Nathan Ruybal JOSCOIN CONEJoS COUNTY CLERK & RECORDER 6683 COUNTY ROAD1 13 POBOX127 CONEJOS,COLORADO 81129 TELEPHONE: 7193765422 FAX 7193765997 ruybaleco.omeos.cous COLDEAD Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners Regular Meeting held on January 17th, 2024, at 9:00 am in the Commissioners Board Room, 6693 County Road 13, Conejos, CO 81129 Comm. Jarvies called the meeting to order at 9:00 am Mitchell Jarvies - Chairperson - Present Carlos Garcia - Vice Chair - Present Joseph Baroz - Vice Chair- - Present Present: Tressesa Martinez-County Administrator - Nathan Ruybal-Clerk and Recorder - Connie Ricci-H HR Manager - Nick Sarmiento - County Attorney Pledge of Allegiance: Comm. Jarvies led everyone on the Pledge of Allegiance. Opening Prayer: Comm. Garcia gave the opening prayer. Approval of Agenda: Remove special meeting minutes for. Jan. 10th,2024. Add letter ofs support for Central S. Conejos Fire District. Remove Donnie from Road and Bridge from agenda. Comm. Garcia seconded that motion. Motion carried 3-0 Comm. Baroz makes motion to approve agenda as amended. Approval of Minutes: December 7th Regular Meeting Comm. Baroz makes ai motion to approve minutes as presented. Comm. Garcia seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 November 21St Special Meeting Comm. Garcia makes a motion to approve minutes as presented. Comm. Baroz seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 December 21st Regular Meeting Comm. Garcia makes a motion to approve minutes as presented. Comm. Baroz seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 1 January 4th Regular Meeting o Motion Carries 3-0 January 4th Special Meeting Comm. Baroz makes a motion to approve minutes as presented. Comm. Garcia seconds that motion. Comm. Garcia makes ai motion to approve minutes as presented. Comm. Baroz seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 No Public Comment Public Comment: Administrative Correspondence-7 Tressesa Martinez: Certification of Mill Levy Tress discusses that with all the delays due to legislative changes, Naomi our Assessor has verified that they are all correct as presented. Tress mentions that the certification needs to be presented to the State no later than the end of day on this day January 17, Comm. Jarvies asks Naomi if the legislative changes affected Mill Levy much for our Naomi mentions that there are some issues with full payments being made, however for the most part they resemble much of what they looked like a year prior, there are still some issues that will need to be worked out but is confident what is presented is accurate Comm. Garcia asks a question about when backfilling oft the Mill Levy to the Special 2024. Special Districts? for 2024. Districts will happen? Naomi believes that sometime in April. Comm. Baroz: makes ai motion to approve Mill Levy as presented. Comm. Garcia seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 Board Reviews for 2024 BOCC reviews list of boards and commissioners assigned to those boards and Designation ofl bank, county attorney, financial officer, newspaper all remains the same as 2023. commissioners agree to keep everything as it was for 2023. Comm. Garcia makes a motion to approve as presented. Comm. Baroz seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 Chairman of Board Motion to keep chairperson of the board with Comm. Jarvies and Comm. Garcia and Baroz as Vice Chairperson. Comm. Baroz makes a motion to approve as presented. Comm. Garcia seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 Letter of Support for Central Conejos Fire Protection District for grant funding. Comm. Garcia makes a motion to approve as presented. Comm. Baroz seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 2 Liquor License Renewal Nathan Ruybal: Red Bear Haus LLC. approval for the 2024 Liquor License for Red Bear Haus. Comm. Baroz makes a motion to approve as presented. Clerk Ruybal presents the renewal application for Red Bear Haus to the BOCC and asks for an Comm. Garcia seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 DSS Report - Nick Barela: Request for Approval Program and Admin Expenditures of $379,774.93 Comm. Garcia makes ai motion to approve as presented. Comm. Baroz seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 Request for Approval A/P of$37,584.49. Comm. Garcia seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 Comm. Baroz makes a motion to approve as presented. Caseload