Trinidad City Council:  Appointments and Agreements

by Bill Knowles
TRINIDAD — The Trinidad City Council moved through the agenda quickly, finishing business in just over an hour during their regular meeting Jan. 19, 2015.
A contract with Blue Diamond Builders for roof repair at the Rice Building, the new home for the Trinidad Police Department, in the amount of nearly $44,000 was approved with a 7-0 vote.
The city approved a Memorandum of Understanding with Main Street giving it a budget cap of $25,000. And an Inter-Governmental Agreement between CDoT and the city was approved for work on the Sopris Trail. Funding for the project is a $565 thousand grant the city matched with $135 thousand
Deborah Bernhardt was appointed to the Arts and Culture Advisory Commission.  Howard Lackey was appointed to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and Martha Fitzgerald was appointed to the Tree Board.