At a glance: Key votes taken Sept. 3 by San Miguel County commissioners

San Miguel County commissioners took several formal actions during the Sept. 3 meeting. Below are short summaries and outcomes of the principal items that received formal votes.

Proclamation: Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Action: Approved the chair’s signature on Proclamation 2025‑07 designating September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in San Miguel County. - Outcome: Approved unanimously. - Key participants: Tri‑County Health Network representatives and Jamie Hurst (coalition director) participated in public comment and the proclamation reading.

Memorandum of Agreement: Matterhorn Mill aerial tramway cable - Action: Approve the chair’s signature on a memorandum of agreement among the Grand Mesa‑Uncompahgre‑Gunnison National Forests and the Colorado State Historic Preservation Office to remove the aerial tramway cable at Matterhorn Mill and support conveyance and stabilization steps for the mill site. - Outcome: Approved unanimously. County staff (Janet Casp) described ongoing coordination with U.S. Forest Service, the State Historic Preservation Office, tribes and the Telluride Historical Museum; USFS will perform drone and 3‑D imagery documentation prior to removal.

CBOE property tax appeal — Adema (Trout Lake) - Action: The San Miguel County Board of Equalization considered Appeal CBOE‑2025‑62 by Guy Adema regarding the assessed value of a Trout Lake property. - Determination: The CBOE voted to deny the appeal and adopt the assessor’s valuation (assessor had lowered initial value following a site visit and maintained a market‑approach improvement value of $777,000). Vote: unanimous.

Emergency funding: Prime Time Youth Care - Action: The board authorized a one‑time emergency allocation of $21,006.67 to Prime Time Youth Care to cover an immediate shortfall, conditioned on Prime Time providing required financial reports, pursuing fiscal solvency strategies, and checking in with the BOCC at the November meeting (and repaying funds if audited results allow within five years). - Outcome: Approved unanimously. County staff said additional funding sources might materialize — town of Norwood, Montrose County and other grants — and the board attached reporting and repayment conditions.

Ballot measures (referral resolutions) - Action: Commissioners approved placing several county ballot questions before voters in November: a request to exempt county special funds (early childhood and mental health mill levies) from the 5.25% TABOR revenue limit; and a request to capture road and bridge mill levy revenues (and reallocating part of the general fund mill allocation). The board also discussed a higher road/bridge mill option and elected to delay any third, larger road levy proposal to avoid ballot timing conflicts with a Norwood school bond measure. - Outcome: Resolutions to refer the measures to the ballot were approved unanimously; staff to submit final ballot language to the county clerk by the statutory deadline.

Other votes and procedural items - The San Miguel County Housing Authority adopted Resolution 2025‑23 on deed‑restriction reversion (see separate article). That vote was unanimous among the participating commissioners. The board also authorized a second consent and routine items on the consent agenda.

How commissioners voted Votes recorded during the meeting were unanimous among the three commissioners present when roll calls were taken (Don Brown, Galena Gleason and Lance Waring) for each formal action described above. For each item the board recorded an aye vote and the motion carried.