Cordry-Sweetwater board unanimously approves $215,000 in additional appropriations for spillway project

The Cordry-Sweetwater Conservancy District Board of Directors unanimously approved Resolution 2025-7 on June 27, 2025, authorizing $215,000 in additional appropriations to cover unexpected finalization costs and added engineering on the district's spillway project.

Board member Michael Leavitt opened a public hearing on the resolution at 5:17 p.m. and staff member Brittany Bay read the resolution to the board. Leavitt said some plan elements included in project bids were not finalized and that those gaps created extra costs to complete the work, citing the gates as an example. Staff member Nick Johann then reviewed the project timeline and described additional engineering expenses the board was being asked to fund.

Leavitt opened the floor for public comment; the meeting record does not show any members of the public speaking during the comment period. After the hearing, Board member Mark Rasdall moved to approve Resolution 2025-7, “Additional Appropriations in the amount of $215,000,” and Board member Randy Brumfield seconded the motion.

The board approved the resolution by roll-call vote: Michael Leavitt — Aye; Jim Maulden — Aye; Randy Brumfield — Aye; Mark Rasdall — Aye; Aaron Parris (present virtually) — Aye. The motion passed unanimously.

Shortly after the vote the board moved to adjourn; the motion to adjourn was seconded and passed, and the meeting concluded at 5:19 p.m. The submitted minutes include a signing line that reads "Respectfully submitted" and references Ted Adolay as "CSCD Board Secretary." The minutes also list Adolay among those absent earlier in the record; that inconsistency appears in the transcript and is noted here as a clerical discrepancy in the meeting record.