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MINUTES
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
OCTOBER 10, 2018
The Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, met in regular session in full conformity
with the laws of the State of Colorado at the regular place of meeting in the Weld County Administration
Building, Greeley, Colorado, October 10, 2018, at the hour of 9:00 a.m.
ROLL CALL: The meeting was called to order by the Chair and on roll call the following members
were present, constituting a quorum of the members thereof:
Commissioner Steve Moreno, Chair
Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer, Pro-Tem
Commissioner Sean P. Conway
Commissioner Julie A. Cozad
Commissioner Mike Freeman
Also present:
County Attorney, Bruce Barker
Acting Clerk to the Board, Stephanie Frederick
Controller, Chris D'Ovidio
El MINUTES: Commissioner Conway moved to approve the minutes of the Board of County
Commissioners meeting of October 8, 2018, as printed. Commissioner Cozad seconded the motion, and
it carried unanimously.
• READ ORDINANCE BY AUDIO: Commissioner Freeman moved to read Code Ordinance
#2018-08 by audio. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Kirkmeyer, and it carried unanimously.
• AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA: There were no amendments to the agenda.
• CONSENT AGENDA: Commissioner Cozad moved to approve the Consent Agenda as printed.
Commissioner Kirkmeyer seconded the motion, and it carried unanimously.
Ei PUBLIC INPUT: Steve Teets, resident of Greeley, expressed his appreciation to Commissioner
Cozad for serving the County well and for her dedicated service to the Weld County citizens. He learned
a lot from her and wished her well. He stated there are still issues with the VALE Medicaid rides even
after the meeting with the Medicaid representatives, and he would like to see a better system for
residents. He stated Veterans are still having problems getting to appointments in Loveland because
there is a lack of transportation and there needs to be more connectivity west of Interstate 25. He also
thanked the Commissioners for participating in the 8th year of Project Connect. Commissioner Cozad
thanked Mr. Teets for his support and she stated she values their friendship. She explained Greeley
Evans Transportation (GET) is looking at funding for a U.S. Highway 34 project and suggested he contact
Will at GET. She thanked him for being an integral part of Project Connect. Commissioner Conway
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thanked Mr. Teets for being involved with Project Connect and bringing the issues regarding
transportation issues for Veterans. He encouraged Mr. Teets to stay involved with the City of Greeley
and GET to stay informed of upcoming transportation projects.
BIDS:
'-- 1) APPROVE BID #61800139, 35TH AVE FIBER INSTALLATION — DEPARTMENT OF
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Ryan Rose, Director of the Department of Information Technology,
presented the two (2) bids received and stated staff recommends awarding the low bid to Sturgeon
Electric Company, Inc. Commissioner Kirkmeyer moved to approve said low bid. Seconded by
Commissioner Conway, the motion carried unanimously. Commissioner Kirkmeyer stated the Board
brought up the County's Fiber Project to the new UNC President inviting them to participate.
NEW BUSINESS:
IR 1) CONSIDER CONTRACT ID #2035 AGREEMENT FOR RESPITE SERVICES AND AUTHORIZE
CHAIR TO SIGN - ANGELINA ROMERO: Jamie Ulrich, Deputy Director of the Department of Human
Services, presented the terms for an agreement for respite care services with Angelina Romero.
Commissioner Freeman moved to approve said agreement and authorize the Chair to sign. The motion
was seconded by Commissioner Cozad, and it carried unanimously.
IR 2) CONSIDER TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF CR 70 BETWEEN CRS 25 AND 27: Amy Joseph,
Department of Public Works, reviewed the terms of the temporary closure effective October 15, 2018,
through October 19, 2018, to replace and upgrade an irrigation culvert. She stated staff will use water on
the one -mile gravel detour route for dust abatement. Commissioner Cozad moved to approve said
temporary closure. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Freeman, and it carried unanimously.
El 3) CONSIDER TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF CR 57 BETWEEN CRS 62 AND 62.75: Ms. Joseph
presented the closure beginning October 15, 2018, through October 19, 2018, to replace an irrigation
culvert. Commissioner Conway moved to approve said temporary closure. The motion was seconded
by Commissioner Cozad, and it carried unanimously.
4) CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT COMMISSIONER SEAN CONWAY TO TOWN
OF FIRESTONE URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY BOARD: Commissioner Cozad moved to approve
said appointment of Commissioner Conway to the Town of Firestone Urban Renewal Authority Board.
The motion, which was seconded by Commissioner Freeman, carried unanimously.
ID 5) FIRST READING OF WELD COUNTY CODE ORDINANCE #2018-08, IN THE MATTER OF
REPEALING AND REENACTING, WITH AMENDMENTS, CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION AND
CHAPTER 3 HUMAN RESOURCES, OF THE WELD COUNTY CODE: Patti Russell, Director of the
Department of Human Resources, and Frank Haug, Assistant County Attorney, presented the proposed
changes to Chapters 2 and 3. In response to Commissioner Conway, Ms. Russell explained any new
documents going into the file will be vetted through the employee's supervisor. Bruce Barker, County
Attorney, clarified it is the County's file even though the file pertains to the employee. This change is to
make sure employees are not putting whatever they want in their file because it is a personnel file. Ms.
Russell stated the remaining changes which have been made are grammatical. She confirmed the current
documents in the file will stay in the file and anything new being added will have to be approved before
going into the file. Commissioner Kirkmeyer requested a work session to discuss how the Code change
will be implemented with regard to the current files. In response to Commissioner Conway, Ms. Russell
explained nothing has been removed from the files. They are only removing staples and doing clean up
to scan them. Mr. Teets stated this process is confusing and wants to know if the employee could appeal
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to have something negative removed. Ms. Russell stated an employee can approach the Department
Head to have a negative Performance Review removed that they don't agree with. In response to
Commissioner Conway, Ms. Russell explained the employee can request to have something removed.
Mr. Haug stated under Section C, if it is part of a grievance process or a disciplinary proceeding, and the
Department Head must include the employee's rebuttal. Mr. Haug stated the process is to clarify how to
handle existing documents which will need to be addressed during the work session.
Commissioner Conway suggested there be a discussion about the change in philosophy for how things
were done in the past. Commissioner Kirkmeyer stated this is to galvanize the procedure for personnel
files in the Code, and there needs to be a list of items that will be allowed in the files.
Commissioner Kirkmeyer moved to approve Code Ordinance #2018-08 on First Reading. The motion
was seconded by Commissioner Cozad. Upon a roll call vote, the motion passed four to one, with
Commissioner Conway opposed.
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES: The resolutions were presented and signed as listed on the
Consent Agenda. Code Ordinance #2018-08 was approved on First Reading.
Let the minutes reflect that the above and foregoing actions were attested to and respectfully submitted
by the Clerk to the Board.
There being no further business, this meeting was adjourned at 9:37 a.m.
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