Shanna Gann, executive director of the Grand County Historical Association, asked the Board of County Commissioners to reinstate a county preservation/historic board and presented a draft resolution. Gann said she revised the earlier draft but that parts of it included processes not used previously in Grand County and that some language presumed county funding and administration.

Gann told commissioners the board historically has been a county-established board (a county board is required for certified local government status) but said it need not be county-funded and that the board could operate with volunteer members and a contracted or grant-funded administrator. "If you do this work, you put a resolution in place, you want to make sure ensure success. So how is that how are you gonna ... are you gonna" she said, answering questions about administration and funding.

Several residents and local historical society representatives spoke in favor of moving forward and asked how the board would be structured and who would administer it. Susan Morrison Hoagland of the Grand Lake Area Historical Society asked whether the board would comprise representatives of historical societies across the county; Gann said appointments would be made by the commissioners and that she had a list of interested people and properties. Gann suggested an administrator could run about four hours a month of work and estimated that having an outside contractor at $100 per hour would cost under $5,000 annually to administer initial operations.

Commissioners asked whether the proposal must go to the planning commission and whether the BOCC would retain final approval authority; staff and Gann said administration and final decision points could be clarified and that a federal/state grant might provide initial operating funds. Gann offered to lead initial administration as a contract position if the board and her organization agree and if her board approves the arrangement.

No formal action or vote to reinstate the board was recorded in the transcript. Staff said they would follow up with answers to commissioners' grant and planning‑commission questions and present a finalized memorandum of understanding and resolution in a future staff packet.