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Huerfano County approves consulting, public-works and equipment purchases, including $1.03 million airport contract
Summary
At its May 26 meeting, Huerfano County approved several requisitions and contracts: a CPS HR Consulting contract for dispatch recruitment ($17,500); a $1,027,305.67 award to Walsenburg Sand & Gravel for the Spanish Peaks Airfield project; a grant-funded search-and-rescue drone purchase ($8,367); a $5,132 roof thermography scan; a Department of Human Services vendor run ($38,783.80); and a county vendor run totaling $246,434.23. All motions passed by voice vote as recorded.
Huerfano County commissioners approved a slate of contracts and requisitions during their May 26 meeting, recorded in the consent and action portions of the agenda.
Key approvals included:
- A consulting agreement with CPS HR Consulting for dispatch-recruitment and apprenticeship services (grant-funded), not to exceed $17,500, including $2,500 for advertising. Motion was made, seconded and approved by voice vote.
- Requisition 2026-00035: award to Walsenburg Sand & Gravel for the Spanish Peaks Airfield turnaround (FAA-required documentation) in the amount of $1,027,305.67. The presenter noted the award materials, bid tabulation and FAA paperwork were included in the packet; the motion passed by voice vote.
- Requisition 2026-00036: purchase of a thermal multicopter search-and-rescue drone for county search-and-rescue operations, grant-funded. Jim (S11) of the sheriff’s office said the basic purchase includes one battery with flight times generally in the 45–50 minute range; three additional batteries and accessories are being purchased via a separate grant so operations will have four batteries total. Commissioners discussed usage safeguards after a resident raised concerns about past drone flights over private property; the motion to approve the purchase (listed at $8,367 in the record) passed.
- Garland/DBS Inc. thermography scan of the county community center roof to locate structural weak spots, not to exceed $5,132; approved by voice vote.
- Department of Human Services vendor run in the amount of $38,783.80; approved by voice vote.
- County vendor run (rest of county) totaling $246,434.23; approved by voice vote.
Record and vote details: motions were moved and seconded as indicated in the meeting; the transcript records the votes as affirmative by the commissioners present. The meeting transcript does not consistently attach individual commissioner names to each 'yes' vote in the spoken roll calls, so counts are reported as recorded in the meeting (motions passed by voice vote).
