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Erie council approves multi‑year air‑quality monitoring contract with Boulder Air
Summary
Council selected a multi‑year contract with Boulder Air to provide triggered canisters and an anchor station for targeted air monitoring; members debated an 18‑month versus 42‑month agreement and voted to approve the longer term contract to secure additional stations at lower long‑term cost.
Erie, Colo. — The Erie Town Council voted June 24 to contract with Boulder Air for expanded air‑quality monitoring after staff presented two options: an 18‑month agreement and a 42‑month contract that includes a modest price adjustment but adds an extra monitoring station.
David Franks, the town’s director of environmental services, said staff sought to balance cost and coverage after an earlier study recommended fewer, strategically placed monitors instead of maintaining the larger fleet used previously. Franks said the recommendation would provide four triggered monitoring stations and a fifth station added at no cost to the town under the longer agreement.
Council members raised standard procurement and fiscal questions: whether the town could terminate if services fell short, how multiyear obligations interact with Colorado TABOR rules and annual appropriation, and whether Ajax Analytics (a pricier alternative) should be retained in parallel. The town attorney noted contracts remain subject to annual appropriation and that, as a practical matter, the town typically fulfills multi‑year obligations once appropriated.
After discussion, Councilmember X (mover) and Councilmember Y (seconder) moved to approve the 42‑month option (identified in the packet as resolution 25‑116). The motion passed on a voice vote. Staff said the contract includes a 30‑day termination clause and that the town will continue to monitor vendor performance.
What’s next: staff will finalize placements for the monitors and negotiate the contract details, with the vendor to begin deployment under the terms in the resolution.
