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Pueblo County approves transfer of 10 water shares to Saint Charles Mesa Water District
Summary
The Pueblo County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved transferring 10 county-owned water shares to the Saint Charles Mesa Water District to satisfy the district's requirement for a 2-inch water line needed by a recreation center; county attorneys advised the board in executive session before the vote.
PUEBLO, Colo. — The Pueblo County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to approve transferring 10 shares of county-owned water rights to the Saint Charles Mesa Water District so the district can meet its requirement for a 2-inch water line for a planned recreation center.
Board members had moved into executive session earlier for legal advice before returning to the item in open session. Commissioner Miles summarized the board's concern heading into executive session: "10 shares of water at roughly 10 to $20,000 a share. That's a lot of quote unquote money. That's a huge asset that the county owns that we're now transferring to the Saint Charles Mesa Water District." He told colleagues the district's policy requires those shares for the 2-inch line the rec center needs.
After the executive session, the chair asked for a motion to approve item 1a. The motion was made and seconded and the board voted "aye"; the chair, Commissioner Miles and the other commissioner present approved the transfer. The board did not provide further details in open session about the procedural steps for recording or conveying the shares, only that the legal advice received in executive session supported moving forward.
The item grew from a practical infrastructure requirement: the water district's policy obliges properties served by certain mains to hold a specified number of shares before new connections are authorized. County officials said they had discussed how to reconcile the county's ownership of the shares with the district's requirement and, after legal review, approved the transfer so the recreation center's planned water connection can proceed.
No additional motions or implementation timelines were announced at the meeting. The board moved on to the public-comment portion of the agenda after recording the unanimous vote.
