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| I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. | 00:11:01 | |
| And to the Republic for which it stands. | 00:11:05 | |
| Nation of God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. | 00:11:08 | |
| Thank you all. It is Monday, May 12th, 9:00. | 00:11:13 | |
| Board of County Commissioners hearing roll call, please. | 00:11:18 | |
| Ethan Maxie, Lynette Pepler. | 00:11:22 | |
| Kevin Ross. | 00:11:24 | |
| Here, Buck. | 00:11:26 | |
| Reflect that four out of five commissioners are here. | 00:11:28 | |
| Minutes. Minutes from April 28th, 2025. It has been moved by Commissioner Ross, second by Commissioner James. Further discussion. | 00:11:31 | |
| All in favor, say aye. Opposed say nay. | 00:11:40 | |
| Amendments to the agenda. We have any. | 00:11:43 | |
| All right, Consent agenda move to approve consent agenda second. It has been moved by Commissioner Maxie. Second by Commissioner | 00:11:46 | |
| Ross. Further discussion. | 00:11:50 | |
| All in favor, say aye. Opposed say. | 00:11:54 | |
| And the consent agenda is approved. Now the best part? | 00:11:57 | |
| Proclamations. | 00:12:01 | |
| So Captain Turner, if you want to just come to the podium, I'm going to try to do this justice without. | 00:12:04 | |
| Crying all right Proclamation May 11th through the 17th 2025 National Weld County Police Officer Week. | 00:12:10 | |
| May 15, 2025 National Peace Officers Memorial Day. | 00:12:19 | |
| May 15th, 2025 Well counties following officer memorial tribute ceremony. | 00:12:23 | |
| WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States of America has designated the week of May 11 through May 17th. | 00:12:28 | |
| 2025 to be dedicated as the National Police Week and Wednesday, May 15, 2025 as the National Peace. | 00:12:35 | |
| Officers Memorial Day. | 00:12:42 | |
| And whereas law enforcement officers are the garden guardians of life and property and the defenders of individual rights to be | 00:12:43 | |
| free. | 00:12:47 | |
| And live under the constitution that allows these rights to be exercised. | 00:12:51 | |
| Who worked tirelessly in the fight against crime and other wrongs to society. | 00:12:55 | |
| And whereas it is known that in 2024 every 53 hours. | 00:13:00 | |
| An American law enforcement An officer died in the line of duty somewhere in the great country. | 00:13:05 | |
| And during this last year, 165 brave men and women have lost their lives in the performance of their duties. | 00:13:11 | |
| Two of them were from the state of Colorado. | 00:13:18 | |
| Our community joins with other cities, towns and counties to honor all peace officers everywhere throughout our great nation. | 00:13:21 | |
| And whereas it is known that the citizens of Well County have lost ten officers, troopers and deputies in the line of duty. | 00:13:29 | |
| Officer Lee Whitman, Deputy Earl Buckner. | 00:13:36 | |
| Trooper Wallace McCarty. | 00:13:40 | |
| Chief Richard Ware. | 00:13:42 | |
| Officer Jameson Longworth. | 00:13:44 | |
| Officer Richard Hart. | 00:13:47 | |
| Deputy Sam Brownlee, Trooper Daniel Groves. | 00:13:49 | |
| Master Trooper William Moden. | 00:13:53 | |
| An officer Ty Allen Powell. | 00:13:56 | |
| And WHEREAS the Board of County Commissioners calls upon all citizens in Well County to especially honor and show sincere | 00:13:58 | |
| appreciation for the peace officers of this county by deed, remark and attitude. | 00:14:05 | |
| We call upon all citizens. | 00:14:12 | |
| To make every effort to express their thanks to our officers who make it possible for all of us to leave our homes and family. | 00:14:15 | |
| In safety and each and every day, and to return to our homes knowing that we are protected by men and women willing to sacrifice | 00:14:22 | |
| their lives if necessary to guard our loved ones. | 00:14:28 | |
| Government and a way of life against all those who would violate the law and seek to destroy our way of life. | 00:14:34 | |
| Now, therefore. | 00:14:41 | |
| Be it proclaimed by the Board of Well County Commissioners that the week of May 11th through May 17th. | 00:14:42 | |
| 2025 be known as well County Police officers week and Thursday May 15th. | 00:14:49 | |
