On Monday, the dais of the Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) moved to the Parachute Library for two hours. No public arrived to comment, which is a little out of the ordinary since at least one old-timer usually shows up to commend the commissioners for their stamina and voice a concern or two. Not so Monday.

So the BOCC jumped right
into the agenda, approving the consent agenda first. Then, they renewed a contract with CorrHealth LLC to provide medical, mental and ancillary healthcare services to Garfield County Jail inmates for $2,936,119. The CorrHealth contract was signed in 2023 with options for four renewals. This is the third renewal of the agreement. 

Approval of a letter of support for a Colorado Department of Transportation planning grant for the Town of Parachute’s transit feasibility study was followed by an executive session about the contract between the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office and Greyco Customs LLC, an emergency and police vehicle upfitting company in Rifle. The most recent agreement between Garco and Greyco was a February 2026 contract renewal for $252,000 to upfit the Sheriff Department’s new 2026 vehicles. 

The rest of the meeting included a permit hearing for the new Jackrabbit Gravel Pit Quarry on an existing natural gas pad owned by Denver-based QB Energy. The application states that QB Energy permitted and built a well pad in 2019, but the state drilling permits were abandoned in 2023. That site will be used for 20 years as a “source for gravel and structural fill” for roads and natural gas pad development. 

Representatives of the company, which purchased Piceance Basin assets from Caerus Oil and Gas in 2024, said that the pit’s footprint would be no larger than the existing disturbed area, which happens to be in Greater Sage Grouse Priority Habitat Management Area.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife submitted comments, recommending against human activity in the area between March 1 and July 15, among other wildlife mitigation plans. Operations will be on-demand, according to QB Energy. 

The commissioners liked the idea of using gravel from a local site, owned by the company, for use nearby and how it could reduce truck traffic on local roads. 

“It makes great sense to have your own pit up there,” said Commissioner Perry Will. The BOCC unanimously approved the permit with a few conditions.

On Tuesday, June 16, the BOCC meets at 6pm with the Town of Carbondale Board of Trustees. Topics include wildfire modeling, energy efficiency and electrification upgrades, senior meals, Roaring Fork Transportation Authority’s Hogback bus service, County Road 108 bridge progress, water issues and an update from the Carbondale Wild West Rodeo. 

You can find all BOCC meetings archived at the Garfield County website, garfieldcountyco.gov/board-commissioners/meetings