Category Archives: BOCC

2022, BOCC, Uncategorized

BOCC: Academy Award Performance by Flower?

BOCC: Academy Award Performance by Flower?
Two Epic Temper Tantrums Over His Discipline
Flower Plays the Victim Now

by George Gramlich,
News and Notations

This almost five-hour Custer County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting will go down in the books as one of our regal commissioner’s finest Academy Award acting efforts ever. Too bad it was all about anger, aggression, revenge and narcissistic behavior. (Guess who?) In the end, did he win his Oscar? Read and make your own decision. Continue reading BOCC: Academy Award Performance by Flower? →

2022, BOCC, Uncategorized

BOCC: Do the Towers of Babel Still Live?

by George Gramlich,
News and Commentary
The Wednesday, February 16, 2022 meeting of the Custer County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) occurred in the Wetmore Community Center building and started at 9 a.m. It lasted four, long, long hours. All three musketeers showed up: Chair Kevin Day and members Bill Canda and Tom Flower.
The commissioners regaled us as usual with all the meetings and events they attended since the last muskie love fest. Just the usual government nonsense. Continue reading BOCC: Do the Towers of Babel Still Live? →

2021, BOCC

BOCC: Happy Ending to the Westcliffe Meats Saga

by George Gramlich,
News and Notations
Well, some good news for a change from our almost regal three musketeers. But again, a long, drawn out three-hour meeting that was painful to watch at times. So, let’s begin.
The  August 4, 2021 Custer County Board of County Commissioners meeting started at 9 a.m. with all three muskies present: Board Chair Bill Canda and members Tom Flower and Kevin Day. Two guys from Westcliffe Meats, Aaron Kemp and Montana Canterbury were in the peasants’ gallery. Continue reading BOCC: Happy Ending to the Westcliffe Meats Saga →

2021, BOCC

July 14 BOCC: Muskies Vote to Proceed with New Justice Center Project Proposal

BOCC: Muskies Vote to Proceed with
New Justice Center Project Proposal

No Vote Yet on Whether to Put It
on the November Ballot

by George Gramlich,
News and Notations
The Custer County Board of County Commissioners had its July 14, 2021 meeting at the palatial Wetmore Community Center. It started at 9 a.m. All three musketeer commissioners were present: Chair Bill Canda and muskies Tom Flower and Kevin Day.
The meeting started with Commissioner Items where they dazzle us with all the good things they have done since the last meeting.
Day was up first with some possible bad news. The Florence Fire Protection District has decided not to include Wetmore (which is in Custer County) in their proposed new ambulance special district. This leaves the Wetmore folks exposed a bit but our own EMS crew has been servicing the area, However, it is a long haul. Day said the Florence people are open to a deal with Custer County over the area via a Memorandum of Understanding or some other approach. He also noted the Penrose EMS had stopped operating as of July 1st as they didn’t have enough people to run it. (Wetmore EMS coverage has been an on again/off again struggle for years now.) Continue reading July 14 BOCC: Muskies Vote to Proceed with New Justice Center Project Proposal →

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April 6th BOCC: Planning & Zoning Report, STR’s, Zoom Stays

by George Gramlich
Pretty mundane stuff at this one. The Custer County Board of County Commissioners’ April 6, 2021 meeting started at 9 a.m. with Chair Bill Canda and member Tom Flower present in the throne room and member Kevin Day participating via Zoom (as he is finishing up his isolation after testing positive for the red bug.) County Attorney Clint Smith and County Clerk Kelley Camper were also present. Continue reading April 6th BOCC: Planning & Zoning Report, STR’s, Zoom Stays →

2021, BOCC

Feb 17 BOCC: Big Manna From the Imperial City?

