Grand County extends Wildfire Ready Watersheds consultant contract; water quality specialist announces resignation
Summary
Grand County presented an amendment to extend Matrix Design Group's contract for the Wildfire Ready Watersheds program to Dec. 31, 2025, citing modeling and grant-writing delays; water quality specialist Kaylee Folk said she accepted a new job and will leave the county in September.
Kaylee Folk, water-quality specialist, asked the Board of County Commissioners to approve an amendment to extend the county's consultant contract with Matrix Design Group for the Wildfire Ready Watersheds program. "This amend extend, takes their contract out to the end of this year, 12/31/2025," Folk said, explaining modeling and grant-writing work had delayed the project.
Folk said Matrix's Phase 2 work will identify priority projects; she told commissioners that design and implementation work would follow only if and when the county secures additional grant funding. "Phase 2 will complete the identification of the projects. We haven't identified a phase 3, but there will be work that needs to happen after the projects are identified because we'll need to do design and implementation," she said.
During the discussion Folk announced she had accepted a new position and gave notice that her last day with Grand County would be Sept. 12. "I've been offered another job, and I've decided to take it. So my last day will be September 12 here at the county," Folk said. Folk later said she would be working for Ellery Water, a consulting firm, but will remain in the county and available during the transition.
The transcript shows the amendment was presented and discussed; no final roll-call vote or the exact motion text appears in the provided excerpt.
