January 26, 2026 Otero County Board of Commissioners Agenda

Rob Oquist - Commissioner Dist. 1 
Tim Knabenshue - Commissioner Dist. 2 
Jim Baldwin - Commissioner Dist. 3
Kaysie Schmidt - County Administrator
Rose Pugliese - County Attorney

Commissioners’ Conference Room 212
13 W 3rd Street, La Junta, CO 81050

WORK SESSION

9:00 am Public Works/Facility Management, Lex Nichols and Darren Garcia

• Updates

10:00 am Economic Development, Danelle Berg

• Updates

11:00 am Department of Human Services, Donna Rohde

• Updates

12:00 pm Administration, Kaysie Schmidt

• Updates

Bauserman Conference Room 107
13 W 3rd Street, La Junta, CO 81050

Zoom
Meeting ID: 830 3902 1095
Passcode: 081549

MEETING AGENDA

1. Opening Prayer
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Call to Order
4. Public Comment (limit of 3 minutes)
5. Presentations
6. Consent Agenda. The Chair will remove any Consent Agenda item upon request by any Commissioner or assigned staff. Items removed upon request will be considered separately by the Board immediately following the action on the remaining Consent Agenda, to be continued to another meeting date, or handled in a manner otherwise determined at the discretion of the Board.
   1. Approval of Minutes
   2. Approval of Bills & Payroll
   3. Department of Human Services Financials
   4. Historic Preservation Board Appointments
7. Old Business
8. New Business
   1. Consider ratifying the January 5, 2026, Board of County Commissioners’ (BOCC) letter to Representatives Hurd and Boebert regarding support for HR 131, Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act.
   2. Consider ratifying the January 8, 2026, BOCC letter to President Trump and Secretary Rollins regarding HR 131, Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act.
   3. Consider ratifying the January 13, 2026, BOCC letter to Tetra Tech NEPA regarding the Preliminary Scoping process for the proposed Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) Enhanced Mission Training project.
   4. Consider ratifying the designation of the following proxies for the Colorado Counties, Inc. (CCI) Steering Committees:
      1. Donna Rohde – Proxy for Health and Human Services Steering Committee
      2. Kaysie Schmidt – Proxy for all other Steering Committees
   5. Consider ratifying the January 23, 2026, letter recommending Martin Montoya as Southeast Transportation Planning Region (SETPR) representative.
9. Departmental Reports
   1. Clerk & Recorders Office Closures in February, Lyn Scott
10. Commissioners’ Report
11. Discussion
12. Announcements
13. Executive Session
    1. Executive Session Pursuant to C.R.S. §24-6-402(4)(b) for the purpose of a conference with legal counsel related to Three Corners Connector, LLC request for a 1041 Permit.
14. Adjourn