event to finalize logistics.

The emergency management director said the county is not recommending additional local fire restrictions at this time but will continue monitoring conditions and will coordinate with the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies.","Lake County will host a Wildfire Resilience Fair May 14; Office of Emergency Management director reported the Arkansas Basin snowpack at 45% and said the county is at moderate fire danger, with statewide preparedness at level 1.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6566673,"County staff say website near 95% accessible but PDFs remain key hurdle ahead of new state law",734,2452000,3186000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3203787-d67987b732a8cb17c5a0d87ce2b4a0a6&start=2452&end=3186","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3203787-d67987b732a8cb17c5a0d87ce2b4a0a6/thumbnail_2452000.jpg","/articles/6566673/Lake-County/Colorado/County-staff-say-website-near-95-accessible-but-PDFs-remain-key-hurdle-ahead-of-new-state-law","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6566673-3b5a4e5843a3018124bd25f2ad1b4368/orig.mp4?Expires=1771185979&Signature=mN8GTRp4Ax6zFEHlr9DURtf2czdApV3OiK3m0gsV91ahFGNUfBa7Z0uZOw-xWrF-91MKh8ktjGwEx6~~3zpRYKS9sG0AZ8RVnlRvWMEoO5JyqmzV39UwrBEa~~Adt~WaArwlvMHAAmboGwI08ovacjZavBSJjQQfPZnzcvpq7P3gA0vHGe5NKW0a6vBPVo0d-uNWkFJqunkuQyqe-AXvtWlMQm6chnfLbeypRo91su-7NPD7~yH606e1xebtkY8U2nWvfNQlc-1rRkUwQDmJ0XLrrNWe7-KB94V4kWdBXnibY9F~9~SEyDrEz69NnT2K7JBB-bebYWWZyJx8OmlEBg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lake County communications staff told the Board of County Commissioners they are close to meeting Colorado’s new web-accessibility standard but that significant remaining work — especially on PDF documents and tables — must be finished before the July compliance deadline.

Sandy Scheiner, the county’s communications manager, told commissioners the state bill identified in the packet as “House Bill 21 11 10” is scheduled to take effect in July. She said the county’s main website is approximately 95% compliant with WCAG-level checks performed in the last audit, but that uploaded PDFs and complex tables remain a larger problem.

\"If an individual finds something that they can't access, we do have a form on our website with 2 — well, actually, the law says 2 ways of contact, but we have 3,\" Scheiner said, describing the county’s intake and accommodation process. She warned that noncompliance carries financial risk: \"A citation for noncompliance is 3,500. So if we have 285 instances in any of our digital media that is noncompliant, that's a million dollars just to put it in that context.\"

Scheiner reviewed steps the county has taken: a 2024 resolution adopting an accessibility plan and quarterly reporting, a third‑party audit by Deque, and an internal technology accessibility team. She said Deque audited the site for a higher WCAG conformance level (2.3), while the county’s content-provider tools check to the 2.0/2.1 baseline. That means some remediation — particularly for PDFs, tables and vendor-provided pages — will require additional tools or outsourcing.

She estimated a remediation cost of about $6 per PDF page for outsourced remediation and said the county would pursue state grant support where possible. Scheiner also urged departments to designate “champions” to improve staff fluency on accessibility best practices and recommended that future vendor contracts require WCAG 2.1 compliance.

Commissioners and staff discussed practical next steps: taking some documents offline and making them available by request during remediation, strengthening contract language for future digital vendors, and applying to state grants to defray remediation costs. Staff said they will prioritize the highest-use PDFs and work with the state Internet portal authority on funding.

Scheiner closed by asking for patience and countywide buy‑in as staff train contributors across departments. \"Kindness, grace, patience, all of those things are what we are gonna need to kind of get through this,\" she said.

