• Monthly Board Meetings

All board meetings begin at 7pm unless otherwise noted. If you would like to be on the agenda, you must give notice by the Friday before each Palisade Irrigation District board meeting.

Please call us at 970-464-4700 to make an appointment.

777 35 3/10 Road, Palisade, CO  81526

970-464-4700 / Fax 970-464-1337 – Leave a Message / M-F – 9am-3pm [mt] phone hours – call for office appointment

Email: OFFICE@PALISADEIRRIGATIONDISTRICT.ORG – MAIN

www.palisadeirrigationdistrict.org

BOARD MEETING DATES & TIMES FOR 2026

at 7 P.M. [exceptions can occur]

JANUARY      08   01, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

FEBRUARY           05, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

MARCH                 05, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

APRIL                    02, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

MAY                       13, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

JUNE                      04, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

JULY                       02, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

AUGUST                06, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

SEPTEMBER       03, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

OCTOBER     08   01, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

NOVEMBER         05, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

DECEMBER          10, 2026 @ 7 P.M.

If you would like to be on the agenda, you must give notice by the Friday before each PID Board Meeting.

*This facility/property uses voice, video, camera surveillance recordings 24/7.

**2026 Budget is available for review, please call to make an in-person appointment.

***Election for Region3-Palisade{2027-8-9 term} – 12/08/26 [1-5pm]-self appointment must be made by 09/25/26 to the office in person.

Please call to make an appointment if you need an office appointment.

Board Member – Rick Miller – Region1/GJ-Fruitvale – west of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Kent Brumback – Region 2/Clifton – east of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Paul Young – Region 3/Palisade

THANK YOU!

[updated website 12/08/25]

Palisade Irrigation District
Finalized 2026 Budget (12/04/2025).
Reclamation O&M and Grant Reimbursement $60,000
USDA Drought- Commodities Program $0
Fish Ladder Reimbursement $5,000
Revenue (Interest, etc) $20,000
Assessment Revenue (From Mesa
County Water Report) $948,000
Projected Total New Funds Available $1,033,000
Total Funds Available $1,033,000
5000 Wages [EEsPayrSum] 2026
5008 Superintendent $62,400
5004 Office Manager $57,824
5002-1 Field Tech X 3 $171,808
Board Consultant/Special Programs
Coordinator $50,000
5001 & 2 Other wages (overtime/OT) $12,600
5000-2 On- Call Compensation [ALL EEs] $11,000
Health and Wellness $1,100
5005 Fees Director $5,400
5015 Payroll Taxes – ER (Fed=fica/ss+medicare) + CO-$U2I6,741
5057 Insurance-Employee Health $38,000
5020 Workmans Comp – $4687/12months=$390.58×3$m1o2 ,[115/54]=1171.74 [Vendors]
5058 Simple IRAs 3% ER contribution $6,400
Subtotal $455,428
5200 CANAL [P&L]
5230 Water Carriage [P&L] $8,800
Subtotal $8,800
Operation and Replacement Expenses [P&L]
5250 Utilities – 5251/verizon – 5252/charter-pn-int-fax$ 1- 25,205030/Ute – 5254/xcel – 5255/trash [P&L]
Subtotal $12,000
5201 Canal Operation and Maintenance [P&L]
5204 Vac Operations Fall Box Cleaning $15,000
5205 SCADA $6,500
Canal Safety and Security $1,000
2216 [SysImp r ] Canal Improvements O&M [SysImpr] $8,000
5203 Parts and Materials $3,000
5208 Contractor Assistance $8,000
5202 Tools and Supplies $1,000
5206 Headgates Replacements $6,000
5207 Clearing Tree-Weed-Veg. $4,000
5207-1 Invasive Species Control $175,000
5225 EEs-Field Techs Protective Gear [P&L] $1,500
Subtotal $229,000
5210 Lateral Operation and Maintenance [P&L]
2217 [SysImp r ] Laterals Improvements O&M [SysImpr] $12,000
5212 Parts and Materials $38,000
5213 Contractor Repairs $10,000
5211 Tools and Supplies $1,000
5214 Vac Operations $20,000
5216 Clearing Vegetation $2,000
5216-1 Invasive Species Control $17,000
5215 Locates $5,000
5236 Fuel $15,000
5220 GIS Development and Maintenance $3,000
Subtotal $123,000
Maintenance and Repairs [P&L]
5800 Building [P&L] $16,000
5240-5242 Equipment [P&L] $4,000
5237 Vehicles [P&L] $6,500
Subtotal $26,500
5300 Adminstration – General and Management
5360 Legal Fees [Vendors] $12,000
5315 Accounting Fees [Vendors] $4,500
5310 Audit [P&L] $5,600
5305 Office Expense [P&L] $5,000
5307-1 Answering Service [P&L] $2,000
IT (Computer Repl and Computer Backup) $4,000
5303 Website maintenance/Advertising [P&L] $1,000
5302 + 5304 Education#5302 + Travel #5304 [P&L] $2,000
5335 License Fees – plates, titles for vehicles, equipmen$t5 [0P0&L]
5320 Dues [P&L] Treasurer Fee $56,000
Recovery Program Executive Committee $1,500
5321 Water Quality Program $1,100
5350 Business Insurance & veh ins – GL – Equipment $[1885,4010.061/12=711.83×3=2135.49
Subtotal $113,200
USDA Drought-Commodities Program $0 $0
Capital Improvement Fund $30,000 $30,000
5400 Fish Ladder Maintenance $5,000 $5,000
8600 Vehicle and Equipment Fund $30,000 $30,000
Invasive Species Mitigation Fund $0 $0
$65,000
Total Expenses Projected Income $1,033,000 $1,032,928
Ending Cash Balance $72 [2026Budget]