| 2025 be known as Peace Officers Memorial Day. | 00:14:54 | |
| A Well County Fallen Officer memorial tribute. | 00:14:58 | |
| Ceremony honoring those lost. | 00:15:01 | |
| Will also be held on May 15th, 2025. Signed by all 5 County Commissioners. | 00:15:05 | |
| Please, Sir, you know well, first of all, thank you all. | 00:15:15 | |
| I really do appreciate being here today. | 00:15:19 | |
| Perry, I really love that you read that this morning and that you're going to come read that on Thursday for us. | 00:15:22 | |
| I feel like every week, every other day. | 00:15:27 | |
| There's some kind of recognition event? | 00:15:30 | |
| You know, National Donut Day, which is usually very important to cops, I will admit that. | 00:15:33 | |
| There's something going on every single day, right? | 00:15:38 | |
| And I think that personally, I get a little jaded over it. | 00:15:42 | |
| Through the years, the sheriff and I've had lots of conversations about doing, even continue doing this event. | 00:15:47 | |
| It takes a lot of planning, a lot of coordination. | 00:15:52 | |
| It's it's a lot of work to put it on. | 00:15:56 | |
| But also. | 00:15:59 | |
| For some people, events like this, weeks like this are just one more day of the year that really brings up some some really bad | 00:16:01 | |
| memories. | 00:16:05 | |
| Umm, all that together. | 00:16:10 | |
| I had kind of a gut check moment last month. | 00:16:14 | |
| I was listening to one of our employees speak as he was getting an award. | 00:16:17 | |
| And he brought up Sam's name. | 00:16:21 | |
| And he started crying. | 00:16:23 | |
| And in that jaded. | 00:16:25 | |
| Pit of my heart, right? | 00:16:27 | |
| I thought this guy was in Sam's friend. | 00:16:29 | |
| He didn't work on the road with Sam. | 00:16:33 | |
| Like why is he getting choked up? | 00:16:35 | |
| And I realized that I don't get to choose the impact. | 00:16:38 | |
| That someone like Sam has on another person. | 00:16:41 | |
| I don't get to choose the impact that his sacrifice has on the community. | 00:16:44 | |
| I have said it many times in recent history, but I believe that. | 00:16:49 | |
| Public safety is a community event. It's a community struggle. | 00:16:54 | |
| The Sheriff's Office doesn't do that alone. Sheriff Reeves doesn't do that alone. | 00:16:57 | |
| And because of that, events like this mean a lot to a community who strives to be safe. | 00:17:01 | |
| And strives to make sure that they are safe every day as they're doing what they want to do in life. | 00:17:07 | |
| So for that reason, I think about it and the 165 people. | 00:17:12 | |
| Who lost their lives trying to make sure that their communities were safe? | 00:17:17 | |
| And the two from Colorado. | 00:17:20 | |
| They deserve to have their names read in front of the community and be recognized in front of the community. | 00:17:22 | |
| Though we may not know them. Though I may have no connection with them. | 00:17:26 | |
| We are connected in that entire mission. | 00:17:30 | |
| To make sure. | 00:17:34 | |
| That our kids, our families. | 00:17:36 | |
| Everything we do is safe as we as we live through life. | 00:17:38 | |
| So for that reason. | 00:17:42 | |
| You know, looking toward the future, this is going to be an ongoing event that we do. | 00:17:43 | |
| And and proudly. | 00:17:47 | |
| So we'd like to invite the community. Anyone is welcome to come. | 00:17:48 | |
| No reservation is needed at 6:00 PM on Thursday evening. | 00:17:53 | |
| There will be. | 00:17:57 | |
| A time where we read off all the names to include the 10 names that you just read here. | 00:17:58 | |
| We will also have a 21 gun salute. | 00:18:03 | |
| Have somewhere to play taps? | 00:18:06 | |
| And actually this year, in past years, we've done a. | 00:18:08 | |
| Digital recording of the national anthem, but we're gonna have someone sing it this year. | 00:18:10 | |
| So I think it'll be a really good event. | 00:18:14 | |
| One thing we're focusing on this year is to make sure that long drug out speeches like what I just did are not present there and | 00:18:16 | |
| that the people on that list. | 00:18:21 | |
| Or the focus of the ceremony. | 00:18:25 | |