The county will continue to report quarterly to the commissioners on accessibility progress and said it will temporarily remove some PDF content or replace it with request-only access while remediation proceeds.","Lake County communications staff briefed commissioners on Colorado’s web-accessibility requirement set to take effect in July and described progress and remaining work: the main website is about 95% compliant but many PDFs and tabular documents need remediation or outsourcing.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6566678,"Lake County approves one-year lease for Mount Elbert motocross track, contingent on paperwork",5370,631000,6001000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3203787-d67987b732a8cb17c5a0d87ce2b4a0a6&start=631&end=6001","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3203787-d67987b732a8cb17c5a0d87ce2b4a0a6/thumbnail_631000.jpg","/articles/6566678/Lake-County/Colorado/Lake-County-approves-one-year-lease-for-Mount-Elbert-motocross-track-contingent-on-paperwork","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6566678-b68199cfec75f1a19e388ed1198a5df5/orig.mp4?Expires=1771185979&Signature=QUTmt45AeTq2C5ElawxYwRAI2SChXqPvhXC9WgIzpyrTh1V9HB4HJx2FHqJe4L8Nb78nyIsgkU3NVoubrAidISwBMqe0oZ3PK38w~z2uSKDkli63NV4KdbmhgR4OBGUnGNmLDL9Tr2UDdHvwIrn1QXJYwjUpLTVGdf-1c5IQIe-0Gew2q9Rkyl-NAlBcnXayCjlQS0lGzApbspWJ~IxcTaTuUOxiKmrKJNLZun0sENZFnjq68~jU5E1FhMzcYg0AI-zWjwi0pCZnMm2sOTdMfBoHhhK8VKkDtvS59hdXqcxMchJwMj9xnbnDEL~VZdgmzql-OWC-2dTIom4OFyy~aQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Lake County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday approved a one-year lease with Mount Elbert Moto to operate the Leadville motocross track, with the board placing conditions on final signing.

The lease was approved on a motion that the commissioners said would be contingent on Mount Elbert Moto providing current insurance certificates, proof of 501(c) status and its most recent Form 990 tax filing, and on final legal review and cleanup of clerical language in the contract. Commissioners voted in favor of the action.

County staff and the track operators described the agreement as the product of multiple revisions and negotiations. The board’s motion allows the operators to run the track for the 2025 season while county attorneys finalize the lease language and verify required documents. County staff said a clause limiting construction of permanent structures without permits will be reinstated before the lease is signed.

Operators and community supporters urged the board to approve the lease. \"Everything that we've done has been for the community and to really reduce liability for the county,\" said Kim Tegu, who identified herself as a resident and spoke for the track operators. She told commissioners the club offers free youth rides for county residents and has tightened on-site controls since the pandemic to reduce crowding and safety risks.

Davy Gonzalez, executive director of a nonprofit that adapts dirt bikes for riders with spinal cord injuries, told the commissioners his group has used the Leadville track for adaptive camps and urged approval. \"The Leadville track is a single best location we've done,\" Gonzalez said.

Several residents and long-time users also addressed the board during public comment. Eric, who identified himself as a resident of Leadville, told the board the track draws riders who spend locally at gas stations and restaurants, and that closing the facility could push off‑road users onto undeveloped trails.

County staff said they already hold a copy of a current certificate of insurance that runs through June 7 and a certificate of good standing, and staff expect the operators to provide updated documentation prior to execution. Commissioners said they expect county legal review to restore a clause clarifying that the county must approve any new buildings or structures on the site.

As an added community benefit, the operators told the board they plan to open an additional weekday each month—initially organized as a locals-only day—to provide a less-crowded opportunity for youth and local riders. Operators said the extra day will initially be staffed by volunteers or club members and by operators taking unpaid time off; commissioners encouraged the club to consider a formal sublease or operator arrangement if outside help is used.

The lease will be revisited during the county’s October–December review period to assess the arrangement and consider longer-term options, county officials said.

The commissioners approved the motion to authorize county staff and legal to finalize the lease once the conditions are met. The approval was recorded as a formal action on the meeting agenda.

The county and operators agreed to coordinate on logistics before opening, including ensuring event insurance endorsements cover special events, confirming who will operate additional Fridays, and resolving whether a county-held water truck that has been stored at the site will remain there full for fire mitigation.","The Lake County Board of County Commissioners approved a one-year lease with Mount Elbert Moto for the Leadville motocross track, contingent on delivery of insurance, 501(c) documentation and recent tax filings. The operators said they will add a locals-only weekday to reduce weekend crowding; the county will revisit the agreement this fall.","actionData","errors"]

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