Larimer County commissioners approve 2025 leadership roles, consent agenda and routine items in 3-0 votes

Larimer County commissioners voted 3-0 on Jan. 7, 2025, to reorganize the board for the year and to approve a consent agenda that included grant amendments, an intergovernmental highway safety agreement and multiple appointments and resolutions.

The board appointed Commissioner Kristen Stevens as chair for 2025 and authorized the chair to buy and sell real estate upon board approval. The board then appointed Commissioner Jody Shattuck McNally as chair pro tem and designated the chair as the person responsible for receiving and reviewing formal problem‑solving requests filed by direct reports to the county manager or county attorney. All three motions passed, each by a 3-0 vote.

The board also approved routine business items: minutes for the week of Dec. 16, 2024, and a consent agenda of agreements, appointments, licenses, ordinances, a policy adoption and multiple resolutions. The consent agenda passed 3-0.

Key items listed on the consent agenda included: - A Colorado Division of Criminal Justice compliance form tied to a Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) grant award for 2025 (paperwork accompanying a previously signed grant agreement). - An intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funds for shoulder widening on Bingham Hill Road, with a stated amount of $426,667. - An amendment to the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant (FY2022) extending the program expiration date from Jan. 22, 2025, to June 22, 2025; the original award amount was stated as $300,000. - A second amendment to the Horsetooth Reservoir aquatic nuisance species decontamination station funding. Larimer County previously received a $110,000 Bureau of Reclamation grant in 2020; the amendment adds $150,000, for a total contract amount stated as $260,000, with the contract running through June 30, 2025. - Multiple appointments and reappointments to public improvement districts (PIDs) and boards, including Bonnell West PID, Carter Lake Heights PID, Boyd's West PID, the fair board and the rodeo board (terms and end dates were specified in the meeting record). - Several liquor license renewals and a special-event permit. - Two ordinances adopting standard bylaws for newly approved public improvement districts (Tanager PID No. 72 and Fox Ridge PID No. 79) that were approved by county voters on Nov. 5, 2024. - Adoption of a policy titled Board of County Commissioners Division of Responsibilities. - Multiple findings and resolutions approving plats, subdivision actions and appeals (dates of the related hearings were noted in the record). - A resolution establishing Judicial District No. 8 district attorney salary for 2025–2028 with the district attorney to receive compensation of not less than $130,000 per annum (the resolution text stated that anything above that amount would be set by the Board of County Commissioners).

During consideration of the consent agenda, Commissioner discussion briefly highlighted the HSIP agreement for Bingham Hill Road. County engineering staff said the shoulder‑widening project covered the first hill segment where sight distance is poor; it was not described as covering the entire length of the road. Staff said additional analysis will determine how much widening is possible and that further funding and right‑of‑way work could be required.

All formal motions and the consent agenda passed by recorded tallies of 3 yes, 0 no.

Votes at a glance (motions recorded in the meeting): - Appoint Kristen Stevens as chair for 2025; authorize chair to buy/sell real estate upon board approval — mover: Commissioner Jody Shattuck McNally — outcome: approved, 3-0. - Appoint Jody Shattuck McNally as chair pro tem for 2025; authorize to buy/sell real estate in chair's absence upon board approval — mover: Commissioner John Kefalas — outcome: approved, 3-0. - Appoint board chair Kristen Stevens as the person responsible for receiving and reviewing formal problem solving requests filed by direct reports to the county manager or county attorney — mover: Commissioner Jody Shattuck McNally — outcome: approved, 3-0. - Approve minutes for week of Dec. 16, 2024 — mover: Commissioner John Kefalas — outcome: approved, 3-0. - Approve consent agenda (including listed grants, IGA, amendments, appointments, licenses, ordinances, policy adoption and resolutions) — mover: Commissioner Jody Shattuck McNally — outcome: approved, 3-0.

The board did not take additional separate votes on the individual consent items during this meeting; those items were approved as part of the consent agenda.

Ending The board adjourned after a brief county manager update and commissioner activity reports. Commissioners said staff would follow up on questions raised during the meeting, including details about the HSIP project and PID communications.