| So there's not gonna be any guest speak or anything like that? | 00:18:27 | |
| It's just us reading off those names, remembering them. | 00:18:30 | |
| And spending time together as a community. So thank you very much and we look forward to Thursday and anybody is welcome to come. | 00:18:32 | |
| Thank you so much. I'm sure the board would like to say some words, Commissioner James. | 00:18:38 | |
| Spirit, which you just said, Captain, I'm a man of many words. I'll keep my words for you here. | 00:18:43 | |
| Thank you and thanks to those who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep us safe. | 00:18:47 | |
| I appreciate you and your. | 00:18:51 | |
| And your crew, thank you. Thank you. | 00:18:52 | |
| And Commissioner Maxey, thank you, Madam Chair. | 00:18:55 | |
| Thank you, Captain Turner. I don't know if any of us could have said any, any better than what you just said right there. So thank | 00:18:57 | |
| you for those words. They they. | 00:19:01 | |
| Reign true with me. It makes me kind of gut check myself sometimes, maybe when I think of certain people or certain situations | 00:19:05 | |
| that might not be. | 00:19:09 | |
| Totally impactful to me, but they impact others and so thank you for those words. | 00:19:13 | |
| The job that you and the other men and women in blue, so to speak, do every day. | 00:19:16 | |
| Across our country. | 00:19:23 | |
| Is something that's not just. | 00:19:24 | |
| Seen and observed and felt by those who Don the uniform, but it's also seen and felt, as you said, by the community members. | 00:19:26 | |
| But probably nobody more closely than your families. | 00:19:33 | |
| So I not only thank you and your service and our other men and women, especially here in Will County who who keep us safe every | 00:19:36 | |
| day, but also your families. Thank you, thank you. | 00:19:40 | |
| Commissioner Ross. | 00:19:45 | |
| Captain Turner, I just want to say thank you in a state that wants to continually attack our peace officers. | 00:19:47 | |
| And make. | 00:19:53 | |
| Their rights go away while enabling our criminal. | 00:19:54 | |
| Criminal folks and their rights. | 00:19:58 | |
| It's challenging. It's tough to be a peace officer in this state right now. | 00:20:00 | |
| And my hat goes off to you and the men and women. | 00:20:04 | |
| That surrounds you and across our state. | 00:20:06 | |
| So diligently Don the uniform on a daily basis and and do so and protect our lives while putting theirs at risk. And I just want | 00:20:09 | |
| to say thank you to that. | 00:20:14 | |
| To those fallen officers. | 00:20:19 | |
| Uh, you guys have done a fine job. | 00:20:21 | |
| Of recognizing Sam Brownlee. | 00:20:23 | |
| Umm, not everyone can get a shooting range, you know, named after him. | 00:20:27 | |
| But that's how their memory goes on, right? | 00:20:31 | |
| For those officers that were impacted and continue to be impacted by that. | 00:20:35 | |
| It provides a reminder of what a great man. | 00:20:39 | |
| He was and how he served the folks of well County in such a great way so. | 00:20:42 | |
| Obviously, our heart continues to go out to his family and to those impacted by his Lawson. | 00:20:46 | |
| I just want to say thank you. Job well done. Thank you, Sir. | 00:20:51 | |
| Well, I agree with everything that's been said, but I am so humbled and so honored to get to serve with you, to serve with our. | 00:20:53 | |
| Sheriff's Office I I don't know how you do it and as long as I'm. | 00:21:02 | |
| A commissioner as well as not a commissioner. | 00:21:08 | |
| In Well County, we will always, always appreciate and we will always more than anything respect our law enforcement. | 00:21:11 | |
| So just know that we are here, we stand with you, stand beside you and just. | 00:21:19 | |
| Honor you for all the sacrifices that you make that make us feel safe. So thank you so, so much and we would be honored to have a | 00:21:24 | |
| picture with you. | 00:21:28 | |
| Mike. | 00:21:36 | |
| Absolutely. | 00:21:50 | |
| All right, OK. | 00:21:52 | |
| 1 2/3. | 00:22:00 | |
| Oh, sorry, new phone. All right, I'm going to try this one too, just so I have that. | 00:22:08 | |
| I feel sorry. Xbox 123. | 00:22:13 | |
