Arapahoe County commissioners to consider Shiloh House waiver, Power Pathway permit and fire-ban update

Arapahoe County commissioners are set to consider a purchasing-policy waiver for a Shiloh House contract on June 22, then take up a major Xcel transmission-line permit, a Platte Canyon housing proposal, an updated fire-ban ordinance and a coroner appointment at their June 23 business meeting, according to county agendas and packet materials.

At the June 22 study session, county human services staff are asking commissioners to approve a select-source waiver for a Shiloh House contract that staff says would total up to $287,500 for one year and no more than $575,000 over two years. The waiver request says the contract would fund short-term respite services for Arapahoe County youth ages 8 to 17 who are at risk of family disruption or in foster care, with two beds reserved for the county’s use in Shiloh House’s program.

County staff says the waiver is needed because the contract exceeds the county’s $100,000 purchasing-policy threshold and because Shiloh House is the only provider in the area offering the level of therapeutic respite services the department says it needs. The study-session agenda lists the item as a waiver request, and the packet reviewed by Badger does not show a separate later business-meeting vote on the contract itself.

The June 23 business agenda includes a public hearing on ASI25-001, Colorado’s Power Pathway 345-kV transmission line 1041 application. The county packet shows commissioners are set to review draft motions contemplating conditional approval, including versions tied either to the Planning Commission recommendation or to renegotiated staff conditions. That means the item is not framed as a simple up-or-down hearing; commissioners have proposed condition sets in front of them.

Commissioners are also scheduled to consider GDP25-003, the Residences at Platte Canyon planned unit development and general development plan. The meeting packet describes the item as a rezone to a PUD/GDP and indicates the applicant agreed to county staff and Planning Commission conditions of approval except as otherwise stated in the resolution materials. The packet also includes Planning Commission materials and resident questions and responses, suggesting the proposal has already drawn public scrutiny.

Commissioners are also set to hold a public hearing on an amended and restated Ordinance 2026-03 governing open fire bans. County emergency management staff says the proposal would amend and supersede the county’s existing 2000 ordinance and reflects updates developed with the county attorney, sheriff’s office and Office of Emergency Management. A separate draft motion in the packet would adopt the ordinance as presented, and the records reviewed do not show additional staff amendments beyond that updated draft.

The June 23 consent agenda also includes an item to appoint a county coroner following Dr. Kelly C. Lear’s retirement, while a separate ceremonial item recognizes Lear’s service.

Because these are agenda and packet materials, they show what commissioners are scheduled to consider, not final outcomes. Whether the board adopts, modifies or continues any of the June 23 items will depend on the public hearings and votes at the meeting.