April 4, 2025
Present: Mayor: Vance Brian, Jr.
Mayor Pro Tem: Blaine Ice
Trustees: Rod Swisher
Bill Kissell
Calvin Melcher
Johnnie Lyons
Dan Tefertiller
David Dougherty Granada/Holly Police Chief Elsie Martin Granada Police Clerk
Larry & Brenda Crum Residents Austin Hazen Fire Chief
Randy Holland Town Administrator Rodney Hazen Resident
Cynthia S. Humrich Town Clerk/Treasurer
Call to Order. At 7:00 p.m., Mayor Brian presided over the regular meeting of the Holly Board of Trustees.
Roll was called. All present. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Additions to the Agenda. None.
Approval of March 5, 2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes. A motion to approve the March 5, 2025, Regular Board Meeting Minutes was made by Trustee Kissell. Seconded by Trustee Ice. Motion carried 6-0.
Approval of current bills subject to final approval of Finance Committee Meeting on Friday, April 11, 2025. A motion was made to approve all current bills subject to final approval of the Finance Committee Meeting on Friday, April 11, 2025, by Trustee Kissell. Seconded by Trustee Ice. Motion carried 6-0.
Notices and Communications. Administrator Holland presented a letter discussing the status of the 2040 Clean Energy Plan legislation. This basically is regarding clean air emissions with a level of 80% to be reached by 2030 and 100% by 2040. According to the information presented this is going to substantially affect populations over 50,000. LAWMA sent out a notice that they are doing an 80% allocation request of water for usage.
Public Appearances. None.
Reports. Police Report. Police Chief Dougherty presented the March police report. He began with there being 54 calls for service in Holly. The visitor log for Holly from January 1, 2025 through April 2, 2025 was 12, and for Granada it was 23. He then presented the number of hours each officer worked in February with a total of 136.0 hours. Chief Dougherty then stated the mileage and miles driven on each of the police vehicles for the month, which totaled 2,151 miles for the Holly vehicles. The officers wrote a total of 0 summons to County Court, two summons for Holly Municipal Court, eight citations for the month, which totaled $575.40 in fines, and $155.40 for VALE. There were 4 misdemeanor arrests and 2 felony arrests made during the month. Chief Dougherty presented some information from Granada’s last board meeting regarding the number of officers and the hours. He opened it up to the Holly Board to see if they would be interested in attending Granada’s next board meeting. Administrator Report. Administrator Holland presented to the Board the service, training and status of the generators. Discussion followed on the issues related to the windstorms in March 2025, not just in Holly but also with Lamar and our loss of seven poles so far. He is still trying to work with the Ferguson Group on the electrical plant. He briefly touched on the water conference that he and Tysh attended with a reminder of Ramon’s electrical training in May. He stated that Holly School has the financial information for installing the necessary electrical line with no response from them as of yet. Discussion followed on the ARPA board’s approval of using the mutual aid agreement with all members to assist in building the electrical lines, and each community’s project(s). He stated that Mike Hagar was here on Thursday, March 27th to do the onsite walk through as we begin the design phase for the drinking water project and that the next step is to do the surveying routes and alignments. Congressman Boebert’s team was here March 26th to meet with the public from our area. T&R Electric came for transformers; they took approximately 26 to be fixed. Clerk/Treasurer Report. The Clerk/Treasurer Humrich reported the February financial, the current fund balances, and the court/police information for March. The Owner-Engineer Agreement, the Bond Counsel, and the interim financing with CO Bank are in place. A brief discussion was given on the tiny house situation and to see if they wanted to have a work session on this subject. A work session has been called for April 23, 2025, at 7:00 pm. Status of the two existing Southeast Council of Governments (SECOG) grant projects were presented and information on the new grant application and timeline for the swimming pool equipment storage building. Information on the Holly Santa Fe Depot project was presented and the Colorado State Historical Fund grant application that has been submitted. There are a few people in this community that are working with us on tourism for Holly which comes from the Prowers County and Colorado Tourism Offices. We will be included in their web video project. Library Report. Presented that there was a total of 69 patrons, 56 checkout of materials, and 3 computer users for the month of March. A motion was made to accept all reports as given by Trustee Melcher. Seconded by Trustee Ice. Motion carried 6-0.
Old or Unfinished Business. None.
New Business. Approve Airport Liability Insurance Coverage - $1381 (last year - $1257). A motion to approve the 2025 Airport Liability Insurance Coverage for $1381 was made by Trustee Ice. Seconded by Trustee Melcher. Motion carried 6-0. Approval to appoint New Civil Defense Director – Randy Hetrick. Discussion about trying to get a grant to automatically set off the emergency sirens. A motion to appoint Randy Hetrick as the New Civil Defense Director for Holly was made by Trustee Ice. Seconded by Trustee Melcher. Motion carried 6-0. Approve Setup of New Construction Account and Signers. A motion to approve the setup of the new construction account and signers was made by Trustee Ice. Seconded by Trustee Melcher. A roll call vote was requested. All gave an affirmative favor vote. Motion carried 6-0. Town Clerk/Treasurer Wages. Administrator Holland presented to the Board the current status and left the decision up to them with three possible options. A motion was made to approve option 3 by Trustee Melcher. Seconded by Kissell. Motion carried 6-0.
Miscellaneous. There was a request to have the flag by depot building put back up. A question about possibly raising the airport hangar rents which was tabled until the next board meeting. A brief discussion ensued about the future of the airport. Chief Dougherty stated there have been many false alarm calls to our area and that other municipalities charge for those false alarm calls to have the police department respond.
Adjournment. At 8:00 p.m. A motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Trustee Melcher. Seconded by Trustee Swisher. Motion carried 6-0.
/s/ Mayor, Vance Brian, Jr.
ATTEST:
/s/ Cynthia S. Humrich, Clerk/Treasurer