Report CONEJOS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIALSERVICES ONGOING WORKLOAD SUMMARY REPORT Jan-23 Feb-23 Mar-23 Apr-23 May-23 Jun-23 Jul-23 Aug-23 Sep-23 Oct-23 Nov-23 Dec-23 40 40 40 41 41 44 42 42 42 41 41 40 412 413 414 408 402 393 389 387 388 386 382 380 103 106 108 110 104 104 101 100 100 101 94 88 34 37 39 39 36 37 39 39 37 34 36 38 847 863 873 878 873 854 881 850 849 873 863 874 1983 1986 1991 2004 1990 1949 1901 1833 1776 1764 1684 1635 APS Child Care Childs Support Child Welfare Adult Financial Colorado Works Foods Stamps/Food Assistance Medical Assistance 9 7 9 6 9 10 5 6 7 8 8 TANF MOE Relief CCDSS accepted MOE Relief for FY23/24. This reduced allocation to $374,422 and the county MOE share down to $43,110. CCDSS FY 24 Budget has been updated accordingly. Comm. Garcia makes a motion to approve as presented. Comm. Baroz seconds that motion. Motion Carries 3-0 Public Health Report - Denise Jiron: Denise is looking for a Part Time commodity person tol help while Full Time person is out of office. Denise is still looking for a PCP supervisor. PH is planning inj participation in a SNS tabletop activity. Vaccines are available at PH by appoint every Thursday. Environmental Health - planned prescribed burni in Capulin. December 2023 PCP Program Clients: 54 Hours Worked: 1433.25 28 Providers 3 New Grant Application PH is currently submitting and application and budget for a new short term funding opportunity. The ELC COVID-19 Detection and Mitigation in Confinement Facilities is a four-month grant that allows PH to purchase items to be usedi in correction facilities and confined areas to prevent, assess and mitigate the spread of COVID 19. We are applying for $50,000.00 to be used between March and. June of 2024 in the local jail setting. This amount will also cover some salary for the PT Nurse and Community Health Navigator as well as equipment. Board of Health - Denise Jiron: CONEJOS COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT 1/17/2024 Narcan Distribution: Update on liability COLORADO Department of Public Health & Environment 911 Goods Samaritan! Law, CR.S.518-1-711 The 911 Good Samaritan Law states that a person is immune from criminal prosecution for an offense when the person reports, in good faith, an emergency drug or alcohol overdose even to a law enforcement officer, to the 911 system, or toa medical provider. This same immunity applies to persons who remain at the scene of the event until a law enforcement officer or an emergency medical responder arrives, or if the person remains at the facilities of the medical provider until a law enforcement officer, emergency medical responder, or medical provider arrives. The immunity described above also extends to the person who suffered the emergency drug or alcohol overdose event. There are limitations to immunity based upon possession and/or distribution of certain amounts of substances. ThirdParty! Naloxone, G.R.S.518-1-712 This law allows for a person other than a health care provider or health care facility who acts in good faith to administer naloxone to another person whom the person believes to be suffering an opiate-related drug overdose. The individual who administers naloxone shall bei immune from criminal prosecution for such an act. Amended July 13, 2020, to extend immunity to individuals administering expired naloxone. Naloxone Standing OM.CR)IRIL Signed into law on April 3, 2015, this law concerns the ability to fumish a supply of emergency drugs for the purposes of treating individuals who may experience an opiate-related overdose event. This bill allows licensed prescribers to prescribe, and licensed dispensers to dispense, an opiate antagonist, either pursuant to a direct prescriber order or in accordance with standing orders and protocols. 