March 11 08 South Platte Basin Roundtable Meet

• Basin Roundtable: South Platte
• Title: March 08 Minutes
• Date: 3/11/2008
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Minutes

Jerke: Votuig members, please move to table.
RE: Strategy: vote on prioritize these to begin with.
Shimmin: Review of Bylaws: Motion needs 60% of those voting; votes by voice
or hand show unless secret ballot requested; no substitute or proxy for absent
member.
Tom Iseman: Do we need to reuse or abstain?
Jerke: That is personal decision.
Shimmin: Nothing in bylaws.
Harold Evans: part of authorizing statute, each roundtable must have needs
assessment; Upper Mtn Counties do not have a needs assessment; should have
separate discussion.
Bruce Gerk: Agrees with focus on needs assessment.
Fred Walker: Perhaps should discuss this first
Jerke: Focus on process: two tiered voting; to see if anything is thrown out and
where strengths lie.
Shimmin: Perhaps that we should start with first priority, and vote first, then to
see what is left. Needs assessment is not optional; we are charged to complete a
needs assessment; we have identified this as a basic needs and need to do this
independent of anythung else.
MOTION:
Shimmin: Move that we approve Upper Mtn County Needs Assessment.
Jim Yahn: Second to approve plan of study of Upper Mountain Counties for
$130,753
Sasha Charney: I agree; also agree that the project is something that would be
usefiil not only here but throughout the state.
Fred Walker: Only problem, is that there is no cash coming from these particular
counties; therefore, not supportive of funding 100%;
Harold: Counter that all other counties have had their needs assessment with state
funds;
Tom Iseman: There were other hinds available for those counties, yes?
Jerke: If this is accepted, $265,000 left.
John Stencil: Agree with Fred, perhaps a lesser amount would be better, and thus
we could fund others. Thus would like to amend motion that Upper Mtn County
would be reduced to an even $100,000
Fred Walker: Seconds
Jerke: This would be a substitute motion.
Jolm Tighe: Don't l~1ow if this is enough to complete that study, thus perhaps
study would need to be withdrawn.
Shimmin: Other basins are using lots more money for needs assessment and have
received other money from state wide account; my understanding is that other
basins have not received money from counties; seem like we are behind the curve
here: la7ow that Gunnison needs assessment is complicated; it will take 6 months
to do this study. We need to complete this piece of our needs assessment;
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