Platte County approves notice to begin two-year withdrawal from Clay Platte Ray Mental Health Board

Platte County commissioners voted Sept. 22 to approve an order notifying Clay and Ray counties that Platte County intends to withdraw from the Clay Platte Ray Mental Health Board and begin a two-year process to work through terms and conditions of that withdrawal.

County Administrator Wes Mender said the order is a follow-up to notices the county sent two weeks earlier and emphasized that "nothing's been decided" and that the two-year timeline is intended to allow the parties to work through details. The motion to approve the withdrawal order (2025-CO-135) passed on a 3-0 roll call.

The order serves as legal notice of the county's intent and starts a required timeline for withdrawal; Mender said the resolution "outlines the terms and conditions of that withdrawal" that will be sent to the other counties. The commission did not adopt any final terms at the meeting; the transcript records no additional commitments or votes about how services will be provided during the transition.