Pursuant to C.R.S. 24-6-402, the Board of County Commissioners ("BoCC"), at their first regular meeting of the calendar year, shall designate a public posting place(s) for notice of agendas.  Pursuant to C.R.S. 30-10-109, the BoCC is required to establish the days and office hours for county offices to be kept open for the transaction of county business.  Pursuant to C.R.S. 30-10-303, at the first meeting of the year, the BoCC sets the dates and times for BoCC meetings.  This resolution complies with these three statutory requirements.

Pursuant to C.R.S. 27-1-104, the governing body of each local government shall designate or appoint a person to prepare the annual budget for submittal to that governing body.  The County Administrator/Manager has historically been designated as the Budget Officer for Archuleta County.

This request is to consider a Resolution authorizing the consolidation of Tract C RV and Tract C PORTION RV, in Ridgeview, to become Tract CX, owned by OGI Real Estate Holdings, LLC. This consolidation has been reviewed and is recommended for approval by the Development Services Director.  The impact to the County budget includes fees paid per the County Fee Schedule, generally balanced by reduction in property taxes.  Responsible Staff Member: Brandon Wolff, Planner.

This request is to consider a Resolution authorizing the consolidation of Lots 241 and 242, in Lake Hatcher Park, to become Lot 241X, owned by Thomas E. Brennen and Judith T. Brennen. This consolidation has been reviewed and is recommended for approval by the Development Services Director.  The impact to the County budget includes fees paid per the County Fee Schedule, generally balanced by reduction in property taxes.  Responsible Staff Member: Brandon Wolff, Planner.

This request is to consider a Resolution authorizing the un-consolidation of Lot 22X, Block 5, in Lake Pagosa Park, to become Lots 22XA and 23A, owned by Gregory L and Joni L. Landrum. This un-consolidation has been reviewed and is recommended for approval by the Development Services Director.  The impact to the County budget includes fees paid per the County Fee Schedule.  Responsible Staff Member: Brandon Wolff, Planner.

On December 7, 2021, the BoCC approved an Animal Shelter Management and Services Agreement with the Humane Society of Pagosa Springs, but did not approve the annual fee increase proposed in that Agreement.  The Humane Society has now provided a revised Agreement which increases the annual fee from $50,000 to $57,500 in 2022, and compounded by 15% each year through 2026.  This agenda item is for the BoCC to reconsider the originally proposed Agreement with an annual fee of $62,500 or to accept the five-year proposal.

An RFP for the low-voltage wiring and other services for the new DHS building was advertised in the newspaper and on the county website.  One bid was received and staff recommends awarding this contract to Axxis Audio for a cost not to exceed $66,575 (sales tax should be removed from the proposals).

This is an application for a Special Use Park Permit for Pagosa Nordic Club's use of Cloman Park for events on January 8th, 9th, 14th and 22nd and February 5th and 11th (each for 3-4 hours).  The Pagosa Nordic Club is requesting a waiver of the permit fees (approximately $100-$125 each day) since they provide free community cross-country ski trails at Cloman Park.

This Intergovernmental Agreement between Archuleta County, Dolores County, La Plata County, Montezuma County and San Juan County provides the manner in which Opioid Funds shall be divided and distributed within Region 17, as defined in the Colorado Opioids Summary Memorandum of Understanding.

Following the county-mandated procurement process, the County received six bids for on-call engineering services.  Staff evaluated the bids based upon cost and experience.  Staff recommends awarding multiple contracts to allow for the best firm to perform the services depending on the scope, timeline and costs.  Staff recommends Bohanan Huston, SEH and Davis Engineering as the three on-call engineering firms.

In January 2021, the Board of County Commissioners (“BoCC”) approved a Master Agreement for Professional Services with Short Elliott Hendrickson (SEH)  for engineering consulting services related to the county landfill.  This Amendment #2 provides for additional work that was done during 2021 related to issues raised by CDPHE.  The cost for the work is estimated to be $16,517.  

The Supplemental Letter Agreement authorizes SEH to perform engineering consulting work related to the Cell 4B expansion and Cell 4A repairs.  The cost for this work is estimated to be $172,112.

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On December 31, 2021, County Manager Derek Woodman signed the Declaration of Local Disaster.  This resolution extends the Declaration until February 2, 2022.