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Votes at a glance: Huerfano County commissioners approve licenses, purchases and proceed on multiple items
Summary
At its Sept. 23 meeting the Huerfano County Board of Commissioners approved the agenda (with one item removed), consent agenda, a secured-transport license with inspection conditions, several procurement and invoice items, appointment and resignation actions, and voted to enter executive session for legal advice.
The Huerfano County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 23 took a series of routine and administrative actions. Key outcomes: the board approved the meeting agenda as amended (item 6a removed), accepted the consent agenda (Sept. 16 minutes and two new hires), approved a secured-transport license conditionally, accepted several procurement invoices and change orders, approved a legislative delegation designation, accepted a resignation from a county authority member and recessed into executive session for legal advice.
Votes and notable items
- Agenda: Board amended and approved the meeting agenda to remove item 6a. Vote recorded as unanimous on the floor.
- Consent agenda: Approved; included meeting minutes for Sept. 16 and two new hires at Roddenbridge — Michael Ordovez and Juan Cardenas.
- Secured transport license (License 2501): Approved for Colorado Secure Transport/Colorado Secured Transportation LLC for a 2014 Ford Explorer Interceptor; approval was conditional on the vehicle passing a rodent-breach inspection and other road-and-bridges inspections.
- Ordinance 2025-02 (Chapter 10 fire-code updates): Board approved updates to proceed to public notice and final adoption at a later meeting (see separate article).
- CCI legislative committee designation: Board accepted the form naming the county’s delegate and alternate to the Colorado Counties, Inc. legislative committee; the motion identified the chair as primary and Commissioner Chamberlain as alternate.
- Contract change order (bridge project): Approved a $5,230 change order to adjust an existing gate and fence alignment at a bridge project (northeast parcel) to restore access to private property; staff said the cost is covered by the project grant.
- Security cameras (Main Street): Approved ordering new cameras for Main Street in the amount of $6,237.
- Prepaid vendor run: Approved payments totaling $26,826.44.
- Temporary transformer invoice: Approved invoice from San Isabel Electric Association for a temporary transformer at 129 Kansas in the amount of $4,067; staff said the rental will save the county roughly $20,030 compared with a prior option.
- Resignation: Board accepted the resignation of Jackie Sykes from the County Building Authority with regret.
- Executive session: The board voted to recess into executive session under CRS 24-6-402(4)(b) to receive legal advice on personnel policies and ongoing litigation; the board stated no decisions would be made in executive session.
Where motions listed “I’ll make the motion” or “second” in the transcript, the record shows the board moved, seconded and called for voice votes; roll-call tallies were not consistently recorded in the transcript for every item. All listed motions were recorded as passing on voice vote at the Sept. 23 meeting.
