Dolores County BOCC to Consider Regulation 43 OWTS Policy Changes March 2

Regulation 43/ OWTS Policy Changes Discussion and Possible Adoption." is listed as a 9:05 a.m. agenda item for the Dolores County Board of County Commissioners on March 2, 2026, and the agenda document for the March 2 meeting is posted on the Dolores County website.

The three-member BOCC that will hear the item is identified in county records as Commission Chair Eric Stiasny, Commission Vice Chair Linda Yellowman, and Commissioner Phyllis Davis; county staff listed in prior minutes include County Attorney Dennis Golbricht, County Administrator Margret Daves, and Deputy Clerk to the Board Shayla Oliver. The minutes from the Feb. 18, 2025 regular meeting open with the line "The meeting began with everyone reciting the Pledge of Allegiance," indicating the board’s procedural record-keeping and attendance format.

The materials supplied for this report do not include the text of any proposed Regulation 43 amendments, staff reports, or the identity of the presenting department. The sources explicitly omit proposed ordinance or resolution language, fiscal impact analysis, maps, technical OWTS system data, and any public-hearing or public-comment procedures for the March 2 agenda item.

Dolores County’s Feb. 18, 2025 minutes provide recent procedural context: the BOCC entered an Executive Session at 10:14 a.m. "to discuss County Security measures pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(d)," and those minutes note "A recording will be kept and destroyed after 90 days." The Feb. 18 minutes also record that "Commissioner Davis made a motion to approve the letter of support for the DC Ambulance for the EMTS Grant. Commissioner Yellowman seconded the motion. All three Commissioners voted in favor of the motion," and that the meeting was adjourned at 11:28AM with the same three-commissioner vote. The Feb. 18 minutes list guests including Social Services Director Malynda Evans, Road and Bridge Supervisor Steve Davis, guest Robert McAbery, and Derek Padilla, BLM Tres Rios Field Manager, who provided a BLM update mentioning prescribed burns "on the West Dolores Rim and the Dawson" in the minutes excerpt.

Regional meeting records show inter-county coordination exists: a Montezuma County public notice states "Notice is hereby given that the Montezuma County Board of County Commissioners will meet with the Dolores County Commissioners to discuss the proposed Lower Dolores River National Conservation Area" on April 15, 2024 at the Dolores County Administration offices, 409 N. Main Street, Dove Creek, at 1:00pm, and the notice specifies "This meeting is for informational purposes only. No decisions will be made." The Montezuma notice lists Vicki Shaffer, County Public Information Coordinator, with a contact phone of (970) 564-2736 and notes a workshop time change to 9:00am instead of 1:30pm.

Because the March 2 agenda item uses the phrase "Discussion and Possible Adoption" but the supplied materials do not contain the proposed Regulation 43 language, the immediate public record establishes only that the BOCC will consider OWTS policy changes at 9:05 a.m. on March 2, 2026; the full agenda packet and any staff analyses are available on the Dolores County website or through county administrative staff Margret Daves and Deputy Clerk Shayla Oliver for those seeking the proposed text prior to the commissioners' consideration.