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Votes at a glance: key actions by San Miguel County commissioners on June 11, 2025
Summary
The board approved a range of items including permits, proclamations, a mill-levy correction IGA, PUD amendments, the wetland special use permit, the La Vista final plat, the housing mitigation-fee update, and an intergovernmental MOU on regional wastewater.
San Miguel County commissioners met in a special session June 11 and took the following formal actions. The listing below summarizes motions, key details and outcomes from the public record. All items passed by unanimous vote unless stated otherwise.
1) Consent agenda — Outcome: approved unanimously. (No separate public comments recorded.)
2) Special events permit — Motion: Approve special events liquor permit for Telluride Medical Center Foundation to serve malt, vinous and spirituous liquor on July 10, 2025, at Lot 2R Golden Ledge, Telluride, Colorado. Outcome: approved unanimously.
3) Proclamation — Motion: Proclaim June 2025 as Pride (Bridal) Month in San Miguel County (proclamation 2025-04). Outcome: approved unanimously.
4) Proclamation — Motion: Proclaim the week in June 2025 as Men’s Health Week (proclamation 2025-05). Outcome: approved unanimously.
5) Resolution / Intergovernmental Agreement — Motion: Adopt resolution 2025-16 to correct a clerical omission and approve IGA with Dolores County School District (forward payment repayment for a missed bond levy certification); procedures include corrected tax-roll certification and supplemental tax notices. Outcome: Approved unanimously.
6) Lawson Hill PUD administrative amendments — Motion: Authorize chair signature on proposed insubstantial PUD amendments to Lawson Hill PUD development plan matrix (shifting residential density between lots). Outcome: approved unanimously.
7) Wetland special use permit (Telluride Regional Airport south-side hangar project) — Motion: Approve wetland SUP (wetland-24-0010) subject to BMPs, revegetation and a condition requiring riprap/gabion baskets along the compensatory wetlands between Wetland 1 and Wetland 2. Outcome: approved unanimously.
8) La Vista (LaSalle Vista) subdivision final plat (resolution 2025-17) — Motion: Approve final plat and adopt resolution, subject to execution of subdivision improvements agreement, posting of financial guarantee and required inspections. Outcome: approved unanimously.
9) Employee-housing mitigation fee update (resolution 2025-19) — Motion: Update the employee housing mitigation (gap) fee from $527/sq ft to $928/sq ft, phased in Aug. 1–Dec. 31, 2025 at $727.50; full $928 effective Jan. 1, 2026; direct staff to annually update fee per land-use code. Outcome: approved unanimously.
10) Memorandum of Understanding (regional wastewater plant) — Motion: Approve MOU among San Miguel County, Town of Mountain Village and Town of Telluride setting shared principles for a proposed regional wastewater treatment plant and authorizing county advisory participation in the authority formation process. Outcome: approved unanimously.
11) Executive session — Motion: Enter executive session under CRS 24-6-402(4)(b) to confer with county attorney regarding the Paradox bankruptcy matter. Outcome: executive session held; county attorneys received direction from commissioners (no public action reported out of the session).
Where available, staff reports and resolutions cited in the meeting packet provide further details on each item.
