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Fraser trustees approve several resolutions, set interim manager and utility limits; multiple infrastructure items advanced or tabled
Summary
The Fraser Board of Trustees approved a package of resolutions at its June meeting: appointment of an interim town manager, bank-signer updates, mandatory watering restrictions, DDA appointments and participation in a childcare stipend pilot. The board approved a Union Pacific design-review fee, tabled a power contract for further review, and authorized executive sessions on legal matters.
Fraser's Board of Trustees passed a series of resolutions and took other formal actions at its regular meeting, moving the town through short-term leadership changes and drought-response measures while advancing several infrastructure and community programs.
The board voted to appoint Sarah Catanzarite, the town's assistant town manager, as interim town manager beginning July 2 after Michael Bragg submitted his resignation effective July 1. The trustees also approved an update to United Business Bank signers removing the outgoing town manager and adding the interim town manager; the motion stated the mayor, mayor pro tem Peggy Smith, and town clerk Antoinette McVay would remain signers and that finance director Laurie (billing/finance staff) would retain account access without signing authority.
Trustees approved Resolution 20260603 imposing mandatory outdoor watering restrictions effective July 1 to align with other Fraser Valley providers: single-family addresses with even numbers may water Sundays and Thursdays; odd-numbered addresses may water Saturdays and Wednesdays; multifamily, HOAs and commercial properties are limited to Tuesdays and Fridays; town parks will be watered twice weekly; and communal irrigated areas were asked to reduce usage by 20%.
The board approved Resolution 20260604 appointing Cassidy Peterson, Nick Crabb and Kelly Peck to the Fraser Downtown Development Authority for four-year terms; applications and qualifications were discussed during the meeting. Trustees also approved participation in a three-year childcare educator stipend pilot (Resolution 20260605) that would send quarterly stipends to nonprofit early childhood educators through the Grand Foundation, contingent on annual appropriations.
On infrastructure, trustees approved Resolution 20260602 to proceed with design-review fees requested by Union Pacific Railroad to lower and correct an underpass on County Road 72 and address drainage; the fee cited in discussion was approximately $35,000 after negotiation. The board discussed but did not approve the site-specific contract with Mountain Parks Electric for three-phase power to a new public works facility (quoted at $349,657); trustees asked staff to return with additional pricing and routing analysis and tabled that item to the next meeting.
The board also authorized two executive sessions for attorney–client privileged legal advice on litigation and land-use matters under CRS 24-6-402(4)(b).
Votes and outcomes (as recorded in the meeting): - Resolution 20260606 (interim town manager): approved. - United Business Bank signer update (UBB): approved. - Resolution 20260603 (mandatory watering restrictions): approved. - Resolution 20260604 (DDA appointments): approved. - Resolution 20260605 (childcare educator stipend pilot participation): approved. - Resolution 20260601 (site-specific power contract with Mountain Parks Electric): continued/tabled for further review. - Resolution 20260602 (Union Pacific design review): approved.
The meeting record shows the motions were moved and seconded and votes were called with trustees responding “Aye” for the approved items; no roll-call tallies with full names and counts were recorded in the transcript for each vote.
What happens next: staff will schedule public interviews for the town manager finalists in early July, return with additional analysis on the Mountain Parks Electric contract and routing, and implement the watering restrictions beginning July 1 as adopted. The board also asked staff to pursue drought education and additional planning on drought pricing and meter-access improvements.