BOCC: Big Manna From the Imperial City?
Corona: King Polis Says We Be Blue
Future State BoH Power Grab? Food Charities, New PIO,
Clown Time: Justice Center Confusion Intervention

by George Gramlich,
News and Musings

Some progress is being made: The Custer County Board of County Commissioners had their first, real open meeting (i.e., you can actually go and sit in the same throne room as the three musketeers), AND, you don’t even have to wear a death mask.
The meeting place honors went to the Wetmore Community Center community room. The February 17th 9 a.m. meeting was attended by Board Chair Bill Canda, Board members Tom Flower and Kevin Day, County Attorney Clint Smith and County Clerk Kelly Camper plus a few peasants in the audience.
No bombshells to report (sorry) but there was a 30+ minute Chinese Clown Town fire drill at the end involving the whole ensemble over three related pieces of paper which is illustrative of the problems with down scale group think.

Continue reading Feb 17 BOCC: Big Manna From the Imperial City? →

2021, BOCC

February 2 BOCC Meeting Report: Bridge Repair, STR Public Meeting Set for 26th

BOCC Feb. 2nd: “We Need to Fix This”,
Bridge Repair, STR Regulations,
Food Charity, VSO

by George Gramlich

The meeting started at 9 a.m. with a break for lunch.
All three commissioners were present: Chair Bill Canda, and Board members Tom Flower and Kevin Day. County Attorney Clint Smith was also present.
All three commissioners did their “what did I do since the last meeting” recitations. No revelations there.
Day then brought up a good point. At the last meeting they approved a motion making masks optional in the county courthouse rather than “mandatory”. Day said they really meant all county buildings, but the resolution specifically said, by mistake, the courthouse. Day said “we need to fix this” so they put it on the agenda for the February 17 meeting in Wetmore.
Flower then brings up the subject of how items can be added to the BOCC’s meeting agendas. This starts a LONG, disjointed discussion. It appears it was never settled. Continue reading February 2 BOCC Meeting Report: Bridge Repair, STR Public Meeting Set for 26th →

2020, BOCC, BOCC, BOCC 2020

BOCC 11/5/20: “Ghost Buster Foggers”, CORA Conundrum, Recycling Hope, County CC’s

Custer County Board of Commissioners (BOCC)
—November 5, 2020
by George Gramlich
Commissioner Items:
Canda: The airport is going to get a beacon signal.
Kelly Camper, County Clerk gave an election update: 3,625 votes cast so far.
Attorney Items: Mr. Smith is still addressing the flashing light on the tower. It can be replaced with an infra-red one. CORA request: He suggested a need for an executive session concerning a CORA request which contained a law argument and that he believes that person is representing the CORA requestor(s). Smith said he was considering filing a complaint with the office of attorney regulation about this for unauthorized practice of law. Continue reading BOCC 11/5/20: “Ghost Buster Foggers”, CORA Conundrum, Recycling Hope, County CC’s →

2020, BOCC

Oct 21 BOCC: Covid $$, DHS playground? Thermometers at the Courthouse

by Laura Vass
—October 21, 2020
The meeting came to order followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call.
Amend Agenda Items: First Net Tower discussion was moved to October 30th and the Executive Session was removed from the agenda, both due to the unanticipated absence of the county attorney.
The August 12th BOCC minutes were approved. Continue reading Oct 21 BOCC: Covid $$, DHS playground? Thermometers at the Courthouse →

2019, BOCC

December 31st BOCC: More on Wetmore EMS, Engine 32, and HOA snow plowing

BOCC: Wetmore EMS Progress,
Airport Fire Truck/HOA Issue,
HOA Road Snow Plowing

Board of County
Commissioners (BOCC)
—December 31, 2019
WESTCLIFFE, Colo.
by Jackie (Muddy) Bubis
The meeting started with the Pledge of Allegiance and roll call. Introductions of the public followed.
The minutes of December 18th were approved.
Commissioner Items
Commissioner Canda reported that Mr. Kunkleman from CenturyLink continues to pursue grant money for laying more fiber along Highway 96.
Commissioner Printz reported an upcoming meeting with the ambulance staff and clinic leadership to put together a workshop in Wetmore to help solve the ongoing ambulance service issues. Continue reading December 31st BOCC: More on Wetmore EMS, Engine 32, and HOA snow plowing →