County attorney staff: filings submitted in Leaf Properties case; office handling septic permits and drafting land‑use complaints

Assistant county attorney Maxwell updated the Board of County Commissioners on legal and health‑related matters handled by the county attorney’s office.

Maxwell said, "The last 2 filings from, Montezuma County for the leaf properties case went in last Friday." He said Leaf Properties will have an opportunity to respond and that "the court should resolve the legal issues on those papers" once response briefs are filed. When asked about the response timeframe, Maxwell stated he believed the response period was 14 days but offered to correct himself if he was wrong.

Maxwell also told the board the office worked with the health department to resolve a couple of septic‑permit issues and is pursuing an intergovernmental agreement with Dolores County to assist with public‑health matters. The office had received multiple open‑records requests and was drafting complaints for land‑use code enforcement, he said.

On workload, Maxwell said the assistant county attorney’s office had "a pretty active docket right now, 13 open cases," and had set a couple of matters for trial while hoping to resolve others informally.

Next steps: Maxwell said the office would keep the board posted on developments in the Leaf Properties litigation and proceed with health‑department coordination and enforcement filings as appropriate.