June 13, 2023
Mayor and Council:
The following is my report for the current term:
• The 2020 audit including the single audit report for the airport is now complete. We are officially done with the 2020 audit and have moved forward with the 2021 audit. The 2021 and
the 2022 audits should be completed this fall.
• Ms. Naomi Dobbs, SW CO Regional Director for Congresswoman Boebert, met with us last Tuesday, June 6, 2023. She has offered her assistance with various federal grants available to
Cortez as well as working with us regarding a refund of the loan interest payment made to the Dolores Water Conservation District, DWCD, when we paid off the City’s water loans. DWCD
was contacted last November, 2022 and informed that we would like to pay off the loan the first of the year. DWCD did not facilitate the request when made thus carrying the loan for an
additional three months and charging the City interest for that time frame.
• We have received the first of three refuse trucks; Public Works will be conducting a truck naming contest. The new refuse truck will be on display at the next Third Thursday event on
June 15, 2023 at Montezuma Park. The new street sweeper should arrive by the end of June, 2023, the additional two (2) refuse trucks by the end of August, 2023, and the side load refuse
truck by the end of December, 2023. Public Works will look to the community to also name the incoming new trucks as well.
• Vero will start the fiber build out this week in Cortez.
Click on the link to view the City Manager Report