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Fremont County commissioners approve organizational appointments, designate depositories and OK event center liquor license
Summary
At their first meeting of 2025 the Fremont County Board of Commissioners approved organizational appointments, designated official depositories and meeting/posting rules, and granted an optional-premises liquor license for Pathfinder Park’s event operator.
The Fremont County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of organizational items and routine resolutions and voted to grant an optional-premises liquor license for Bar 409 Events at Pathfinder Park during its first regular meeting of 2025.
The board voted unanimously to approve the meeting agenda and consent agenda, accepted the County Clerk’s December monthly report and the semiannual Treasurer/Public Trustee report, and adopted a set of routine resolutions naming official depositories, a regular meeting schedule, an official newspaper and official posting places. The commissioners also made annual appointments: Commissioner Grantham as board chair for 2025, Commissioner Bell as chair pro tem, and Eric Bellas, Esq., as county attorney.
The board voted to approve an optional-premises malt, vinous and spirituous liquor license for Bar 409 Events, the private operator of beverage concessions at Pathfinder Park event center in Florence. The clerk’s office noted the sheriff’s office recommended approval while the county environmental/health reviewer recommended against approval; the county attorney reviewed the application and recommended approval.
Votes at a glance (recorded roll calls): - Agenda approval — Aye: Commissioner Bell; Commissioner Grantham; Commissioner McFall. Motion carries. - Consent agenda (including a resolution noted in the consent) — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Acceptance of County Clerk’s December monthly report — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Acceptance of Semiannual Treasurer’s/Public Trustee quarterly report — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Appointment: Commissioner Grantham as Board Chair for 2025 — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Appointment: Commissioner Bell as Chair Pro Tem — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Appointment: Eric Bellas, Esq., as County Attorney — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Resolution No. 2, series of 2025: Designation of official depositories (Sunflower Bank of Canyon City; Surplus Asset Fund Trust; Kallo Trust; Bank of the San Juans/Glacier Bank) — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Resolution No. 3, series of 2025: Regular meeting schedule (second Tuesdays at 9 a.m.) — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Resolution No. 4, series of 2025: Official newspaper — Canyon City Daily Record — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Resolution No. 5, series of 2025: Official posting places (county website and two bulletin boards at the administration building) — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Liquor license (Bar 409 Events, optional premises at Pathfinder Park, 6655 Colorado Highway 115, Florence) — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries. - Reappointments to Fremont County Tourism Council: Beth Ketchmeyer and Kevin Cundiff (terms to Dec. 31, 2027) — Aye: Bell, Grantham, McFall. Motion carries.
The votes were taken by roll call and recorded as unanimous for the items above. The clerk’s office provided routine reports and documentation for each item in the record.
The board concluded the meeting after the listed items; the resolution adopting the regular meeting schedule sets the Board’s recurring meeting day and start time for the year.
