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Dolores County commissioners complete reorganization, adopt senior services Title VI plan and approve routine administrative resolutions
Summary
At its Jan. 20 meeting the Dolores County Board of County Commissioners retained its chair and vice chair, approved employee rosters and courthouse hours, readopted a procurement policy, adopted a Title VI plan for senior services, hired a public health administrator and approved banking and road-inventory items.
The Dolores County Board of County Commissioners used its Jan. 20 meeting to complete annual reorganization and a set of routine administrative actions. Commissioners retained Commissioner Stasny as chair and Commissioner Yellman as vice chair, approved the employee roster and courthouse hours, and designated the Cortez Journal as the county's official newspaper pending any future legislative change that would allow alternative publication methods.
Commissioners reviewed and readopted the county procurement policy (identified in the record as a re-adoption resolution) that was first adopted in 2016 to meet federal and state grant requirements and to allow limited local preferences and exceptions when procurement options are constrained locally. The board also unanimously adopted the Dolores County Title VI Plan for senior services after staff and a department head (Lisa) presented the plan as meeting federal requirements for the senior services program.
In personnel actions, the board voted to hire Julie Kyell as the county's new public health administrator and discussed an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with a neighboring county for the public health director role; the appointment was for the administrator function while the IGA for the director post proceeds.
Financial and administrative housekeeping included the treasurer's semiannual report outlining that the general fund collections were down approximately $288,000 from the prior year for the same period; commissioners asked staff to supply a full taxing-entity revenue breakdown by email. The board approved a resolution (noted in the record as 01-26-02) naming approved banks for county deposits and accepted an updated road inventory for submission to the appropriate state program.
Other routine items — including approval of minutes from December meetings, renewal of the State Line Bar and Grill liquor license, corrections to a GIS contract and approval of board and advisory memberships for 2026 — were moved, seconded and approved, generally by unanimous vote.
What happens next: Staff will finalize contract corrections, circulate the procurement and Title VI plan documentation to relevant departments, and provide the requested tax and revenue breakdown to commissioners by email. The board also scheduled follow-up signatures and paperwork for completed resolutions.
