October 1, 2025

Present:    Mayor: Vance Brian, Jr.

Trustees:   Blaine Ice

                 Bill Kissell

                 Rod Swisher

                 Calvin Melcher

                 Johnnie Lyons

                 Dan Tefertiller

 

David Dougherty, Granada/Holly Police Chief            Rodney Hazen, Business Owner/Resident

Randy Holland, Town Administrator                            Larry & Brenda Crum, Residents

Cynthia S. Humrich, Town Clerk/Treasurer                 Ty Harmon, Prowers County Commissioner

Tracy Kirmer, Deputy Clerk                                         Joey McLiney, McLiney and Company

 

Call to Order. At 7:04 p.m., Mayor Brian presided over the regular meeting of the Holly Board of Trustees. Roll was called. All present. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

 

Additions to the Agenda. None.

Approval of September 3, 2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes. A motion to approve September 3, 2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes was made by Trustee Melcher. Seconded by Trustee Swisher. Motion carried 6-0.

Approval of current bills subject to final approval of Finance Committee Meeting on Friday, October 10, 2025. A motion was made to approve all current bills subject to final approval of the Finance Committee Meeting on Friday, October 10, 2025 by Trustee Kissell. Seconded by Trustee Lyons. Motion carried 6-0.

Notices and Communications. None.

Public Appearances. Recognition of Prowers County Commissioner Ty Harmon’s presence.

Reports. Police Report. Police Chief Dougherty presented the September police report. He began with stating that there were 37 calls for service in Holly. The visitor log for Holly from January 1, 2025 through September 30, 2025 was 41, and for Granada there were 31 Holly visitors. He then presented the number of hours each officer worked in September with a total of 230 hours. Chief Dougherty then stated the mileage and miles driven on each of the police vehicles for the month which totaled 1261 miles for the Holly vehicles. The officers wrote a total of 0 summons to County Court, 0 summonses to Holly Municipal Court, 5 warnings and 2 citations for the month which totaled $300.00 in fines, and $111.00 for VALE surcharge. There was a total of 0 misdemeanor arrests, 0 felony arrests and one trash/junk code enforcement in Holly. He told the Board that Granada was planning to hire two police clerks on October 8, 2025. He also clarified that the third year JAG grant was for $58,130.00. Administrator Report. Administrator Holland presented to the Board, the continued drinking water project status is still in the design phase. A survey company has been called in to get 5th Street boundaries for the electric line relocation. Our most recent power outage was due to trees rubbing our lines south of the river. We have dielectric testing on our vehicles and hot sticks coming up in October. Tree trimming is continuing in Holly. The Holly School playground water tap has been installed and in service. The sewer project, 11th Street manhole repair is at 90% completion on bid documents; bids have gone out on this project. We are working on the next phase of the lead and copper service line requirements for CDPHE. Need to identify 20% of customer lines that do not know what kind of line they have. We are continuing to spray for mosquitos. All of the events around The Holly Gateway Fair went well. Discussion on the bid paperwork for the Holly Community Complex to be sent to the four contractors who previously bid, and it will be published in the paper. Administrator asked the Board for their direction, and they all agreed to proceed. Contractor will remove the insulation, and the Town will have a roll-off for disposal with approval of the Town’s attorney. Our attorney suggested that the whole bid project be under the contractor’s control with the Town of Holly not providing any assistance. Direction from the Board was to continue to send bids out. Discussion followed about the street sweeper – the tube is bent, they need the pin out and the request was given for Trustee Swisher to assist. Clerk/Treasurer Report. Clerk/Treasurer Humrich presented the August financials, the current financial balances, and the September police/court reports. I am in contact with the company that has been recommended to us for 2025 Audit. An update on the interim financing for the drinking water project will have further discussion later in the meeting. I sent the de-obligation letter for the DOLA grant on the Holly Community Complex as directed by the Board of Trustees. Briefly went over the status of the existing grants. Discussion regarding the 2026 budgets revenue losses, and approval of 3% salary increases, insurance status and projects for this next year. Library Report. The library presented that there was a total of 66 patrons, 78 checkouts of materials, and 6 computer users for the month of September. They will do a pumpkin painting craft for the month of October. In September there were 12 people of various ages who decorated garden hats and hopefully everyone saw them as entries to the Holly Fair. We encourage everyone to go check all the activities happening at our local library. A motion was made to accept all reports as given by Trustee Ice. Seconded by Trustee Swisher. Motion carried 6-0.

Old or Unfinished Business. Approve Liquor License for Rosi’s Bar and Grill. A motion to approve Rosi’s Bar and Grill was made by Trustee Lyons. Seconded by Trustee Kissell. Motion carried 5-1 with Trustee Swisher giving a nay vote. Approve Ordinance No. 564 – An Ordinance in Existence for the Duration of the Granada/Holly Police Department Providing for the Use of Motorized Golf Carts, Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, Field Utility Vehicles, and All-Terrain Vehicles on Town of Holly Streets (second reading). A motion to approve the Ordinance No. 564 – An Ordinance in Existence for the Duration of the Granada/Holly Police Department Providing for the Use of Motorized Golf Carts, Neighborhood Electric Vehicles, Field Utility Vehicles, and All-Terrain Vehicles on Town of Holly Streets was made by Trustee Lyons. Seconded by Trustee Tefertiller. Motion carried 6-0.

New Business. Colorado Intergovernmental Risk Sharing Agency 2026 quotes after credits

            Property/Casualty ------------------$53,182.42   ($52,972.78 in 2025)

            Workman’s Compensation -------$  8,443.45   ($  9,744.16 in 2025)

After some discussion, a motion to approve the CIRSA insurance quotes for 2026 property/casualty and workman’s compensation was made by Trustee Ice. Seconded by Trustee Swisher. Motion carried 6-0. Discussion with McLiney and Company on Interim Financing. Mr. Joey McLiney presented to the Board the information from his company and how they process interim financing in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. After all discussion a motion to approve McLiney and Company to work with the Town of Holly for interim financing was approved by Trustee Ice. Seconded by Trustee Lyons. Motion carried 6-0.

Miscellaneous. None.

Adjournment. At 8:08 p.m., a motion was made to adjourn the meeting by Trustee Lyons. Seconded by Trustee Swisher. Motion carried 6-0.

/s/ Vance Brian, Jr., Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/ Cynthia S. Humrich, Clerk/Treasurer