| Perfect. Thank you all so much. Thank you guys very much. | 00:22:17 | |
| Actually, I'll take it today. OK, OK. Sounds great. | 00:22:23 | |
| All right. Next are warrants, General warrants. | 00:22:43 | |
| Move to approve second has been moved by Commissioner Ross, second by Commissioner Maxie. | 00:22:48 | |
| Further discussion. | 00:22:53 | |
| All in favor say aye, opposed say nay General. General Warrens are approved. | 00:22:55 | |
| Good morning, Toby. Time for bids. | 00:23:00 | |
| Resend and approve bid B 250-0020 to boiler and piping replacement for alternative programs Building Facilities Department | 00:23:03 | |
| Rescheduled from 3/17/2025. | 00:23:09 | |
| An advertiser's bid is for replacement of boilers and piping for the hot water system at the Weld County Alternative Programs | 00:23:15 | |
| Building. | 00:23:19 | |
| The low bid was from FRPHI Hydronics LLC. | 00:23:23 | |
| And was awarded on March 17, 2025. | 00:23:27 | |
| During the submittal process, the contractor failed to provide the specified equipment. | 00:23:31 | |
| In their submittal. | 00:23:36 | |
| That was required by the bid and subsequently withdrew their bid. The second low bid is from Harper Mechanical and meets | 00:23:38 | |
| specifications. | 00:23:42 | |
| Therefore, the Facilities Department is recommending rescinding the award to FRPHI Hydronics LLC. | 00:23:46 | |
| And instead awarding the project to Harper Mechanical Inc. | 00:23:54 | |
| In the amount of $238,158. | 00:23:57 | |
| All right. Are there any questions from the board? | 00:24:02 | |
| Move to resend the bid and then approve Harper mechanical aim for bid 25,022. | 00:24:04 | |
| 2nd, but it's been moved by Commissioner Ross, second by Commissioner Maxey. Further discussion. | 00:24:10 | |
| All in favor say aye aye. Opposed say nay. | 00:24:15 | |
| Bid B to 500-0022 is approved. | 00:24:18 | |
| #2 Approved BID B 250-0061 Employee health clinic renovation facilities department. | 00:24:23 | |
| As advertised, this bid is for the renovation for the employee health clinic. | 00:24:31 | |
| Located at the Well County Public Health Building, the low bid is from Swift Builders LLC and Neat Specifications. | 00:24:35 | |
| Therefore, the Facilities Department is recommending the awards with Builders LLC in the amount of. | 00:24:41 | |
| $615,858. | 00:24:47 | |
| Right. Are there any questions at the board? | 00:24:50 | |
| If you approve bid B 25,061 second. It has been moved by Commissioner James, second by Commissioner Ross. Further discussion. | 00:24:52 | |
| All in favor, say aye. Opposed say nay. | 00:25:00 | |
| Bid B 250-0061 is approved. | 00:25:03 | |
| #3 Present bid B 250-0046 Jail 2 W uninterrupted power supply UPS upgrade facilities department. | 00:25:06 | |
| More vendors have replied to the solicitation. The Facilities Department is reviewing those replies and anticipates bringing a | 00:25:17 | |
| recommendation to the Board on May 28th, 2025. | 00:25:21 | |
| All right. Are there any questions of the board? | 00:25:27 | |
| Nope, seeing none. Thank you, Toby. | 00:25:29 | |
| That takes us to new business. | 00:25:32 | |
| Good morning, Jason. | 00:25:36 | |
| Consider contract ID 9408 Purchased order agreement for marketing campaign participation. | 00:25:39 | |
| Allowed allocated funds concerning Diabetes Prevention Program DPP education for local health care providers and authorized the | 00:25:45 | |
| Chair to sign IFC Incorporated LLC. | 00:25:52 | |
| Good morning, Commissioners. Jason Chester with the Health Department. | 00:25:59 | |
| This is a. | 00:26:02 | |
| Small Grant. | 00:26:04 | |
| Award for. | 00:26:06 | |
| Outreach specifically targeting local medical providers associated with our diabetes prevention program. | 00:26:08 | |
| And you all are probably recall we've talked about the diabetes prevention program here, that's a year long program that folks | 00:26:14 | |
| they're pre diabetic can go through. | 00:26:18 | |
| And to help facilitate lifestyle changes to prevent them from progressing in the type 2 diabetes. | 00:26:23 | |
| Our department. | 00:26:29 | |
| Provide screenings throughout the community. | 00:26:31 | |
| To see if. | 00:26:34 | |
| Well, county residents. | 00:26:36 | |
