000967711/320241 11:57AM Yuma County Recorder, BEVERLY' WENGER Page 1 of3 COMMIN R 0.00S0.00 STO.00D0.00  YUMA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS October 15, 2024 Minutesl  On October 15, 2024 at 8:00 a.m., the Yuma County Board ofCommissionersi met in regular session. Chairman Mike Leerar, Commissioner. Scott' Weaver, Commissioner. Adam Gates, and Administrator Brandi Ritchey were The Commissioners reviewed and signed accounts payable and discussed various meetings attended  present throughout the day. throughout the prior month. Road and Bridge provide department updates.  Road & Bridge Supervisor Tom Andersenand Blade Forman. Justin Lorimer. joined the meeting at 8:30 a.m. to Open Positions = Andersen stated that he has an open mining position. Ritchey will work with Budget-T The group reviewed the current Road and Bridge Budget. Andersen stated that if we would like to seal the price on the 2025 Grader purchase, a decision willl have to be made before the end of Commissioner Gates moved to approve the purchase of a Motor Grader with a Rock and Roll Packer in the amount of $427,383.13 to be purchased out of Fund 2. Commissioner Mowing Report = Andersen provided the Commissioners with a mowing report. Area Y-12 will be finished this week.. Areas' Y-13, Y-10 and Y-8 will follow. After those areas are complete, areas Y-4 and  Andersen to get the position advertised.  October. Earlier the group discussed fuel rates fort the 2025 budget  Weaver seconded the motion which passed by unanimous vote.  Y-3 will be re-mowed.  Human Services  The Board of County Commissioners convened as the Board of Social Services at 9:30 a.m. Human Services Director Karal Hoover, Administrative, Assistant Loris Summers, Income Maintenance Supervisor Dalene Rogers, Child Welfare & Adult Protection! Supervisor Hollie Hillmanand Child' Welfare Caseworker Nathon Reinick were present. Detailed minutes of the Board of Social Services are maintained separately by the Department of  Human Services. The Board of County Commissioners reconvened at 11:00 a.m.  CTSI  The Commissioners were. joined by Meredith Burcham, Executive Director of County Technical Services, Inc. (CTSI) via GoTo Meetings at 11:00am. Marissa provided the commissioners with an overview of CTSI's services, which include three pools of insurance for counties across Colorado: County Health Pool, County Workers' Compensation and Casualty and Property Insurance. In addition to insurance, CTSI offers risk management, loss control, employee education and human resource assistance. Burcham also shared the  estimated CAPP and CWCP rates for Yuma County for the year of 2025.  Minutes prepared by BrandiF Ritchey area a summary of discussions, not a verbatim: account.  Page 1of3    00009677 11/13/2024 11:57 AM Yuma County Recorder, BEVERLYWENGER Page 2 of 3 COMMIN R 0.00 S 0.00 ST 0.00D 0.00  Commissioner's Minutes October 15, 2024  Administrator's Report discussion and action:  At 1:00 p.m. Administrator Brandi Ritchey reviewed calls, correspondence, and presented the following for  Minutes-1 The Commissioners reviewed the minutes from the previous BOCCmeetings.  Commissioner Gates moved to approve the minutes from the September 26, 2024 regular meeting oft the Board of County Commissioners. CommissionerWeaverseconded the motion,  which passed unanimously. Signatures and Ratifications - Resolutions/Ordinances/Signatures:  Commissioner Weaver moved to sign Resolution 10-15-2024A Opposition of Ballot Initiative 31. Commissioner Gates seconded the motion, which passed by unanimous vote. Commissioner Gates moved to ratify the approval for a purchase of a new garage door for the vehicle storage building. The purchase will be made out of Fund 01-109. Commissioner Commissioner Gates moved to ratify the bid for tree removal int front oft the courthouse. The expense willl bes spent out ofF Fund 01-109. Commissioner Weaver seconded the motion which Commissioner Weaver moved to ratify the approval of the revised rental fees at the Yuma County Fairgrounds. Non-profit organizations will be charges 25% of the standard rental fees. Commissioner Gates seconded the motion, which was approved by unanimous vote. Commissioner Weaver moved ratify the approval of the signature on the Landfill Assurance Letter for the 2023 Audit. Commissioner Gates seconded the motion. The motion passed by Department Reports - The Commissioners received various department reports including an update on the administration of the Eastern Transportation Planning Region, discussion of business undertaken! by the 911 Authority Board and' Washington Yuma Combined Communications Board." The group also discussed upcoming events such as the employee Christmas party and Ag Week. Correspondence = Ritchey presented two reimbursement requests for review: one from Yuma Commissioner Weaver moved to approve the budgeted reimbursement request for Idalia Ambulance Service for $7,198.43 to be paid out of 01-403. Commissioner Gates seconded Commissioner Weaver moved to approve the budgeted reimbursement request for Yuma Ambulance Service for $2,080.65 to be paid out of 01-403. Commissioner Gates seconded  Weaver seconded the motion, which passed by unanimous vote.  passed by unanimous vote.  unanimous vote.  