13:17 → 15:25(2m 7s)
Chair Kristen Stevens opened the Dec. 17 work session, named the meeting topic (an update on multi‑year behavioral health funding development), introduced commissioners John Kapalis and Jody Shattuck McNally, County Manager Lorenda Volker, and turned the briefing over to Amy Martinis (Behavioral Health Services director).
Larimer County commissioners received a staff and consultant briefing on options for a new multi‑year behavioral health funding framework that stakeholders ranked. Staff described three prioritized investments — workforce, cross‑organizational incentives (co‑location), and a consumer access portal — and outlined a fiscal model intended to preserve reserves while enabling 3–10 year system investments. Commissioners asked about rural engagement, lived‑experience data, workforce training and retention, flexibility of obligations, and potential braided funding with Referendum 1B; no formal vote was taken.
