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October 16, 1970
The Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County, Colorado, met
at 10:00 o'clock AM, October 16, 1970 with the following members present:
Chairman J, Sterling Baxter; Commissioners T. J. Sardy and Clyde Vagneur;
Administrative Assistant Terry McAnnany; County Clerk Peggy E. Miklich.
Mr. Harvey Hale was present, County Road Overseer, and
discussed with the Board the monthly activities of his department.
He also discussed the need for the culvert on Capitol Creek above
the Monastery and the estimated cost for installation and .materials
is approximately $10,000.00. After discussing this matter, the
Board upon motion duly made and seconded, instructed the Road Over-
seer to get bids for the culvert for Capitol Creek above the Monas-
tery.
Mr. Hale discussed with the Board the road and bridge
budget as submitted by himself and the Administrative Assistant, w
The budget was reviewed in ,detail, some tentative changes were
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suggested but at this time, the Board requested that the budget
be kept the same as submitted until such time as a total review J~
could be made.
Mr, Sardy suggested
Snowmass-at-Aspen be contacted
mix and oil and chip surfacing
trative Assistant McAnnany was
determine if Snowmass-at-Aspen
this surfacing.
to the Board that Mr. Vidal from
regarding a contribution on the hot
of the Brush Creek road. Adminis-
instructed to contact Mr. Vidal to
would contribute to the cost of
Administrative Assistant McAnnany presented to the
Board the audit received from Lester, Draney and Company and
discussed same with the Board. After discussing the audit, the
Administrative Assistant was requested to write and request Mr.
Lester be present to answer some questions before formal acceptance
of the audit was made.
Mr. Mackley, representing the First National Bank of
Aspen, was present and again discussed with the Board the possibility
of allocating some County funds to the First National Bank of Aspen.
After discussing this in some detail the Board informed Mr. Mackley
that they would arrive at an opinion very shortly and present this
to him in writing as soon as possible.
Chairman Baxter presented to the Board the fact that he
had received numerous complaints regardinjMetro Sanitation's
excavation and sewer work in the Snowbunny area and he requested
the Administrative Assistant be instructed to write to Metro
Sanitation and inform them of the complaints received about their
careless manner of construction.
Chairman Baxter presented to the Board the fact that Mr.
Wheeler of the Bureau of Land Management had contacted him regarding
the County's request to purchase land on Smuggler Mountain and that
this property was not available for purchase and that he wished to
know if the County would revise their contract and request a leasing
situation. After discussing this, the Board instructed::Administrative
Assistant McAnnany to correspond with the Bureau of Land Management
and inform them of the revision in our contract to lease rather
than purchase this 8~+0 acres on Smuggler Mountain.
Chairman Baxter presented to the Board the requests of
both Sopris Mental Health Clinic and Touchstone Mental Health Clinic
for funds from the County and suggested that a letter be sent to the
Chief of Staff and the staff of the Aspen Valley Hospital for a
determination and evaluation of these two requests for budget
consideration. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Administrative
Assistant was requested to correspond with the Chief of Staff
and inform him of the request of the Board for determination
of these two budget requests.
Administrative Assistant McAnnany presented to the
Board a program prepared by the architect, Theodore Mularz,
regarding the annex building and requested the Board's permis-
sion to release this program to the City Council, City P~:anager,
and Chief of Police, as well as the Sheriff for deliberation ~
and review before discussion in the very near future. Upon
motion duly made and seconded, the Board instructed the Adminis-
trative Assistant to deliver these programs to all those involved
as soon as possible.
Administrative Assistant McAnnany presented to the
Board the departmental budget requests for the General Fund
functions. After considerable discussion, each budget was re-
viewed and tentative changes and reductions were made~~accordingly.
All departments cannot be rev~ewed at this meeting, therefore,
the Administrative Assistant was instructed to complete with the
Board the additional review on October 19, 1970, the next regular
meeting of the Commissioners.
adjourned.
There being no further business, this meeting was
Attest•
Clerk
Approved•
C~irman