Commissioners approve multiple small appropriations including $75,000 for block cameras and $100,000 for tourism signs

Grand County commissioners approved a series of additional appropriations and final appropriations across multiple county departments, including a reappropriation for block cameras, funding for a tourism sign project, equipment for correctional facilities and public works, and several smaller departmental requests.

Key votes recorded in the meeting record included: - A motion to appropriate $75,000 from PSLIT for 15 “block” cameras ordered through Flock; staff said the cameras are not yet active and the appropriation is a reappropriation of funds previously set aside. The board approved the appropriation on a voice vote. - Final approval of a $4,500 additional appropriation for probation mileage was approved by voice vote after a brief presentation by probation manager Mike Pate. - A coroner request for an additional $15,000 for pathology services was approved in the coroner’s absence. - The board approved $12,000 for commissary/gym equipment and $22,000 for light‑detection units intended for inmates with serious medical needs, both final approvals recorded in the minutes. - A $40,000 rainy‑day loan to the solid waste district to purchase a skid steer was approved, which county staff said would save financing charges compared with dealer financing. - A request to advertise for an $8,731 appropriation to retrofit a sump pump at the jail to address water infiltration in an outer shaft was approved for advertisement; staff said the work will add a pump to evacuate water from a shaft that previously had no sump provision. - The board approved $100,000 from visitor and tourism funds to begin a multi‑year visitor‑wayfinding sign project; staff noted the project has high soft costs (site/ROW work, foundations, traffic control) and that the tourism board has already paid for engineering. - The sheriff provided a commissary quarterly report and noted a July 1 legal change requiring quarterly reporting rather than semiannual; the board accepted the report.

Motions were recorded as made and seconded on the record for each item and approved by voice vote. Several commissioners emphasized that some items (for example, the cameras and tourism signs) are reappropriations or phased projects and that final expenditures will return to the board as procurement or contract documents are finalized.

The board also handled routine agenda business and closed the meeting with a motion to adjourn.