Adams County OKs $26.3 million in contracts and grants, including inmate care and energy upgrades

The Adams County Board of Commissioners approved four county contracts and a community funding agreement at its March 10 meeting.

The board voted to adopt Amendment Two to the county’s agreement with Core Health LLC in the amount of $13,940,858.88 to provide comprehensive inmate medical and mental-health services at the Adams County Detention Facility. Commander Algar of the sheriff’s detention administration said the county is in its second year of partnership with Core Health and described the collaboration as “a very good partnership.” The motion passed without recorded objection.

The board also approved Amendment Two to an energy performance contracting agreement with CMTA Inc. for $8,502,434. Fleet and Facilities presenter Hayden Mercaldo told commissioners the amendment covers upgrades at nine county buildings — including two solar arrays, two geothermal systems and HVAC and lighting improvements — and is projected to reduce county energy use about 22%, producing guaranteed annual utility savings of roughly $478,000. Commissioner Henson called the geothermal work “significant” for both environmental and fiscal reasons.

Jason Schultz, director of information technology and innovation, presented a $784,800 agreement with Denovo Ventures LLC to migrate the county’s JD Edwards enterprise resource planning system to Oracle Cloud. Schultz said detailed cost analysis and vendor negotiations produced $134,882.85 in license savings over three years and additional offsets for support licensing.

Finally, the board approved a $3,091,011 agreement with North Metro Community Services to provide services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Mark Osborne, deputy budget and finance director, said $2,709,619 of the amount is for operating expenses and $381,392 is one-time funding to support a solar energy system for the provider’s building. Funding for the agreement comes from a 0.257 mill levy the county levies for IDD services; Osborne said Colorado law authorizes counties to levy up to one mill for these services.

Actions taken were routine approvals following staff presentations; the board did not record individual roll-call tallies for the Core Health, CMTA or Denovo motions, but each passed on motion and second.

What’s next: staff said the county will present a more detailed EPC project update in a study session in early April and anticipates returning for subsequent approvals for additional EPC phases in the fall.