Dolores County commissioners appoint three to public library board

The Dolores County commissioners unanimously appointed Christie Copas, Mary Davis and Doug Funk to the Dolores County Public Library board at a special meeting on Sept. 10, 2025.

The meeting’s chair said the library board submitted a letter recommending appointments to fill “three vacancies created by the resignations” and that the board “has met with each of these individuals and feels that their interest in the library will make them an asset to the board.” Commissioners voted to confirm all three candidates.

Christie Copas was described in the meeting record as a dentist who lives in Rico. Mary Davis was described as a retired schoolteacher living on Lisonbee Creek (as read in the meeting record). Doug Funk was described in the record as retired and living “on the line.” Those candidate descriptions were provided by the library board in its recommendation; the commissioners did not offer additional biographical detail during the meeting.

Earlier in the session the board approved routine expenditures, described by the chair as largely utility bills, and noted that no minutes were available for approval at this special meeting. The chair also said the session functioned chiefly as a budget workshop for the day. The meeting ended after a unanimous motion to adjourn.

No statutes, ordinances or formal conditions affecting the library appointments were cited during the public discussion recorded in the transcript. The commissioners took the formal votes at the meeting; specific roll-call vote names were not recorded in the transcript extract provided.