4 Public Health Coordination with CCSO and CC Ambulance - possible exposure to notified informally on 12/27/23; coordinated with CCSOLE, Ambulance partners and Regional EPI to mitigate situation and seek answers on 12/27/23: Initial contact with index case occurred on 12/19/23 on potential contagion exposure on 12/19/23; Successfully completed CICT and final staffing on 12/28/23. Meningitis is an infection/ntlammation of the brain and spinal cord surrounding membranes known as the meninges. Meningococcal meningitis is the term used too describe al bacterial form of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis. This form of meningitis is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Itspreads from person-to-person by coughing or coming into close or lengthy contact with someone who is sick or who carries the bacteria. meningococca meningitis to CCSO and Ambulance staff Seeking New Public Health Medical Officer Update on action taken so far Coordinate with County Attorney to formulate notification letter. Denise will introduce Dr. Clint Sowards as our new Boad ofl Health doctor. OEM Report - Rodney King: Conejos County Office of Emergency Management CC BOCC Report for. January 17,2024 1. San Luis Valley Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) SLVLEPC meeting December 13 was held and 2024 schedule was discussed. 2024-I LEPC Schedule Regular meeting On Site Visit 1stC Quarter January 22, 2024- 15:00 ZOOM meeting March - None scheduled? 2nd Quarter May 20th.2024, 1500 - ZOOM meeting June - None Scheduled? 3rd Quarter July 22"d, 2024, at 15:00 - ZOOM mtg. August - TBA 4th Quarter November 251h, 2024, at 15:00-TBA 2. Crisis Track account is Operational for Conejos County October - TBA Crisis Track is Disaster Management Software that The State of Colorado has adopted for all the Counties and Tribes in Colorado. 5 '2a. Conejos County - CRISIS TRACK Training was held on November gth. Assessment Types Survey - Broad Information Requirements, Subjective Measures of Damage and Impact, Assessment - Defined Information Requirements, Objective Measures ofl Damage and .hsmamitasknufleasumemslsms Dl-plapoketguidenir Estimation - Detailed Information Requirements, Objective Measurements of] Damage, Impact, and Cost to Repair, Time Sensitive Collection at Damage Locations Rapid Collection Across Broad Geographic Areas Impact, Time Sensitive Collection in Areas of] Impact FEMA'S PDA Pocket Guide: 3. Special Project Grant from the Division ofHomeland Security and Emergency Management Regional Grant from funds at the DHSEM - Emergency Management Planning Grant. We were awarded a little over $10,000. We will provide a 50% match from our SLV R EOC funds. $10,255.83 (reimbursement $5,127.93). Everything was submitted and reimbursement has been made. 4. The EMPG (Emergency Management Performance Grant) that funds 50% of our Office of Emergency Management is now open to start filling out the required forms that will be due on January 12, 2024. Ia am anticipating receiving reimbursement funds for 2024of$41,280. (1/2 ofmy proposed budget of $82,560). 5. SLV Broadband-- Dre Oaks-Jaramillo SLV BCO San Luis Valley Broadband Roundtable Symposium Wednesday, January 10, 2024, from 9:00. AM to 12:00 PM (MST) Ski Hi Complex, 2389-2499 Sherman Avenue, Monte Vista, CO 81144 Experiences & Perceptions of Internet Access in San Luis Valley A Qualitative Research Report Authored by Elizabeth Drogin, PhD December 2023 (Report Available -75 pages) 6. State Migrant Support Update Wednesday, January 17-4:00 - 4:30pm Meeting will be held via Zoom. Please use the following link: 7. Virtual Elected Officials & Department Heads Disaster Training 01/18/2024 @ 1300 Thursday, January 18-1:00 - 4:00pm 8. SLV EOC Class - Finances @ DHSEM (Alamosa) Monday, January 29-10:00am - 2:00pm 6 9. Kelsy Been Public Information Officer Colorado Avalanche Information Center Tos see the avalanche forecast for your area or to learn more about avalanche safety, go to wolvogpvansalansis CAIC always urges backcountry travelers to educate themselves. travel with safety gear, and know the forecast. Semi Annual Report - Mack Crowther: Cash on hand Investments 400.00 11,870,846.98 State of Colorado) County of Conejos) Community Banks of Colorado 729,216.43 Balance as of Dec 31, 2023 $ 12,600,463.41 )ss 1,Mack M. Crowther, Conejos County Treasurer, do hereby certify that the following Fund Balances & Investment Balances to the best of my knowledge and ability are true and correct as they appear from the records in my office Dec 31, 2023. In witness, Ihereby place my hand & official seal this 17" day of January 2024. Received and examined by the Board of Conejos County Commissioners this 17th AbDes day of. January 2024. Chairperson / C 2024 Conejos Mank z Cuibs Conejos County" Treasurer 2777 Published int the Valley Courier. Jan 24, 2024 Tyler update progress discussion: BOCC and Admin discuss current progress and issues that have occurred during this conversion. Meeting Adjourned at 10:38 am KA Nathan Ryybal Clerk ofthe Board ATTEST: Mitchell. Jarvies Chair ofBOCC dfaue 7