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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04/07/2025 SPECIAL MEETING LETTERS OF SUPPORT REQUEST April 7, 2025 Present: Jeanne McQueeney Chairman Tom Boyd Commissioner • • Matt Scherr Commissioner Laura Hartman Senior Policy Analyst Rhea Silverkorn Executive Coordinator Dani Moore Administrative Assistant Tori Franks Resiliency Director During the letters of support section of the working meeting agenda,the following items were presented to the Board of County Commissioners for their consideration: Letters of Support Tori presented a request to the Commissioners to sign on to a letter from Mountain Towns 2023 to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee: • The letter requests that Congress preserve the following IRA Tax credits. O 25C Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit O 25D Residential Clean Energy Credit O 45W Commercial Clean Vehicles Credit O 30C Alternative Refueling Property Credit O 48E Clean Electricity Investment Credit Outcome: The Board unanimously decided to sign on to the letter. Rhea signed on behalf of the Board. Commissioner Scherr presented a request to the Commissioners to sign on to a letter from the Center for Climate Integrity to • The letter will go to Colorado's Congressional Delegation. • The letter requests that big oil companies not be given blanket waivers of liability from lawsuits related to climate superfund and deception. • The companies named in the Colorado lawsuits are ExxonMobil and Suncor. Outcome: The Board unanimously decided to sign on to the letter. Rhea signed on behalf of the Board. There being no further letters of support before the Board,this completed the letters of support portion of the meeting. OF Glee G�r oG 9 Attest: •4! 01 o Ql Clerk to the Board Chairman