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?
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BOCC Drops Economic Development Corporation’s Broadband Project
Press Release
Custer County Economic
Development Corporation
WESTCLIFFE, Colorado
—February 7, 2022
The not-for-profit (CCEDC) Custer County Economic Development Corporation regrets to inform you of the demise of the Custer County Broadband Infrastructure Expansion (six tower) Project. The county commissioners, in a meeting January 31st, voted unanimously against the submittal of the final grant request to the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) for the project of approximately $2 million. The technical and cost elements of the grant request were completed by CCEDC. The reason for denying the EDA grant submittal was that the tower locations had not yet been approved by the county Planning Commission (PC) and the county Building and Zoning Authority (BZA) had not approved the height variations. This was in spite of the fact that all six of the planned towers would be exclusively owned and operated by and for Custer County, a fact that the commissioners have known throughout the life of the project. Continue reading BOCC Drops Economic Development Corporation’s Broadband Project
April 3rd BOCC: Tower Madness
April 3rd BOCC: Tower Madness
CCEDC Would Get a Substantial
“Management” Fee for Towers Project
Board of County
Commissioners (BOCC)
—April 3, 2019
WESTCLIFFE, Colo.
by Jackie (Muddy) Bubis
Afternoon Session 1 p.m.: BOCC and non county entity (non -profit corporation) the Custer County Economic Development Corp. (CCEDC) or (EDC)
The meeting began with Charles Bogle handing out an organizational chart showing the relationship that the EDC proposes with the BOCC as the tower project proceeds. It shows the EDC directly under the BOCC, the same level as Finance, IT, Road & Bridge, and Legal. The general contractor for the project would answer to the CCEDC in this scenario. For operating as what they called the project manager, the CCEDC would get $50K per year, with an expected two-year timeline. This money would be taken from the $2M grant money. Continue reading April 3rd BOCC: Tower Madness