Montezuma County commissioners approve grants, contracts, payables and an intergovernmental health agreement

The Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners on June 10 approved a series of grants, contracts and administrative actions, including lodgers‑tax grant awards, a public health grant, a pass‑through grant application for search and rescue, contract amendments with the Colorado Department of Human Services, HVAC replacement low bids, a pictometry contract for the assessor, an intergovernmental agreement to provide temporary public health services to Dolores County, and county payables for April 2025 totaling $3,298,828.81.

The board accepted the Lodgers Tax Committee’s recommended awards, which allocate most of the year’s lodging tax receipts. The recording in the meeting lists awards including Mesa Verde Country ($125,000), Cortez Cultural Center dances ($20,000), Mancos Chamber ($59,000), Dolores Chamber ($59,000), Mancos Creative District ($16,000), Montezuma Heritage Museum ($10,000), Galloping Goose ($7,500), Butte Mountain Rodeo ($5,000) and Finish Line Racers ($3,000). The clerk noted those disbursements would exhaust the lodgers tax fund except for $271.54.

The board approved a grant application submission form to accept Colorado Parks and Wildlife pass‑through funds for Montezuma County Search and Rescue. Commissioners also approved a public health grant application (ELC COVID funding rounds 2 and 3) for $54,138.91 to add two registered‑nurse positions to administer the grants; the motion described the funding as reimbursement with no local cash match.

Commissioners moved to allocate SRS (School Readiness Sales) payments so that school districts receive 75% of that fund for the year after the board agreed to direct the discretionary portion to schools. The board recorded…