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provided their opinions about moving the bus barn, called the Transportation and Maintenance Facility or TMF, after a Clear Creek Courant story said the commissioners were pitted against the school district over the building’s placement. ey said they weren’t pitted against the school district at all. In fact, they commended and said they supported the district on its decisions to change how students are being educated.

“I have been asking some questions, and I think that’s really the extent of it,” Commissioner Sean Wood said.

He wanted it on the record that he has never suggested the school district should get rid of its bus program, a false statement he said others in the county have attributed to him. Instead, he said he suggested that the school district should investigate outsourcing bus maintenance.

“Part of that came from some investigation I did around large businesses with large eets of vehicles right here in the county that do not have maintenance facilities,” Wood said. “ ey are currently successfully outsourcing their maintenance and doing so in a way that maintains safety and allows them to focus on their core mission.” professional and honest, and sometimes being honest says,‘I think you got that wrong,’” he said. “We are in these o ces both because we want a strong county government and a strong county community.”

Marlin said he thought the school board and school district have done a great job changing the district’s education model, giving students a positive vision for their future.

“I really do support their (education) vision and the execution of that vision,” he said.

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He said his observation was that the school district’s core mission was educating young people, “not necessarily spending huge sums of money on a maintenance facility that may not be needed when buses are electri ed.”

Wood said he completely supported the school district, and he hoped to do his part as a citizen and taxpayer to make sure everyone was making the best decisions.

Commissioner George Marlin said leaders in local governments throughout the county needed to work together, though sometimes that involved di ering opinions.

“We are able to move through those di erences in a way that is

“I think the bus barn situation is unfortunate,” Marlin said. “I do think this (county) board does have a stake in talking about when poor land-use decisions are made that a ect our ability to provide housing, etc. It a ects our organization from a budgetary perspective … and it has impacts that are worth mentioning. We can separate comments about one decision from our admiration and support for (the school district’s) much broader, bolder vision for the future that is a great one.”

Commissioner Randy Wheelock said communication was key among all of the government entities in the county. He added that one place the county’s and other government entities’ priorities intersect is when several government agencies perform the same function,

“We have a lot of redundancy,” Wheelock said. “Maybe collectivize something like the eet maintenance. How many di erent eet maintenance shops should we have in one small county? … at’s where it ties in. … It would be nice if we could get everyone on the same page trying to save a little money.”