Ambulance and another from Idalia Ambulance Service.  the motion which passed by unanimous vote. the motion which passed by unanimous vote.  Page 2of3    00009677 11/13/2024 11:57 AM Yuma County Recorder, BEVERLYWENGER Page 3 of3 3 COMMIN R 00050.005T0,0D000  Commissioner's Minutes October 15, 2024  There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m. and the group conducted a Budget Work Session The next regular meetings of the Board of County Commissioners will be on October 15,  2024. Mike Chairman Leerar, 22 ATTEST: 3  Bindi  Rthuy  A. COIN SEAL GIORADO  Brandi Ritchey, Adminigrator  Dohapx  Beverly Wenger,County Clerk  Page 30 of3    00009678 11/13/2024 11:57 AM Yuma County Recorder, BEVERLYWENGER Page 1 of2 COMMIN R 0.00 S 0.00 ST 0.00 D 0.00  BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COUNTY OF YUMA, STATE OF COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 10-15-2024A  RESOLUTION OPPOSING COLORADO BALLOT. INITIATIVE91  WHEREAS, respectful and responsible hunting is a time-honored tradition in Colorado;  and  WHEREAS, iti is the policy oft the state of Colorado that the state's wildlife and their environment are to be protected, preserved, enhanced, and managed for the use, benefit, and enjoyment of the people of this  state and its visitors; and  WHEREAS, Colorado's wildlife is ai resource owned by the people of this state; and  WHEREAS, Colorado law provides that the state "shall utilize hunting, trapping, andfishing as the WHEREAS, thel North. American ModelofWildlife Conservation used! by Colorado Parks and Wildlife WHEREAS, the populations of mountain lion, bobcat and lynx are thriving, healthy, and stable in WHEREAS, the human population of Colorado continues to grow, and residential development WHEREAS, an unmanaged population of large predators will inevitably lead to increased human WHEREAS, sapient citizens need look noi further than the bloody and financiallyruinous aftermath of gray wolfreintroduction on agricultural lands following the passage ofProposition 114 in 2020 to understand  primary. methods ofeffecting necessary wildlife harvests' "; and  (CPW) is the most successful wildlife management model in the world; and  Colorado under the current CPW management plan; and  continues to expand into traditional mountain lion and bobcat habitat; and  conflict, on both agricultural and residential lands; and  the folly ofballot-box biology; and  WHEREAS, Ballot Initiative 91 would upend decades of research by CPW, eviscerate the West Slope Mountain Lion Plan, and render irrelevant an ongoing decade-long study int the Upper Arkansas River drainage basin to establish the relationship between human-lion conflict and changes in hunter harvest levels; and WHEREAS, Ballot Initiative 91 is another example of misguided ballot-box biology, funded largely by groups outside of Colorado, which contains language that is confusing at best, and intentionally deceptive  at worst.  Opposition of Ballot Initiative! 91  Resolution 10-15-2024A  Page 1 of2    00009678 11/13/2024 11:57 AM Yuma County Recorder, BEVERLY WENGER Page 2 of2 COMMIN R 0.00 $0.005T0,00D0.00  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Yuma County Board of County Commissioners  as follows:  1. The Yuma County Commissioners hereby convey their opposition to Ballot Initiative 91; and 2. The Yuma County Commissioners also commend Colorado Parks and Wildlife fori its exemplary work to maintain healthy and thriving populations of mountain lion, bobcat and lynx, and for its national  leadership in wildlife conservation.  MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners oft the County of Yuma, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of October, 2024. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on a motion duly made  and seconded, adopted by unanimous vote oft thel Board ofYuma County Commissioners.  ADOPTED this 15th day ofOctober, 2024.  THE. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF YUMA COUNTY,STATE OF COLORADO  Scott Weaver  4  Vhnny lbs  CUINAA Adam Gates  ATTEST: B-Pagr Beverly A. Wenger, County Glerk.,  SEAL GIORADO  Opposition of Ballot Initiative 91  Resolution 10-15-2024A  Page 2 of2