| Need that program and can enter into that program the part that is missing. | 00:26:38 | |
| Is umm. | 00:26:42 | |
| Knowledge by local physicians that they can refer patients to the program so if you. | 00:26:44 | |
| During your local. | 00:26:50 | |
| Are your annual physical? Your physician recommends that. | 00:26:51 | |
| Determines that you are prediabetic. | 00:26:56 | |
| Knowledge of this program would allow them to refer you to our department for the Diabetes Prevention Program, so this grant would | 00:26:59 | |
| pay for targeted outreach specifically to medical providers in the community. | 00:27:04 | |
| This was presented to the board on the past round on April 20th of this year and I recommend the board approved contract, right? | 00:27:11 | |
| Are there any questions? | 00:27:14 | |
| Move to approve contract ID 9408. | 00:27:18 | |
| Second, all right. It's been moved by Commissioner Massey. Second by Commissioner Ross. Further discussion. | 00:27:22 | |
| All in favor, Say aye. Opposed say no. | 00:27:27 | |
| Contract ID 9408 is approved. | 00:27:30 | |
| #2 Consider contract ID 9418. | 00:27:33 | |
| Third party supplemental environmental project. Sep agreement for electronics. | 00:27:37 | |
| Recycling project proposed by Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc and authorized the chair design. | 00:27:42 | |
| Good morning again. This is. | 00:27:49 | |
| Relates to funding for a supplemental environmental project. | 00:27:52 | |
| Supplemental environmental projects are. | 00:27:56 | |
| The result of typically the result of enforcement action. | 00:27:59 | |
| In lieu of a fine. | 00:28:03 | |
| To an enforcement agency like CDPH E, local businesses can opt to fund supplemental environmental projects. | 00:28:06 | |
| In this case, a local business reached out to us, they became aware of the electronics recycling against the county hosted, they | 00:28:15 | |
| reached out to us and asked if they could fund those projects as a part of supplemental environmental project so. | 00:28:23 | |
| In this case the funding is in the amount of $100,000. That would fund two years worth. | 00:28:31 | |
| Electronics waste recycling events. | 00:28:38 | |
| This year we're going to have two events, one on July 26th and 7th. | 00:28:41 | |
| And one on August 9th. And Greeley. | 00:28:45 | |
| Both of those events combining will cost about $50,000. The event will then fund to similar events for the project will then fund | 00:28:48 | |
| 2 similar events in 2026. | 00:28:53 | |
| Uh, this was presented to the board via pastor on April 30th of this year and I recommend that the Board approve the contract. | 00:28:58 | |
| OK. I just have a question. Can I have those dates again? Yes, ma'am. | 00:29:04 | |
| And I will say we're still under. | 00:29:09 | |
| We're still in the bid phase right now, but the dates have been set July 26th and 7th. That's going to be at 7th high school. | 00:29:12 | |
| And then August 9th here in Greeley and we will obviously promote those events. | 00:29:19 | |
| In the next few months, super. | 00:29:26 | |
| All right. Any further questions? | 00:29:28 | |
| Madam Chair, I move to approve contract ID 9418. | 00:29:30 | |
| Second by Commissioner Maxie, second by Commissioner Ross. Further discussion. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. | 00:29:34 | |
| All right, that was pretty simple. | 00:29:42 | |
| Board meeting All right. Now is the time for public comment. Each individual speaker is allowed three minute period of time in | 00:29:45 | |
| which to direct comments to the Board. The Chair shall a. | 00:29:49 | |
| Shall enforce the rules of order and decorum and will not accept comments regarding matters which are scheduled to be considered | 00:29:54 | |
| at a future public hearing, such as a land use hearing in that event. | 00:29:58 | |
| The speaker will be asked to give their testimony at the appropriate public hearing, either in person or in writing, pursuant to | 00:30:03 | |
| the rules set forth in Section 2-1-20 dot E of the Well County Code. | 00:30:08 | |
| Is there anybody in the audience? | 00:30:14 | |
| Same. Then this meeting is adjourned. Thank you everyone. | 00:30:16 |