Larimer County commissioners approve consent agenda including Timnath trail contract and aquatic species funding
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The Larimer County Board of County Commissioners approved minutes and a consent agenda Dec. 23 that included a roughly $1.12 million Timnath pedestrian-trail fence contract, an aquatic nuisance species grant amendment of $350,000 and multiple appointments and tax adjustments; votes were unanimous, 3–0.
Kristen Stevens, chair of the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners, opened the board’s Dec. 23 administrative meeting and the commission approved its consent agenda and minutes by unanimous votes.
The board approved minutes for the Dec. 15 meeting after Commissioner Jody Shannock McNally moved to approve them. The chair recorded the approval: “That motion passes 3 to 0.”
The consent agenda included three major agreements announced by the chair. The board approved bid number 2510 for guardrail installations at County Road 56, County Road 74E and County Road 38E for approximately $277,000; a State of Colorado intergovernmental agreement amendment to the county’s Aquatic Nuisance Species program (amendment No. 3) in the amount of $350,000; and bid number 2518, a contract award for the Timnath pedestrian-trail fence totaling $1,121,025. Chair Stevens summarized the package before a motion to approve it.
The consent packet also contained seven appointments to local improvement and review districts (including a midterm appointment of Jay Mistaro to the flood review board through 06/30/2028 and multiple appointments with terms ending 11/30/2029), three liquor-license items (including Odell Golf LLC d/b/a Mountain Vista Greens), 13 miscellaneous tax stipulations for tax year 2025, a request from Treasurer Irene Josie to dispose of certificates held by the county, and a maintenance bond from HT Land Partners in the sum of $31,151.81 covering River Subdivision Filing 1 improvements. The board reviewed a human-resources policy update and two resolutions, including an annual resolution canceling 2023 uncollectible mobile-home and personal-property taxes under Colorado Revised Statutes §39-10-114(2)(a) with a listed total of $227,873.71.
A commissioner moved the consent agenda “I move to approve the consent agenda for 12/23/2025.” The board voted and the motion passed 3 to 0.
County Manager Lorinda Volker then provided a brief year-end update, thanking staff for organizing a legislative roundtable and noting routine coordination with Sheriff John Fagan and Coroner Stephen Hanks. Commissioners provided activity reports, with Commissioner Jody Shannock McNally raising ongoing concern about a pine beetle outbreak and saying it may require urgent legislative attention: “urgent 5 alarm kind of urgency on this outbreak.”
The board adjourned after closing remarks from Chair Stevens. No substantive items were continued or tabled; the actions taken were formal approvals recorded on the consent agenda and the minutes.