Care' McInnis

The De Beque Comprehensive Plan serves as a formal guide for municipal operations and community priorities, aiming to retain the town's small, Western heritage while fostering sustainable growth and improved services. It outlines key action items in future land use, economic development and tourism, downtown revitalization, parks and recreation, housing, transportation, and infrastructure, community facilities, and resiliency, with the vision of maintaining De Beque as a quiet, welcoming community on the Western Slope.

The meeting agenda includes a presentation for an art contest winner, a Town Manager report, and several consent agenda items including financial transactions. The Board will discuss and take action on resolutions regarding an intergovernmental agreement for a school resource officer and the certification of the town's comprehensive plan. Additional discussion topics include managing the cat population, selecting materials for a beautification project, filling open seats on the Board and Planning and Zoning Commission, and amending municipal code penalties in compliance with a recent Colorado Supreme Court ruling. The agenda also features discussions on medical marijuana taxation and an executive session regarding property negotiations.

The agenda focuses on the presentation of the final draft of the De Beque Comprehensive Plan, discussion and action regarding the sale of a town property, and various administrative reports. The Board will hold multiple public hearings to review and consider the adoption of several ordinances, including amendments to the town's building code for wildfire resiliency and numerous updates to municipal code sections regarding penalties for violations to align with recent state supreme court rulings. Additionally, the Board will discuss the placement of wayfinding kiosk maps, the relocation of a town sign, the approval of an updated retirement plan program for civilian employees, and will conduct an executive session to receive legal advice concerning marijuana excise taxes.

The board meeting agenda includes a presentation on the final draft of the De Beque Comprehensive Plan and a consent agenda covering financial transactions and the sale of a town vehicle. Key discussions involve the relocation of a granite sign and the creation of a wayfinding kiosk. The board will also address the approval of an updated retirement plan program. A significant portion of the meeting is dedicated to multiple public hearings regarding the adoption of the 2025 Wildfire Resiliency Code and several ordinances amending various titles of the municipal code to align penalty structures with recent state supreme court rulings. An executive session is scheduled for legal advice concerning marijuana excise taxes.

The agenda for the public meeting and public hearing of the Board of Trustees included a presentation from CIRSA's Deputy Executive Director & General Counsel regarding "Workplace Conduct Issues for Elected Officials." The consent agenda covered the approval of minutes from previous meetings in December 2025 and January 2026, financial transactions for November and December 2025, and discussions and actions on Resolutions 2026-01, 2026-02, 2026-03, and 2026-04, relating to grant applications for the Local Planning Capacity Grant Program and the Energy Mineral Impact Assistance Fund Grant Program, an Intergovernmental Agreement with Mesa County for snowplow assistance, and the adoption of the 2026 Land Use Applications Fee Schedule. Other agenda items involved town manager reports, discussion on Wayfinding Signage, a drinking fountain in Gazebo Park, and bike trails. The public hearing section included deliberation and decision regarding Ordinance 559 to amend the 2026 Budget. An executive session was planned to discuss the possible sale of the Town's Sig Sauer P320 handguns, followed by a discussion regarding the retirement of guns.