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Votes at a glance: Garfield County commissioners’ March 10 actions include library appointment, broadband contract change and multiple donations
Summary
At its March 10 meeting the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners approved an appointment to the library board, a major broadband contract change order, donations of county vehicles to local agencies, an intergovernmental transportation IGA, a statement opting out of biennial liquor renewals, and several other consent items.
The Garfield County Board of County Commissioners took the following formal actions at its March 10 public meeting. The summaries below reflect motions made on the record and the board’s recorded outcomes.
Appointment Tony Hershey — Appointed as the Glenwood Springs representative to the Garfield County Library Board. Motion moved by Commissioner Will and seconded by Commissioner Sampson; approved by voice vote of commissioners present.
Federal nominee support letter Letter supporting the nomination of “Kathleen Seguema” (name used in meeting packet/transcript) to serve as director of the Bureau of Land Management — Commissioners authorized staff to send a letter of support to federal senators and to copy other congressional offices. Motion moved and seconded on the record; approved by voice vote.
Broadband contract change order Approved a contract change order with Newcom Solutions LLC to add a full communications node (CNL) at the county landfill as part of the county’s broadband middle‑mile Phase 2 project. The motion authorized an increased not‑to‑exceed contract amount of $3,203,591.06 (the packet and staff presentation described this as including earlier change orders). Motion made on the record and approved.
Vehicle and equipment donations - Donated a patrol canine unit (vehicle) to the Town of New Castle to support that town’s new K‑9 program. Motion approved unanimously. - Donated a 2012 Ford F‑250 (wildland support/transport vehicle) to Colorado River Fire Rescue to support their wildland team. Motion approved unanimously.
Intermountain Transportation Planning Region Authorized execution of the Intermountain Transportation Planning Region intergovernmental agreement (IGA) and delegated signature authority to the chair for the county’s participation in the TPR governance documents. Motion approved.
Liquor license renewals — biannual opt‑out The board voted to decline offering biennial liquor license renewals as authorized under the statute cited during the meeting (transcript references “CRS section 44.3 0.302 0.3 C”) and to continue with the county’s current annual review procedures. The board adopted a short statement on the record to decline the biennial renewal option; motion approved.
Consent agenda The board approved the consent agenda items 1–19 as presented, including routine procurement and cooperative‑purchase approvals described in the packet. Commissioners discussed cooperative purchasing mechanisms (state cooperative contracts such as Sourcewell, NASPO ValuePoint and Omnia Partners) during the consent‑agenda review.
How votes were recorded Most motions were adopted by voice vote and recorded as “Aye” by the commissioners present. Where a recorded roll‑call tally was not taken in the transcript, the minutes show the motions passed by majority approval of commissioners present at the meeting.
Notes: The meeting transcript supplied the motions and on‑the‑record approvals; specific recorded roll‑call tallies by name were not provided for every vote in the transcript. When a precise mover or second was not explicitly named on the record, entries above list the outcome and that the motion was made and seconded.