 

AGENDA – PALISADE IRRIGATION DISTRICT – Draft [posted website & Dropbox 05/06/26]

Date: May 13, 2026 – Board Meeting – Regular Meeting at Office @ 7pm

Attendance:                                                  

Guests/Visitors & Guest Business: Amelia Bussell, Nate/Atty – HUP, Green Mtn, Shoshone Update

Community Comments:

Agenda 05/13/26:

Financial Reports:

*GVB Checking Balance                   $_                    _ as of 05/13/26

*GVB MM-checking                          $_                    _ as of 05/13/26 [Interest 0.00%stm043026]

*Water Assessments                            $__                  _ as of 05/07/26

[ytd rec’d WA $365,997.47ytd2026 {Jan’26$8057.50-20.14fee=8037.36 + Feb’26$358,857.30-897.19fee=$357,960.11}]                [MC Treasurer has until the 7th/month to get reports]

*Peaks Invms/LPL-MorganStanleyBank  $                      _ as of 04/30/26 [Interest 3.85% – matures 02/25/28]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-MSB-Private    $                      _ as of 04/30/26 [Interest 5.50% – matures 02/08/27]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-WFB-Phx   $__                  _ as of 04/30/26 [Interest 5.35% – matures 06/11/26]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-Cash MM   $__             _      as of 04/30/26 [Interest 0.27%]

*ColoTrust Prime                                $                         as of 04/30/26 [Interest 3.56%+/-{30d/yield}]

*ColoTrust Plus+                                $                         as of 04/30/26 [Interest 3.78%+/-{30d/yield}]

  • Pay Bills 05/13/26 for April2026 $
  • Payroll/ April 2026 – ER taxes $ + SIRA $  = $
  • OT-hrs xx = $xx

Minutes of last PID Board Meeting: April 02, 2026

 Old Business:

  • USDA Update – See email from Lane Dickson
  • Miscellaneous PID business and operations updates –
    • 3585 Front St. – Delivery – Replaced 2” defective brass valve with 2” Flomatic Cast-Iron gate valve. Installed 70 ft of 3” pipe to 3585 Front St. and with a 3” Flomatic Gate Valve at the end for the user to tie onto. Once he does this we will continue to evaluate.  May need to tie onto the mainline further to the west to avoid excessive headloss in the 2”.  We would probably need to bore this rather than open cut due to driveways and possible utilities.
    • Investment maturing info –
  • Personnel Discussion
    • Hired Field Tech Helper April 29th. Alexander (Xander) Locke.
    • Two applicants for the Superintendent Trainee position to Review.

Superintendent Trainee Hiring Plan

  • April 30 Announcement Closed
  • May 1 – May 5 Initial Application Review and Filter – Dan and Teresa
  • May 6 – Board Meeting
    • Review/Evaluate Applications
    • If applications sufficient – schedule interview Day(s)
    • Appoint Hiring Committee
    • If insufficient applications – decide on next course (cast wider net?)
  • Hiring Committee Interviews
  • Hiring Committee Make Offer
  • Draft Training Plan

New Business:

District O&M Update

  • Repair Updates –  A few Yard and Garden Valves.  Some with poor access in back yards.  We hired Wiseland to lift backfill over the brick wall behind the Safeway with their excavator.
  • Clifton/Palisade Updates – Got the bank turned on.  Pharmacy landscaping is not complete. Nothing started in Clifton yet.
  • Mussel Update
  • CO River Update – Dismal, Dire.  Price Ditch started at 65cfs and has been operating at 60cfs for about 2 weeks as demand dropped.  Starting to pick up again. Price Ditch plus P Laterals and Reverse Stub have stayed well within our 80cfs Senior Water Right.  Grand Valley Water Users have sealed off the Cameo Diversion as best possible. Still some leakage. Maybe 5000acft in the HUP.

 Next PID Board Meeting is scheduled for: June 4, 2026 at 7 p.m. – []

 Board Member – Rick Miller – Region1/GJ-Fruitvale – west of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Kent Brumback – Region 2/Clifton – east of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Paul Young – Region 3/Palisade

____________________________________

AGENDA – PALISADE IRRIGATION DISTRICT – Draft [posted website & Dropbox 03/30/26]

Date: April 02, 2026 – Board Meeting – Regular Meeting at Office @ 7pm

Attendance:                                                  

 Guests/Visitors & Guest Business: Amelia Bussell, Nate/Atty – HUP, Green Mtn, Shoshone Update

 Community Comments:

 Agenda 04/02/26:

 Financial Reports:

*GVB Checking Balance                   $_                    _ as of 04/02/26

*GVB MM-checking                          $_                    _ as of 04/02/26 [Interest 0.00%stm03/31/26]

*Water Assessments                            $__                  _ as of 04/02/26

[ytd rec’d WA $365,997.47ytd2026 {Jan’26$8057.50-20.14fee=8037.36 + Feb’26$358,857.30-897.19fee=$357,960.11}]                [MC Treasurer has until the 7th/month to get reports]

*Peaks Invms/LPL-MorganStanleyBank  $                      _ as of 03/31/26 [Interest 3.85% – matures 02/25/28]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-MSB-Private    $                      _ as of 03/31/26 [Interest 5.50% – matures 02/08/27]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-WFB-Phx   $__                  _ as of 03/31/26 [Interest 5.35% – matures 06/11/26]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-Cash MM   $__             _      as of 03/31/26 [Interest 0.27%]

*ColoTrust Prime                                $                         as of 03/31/26 [Interest 3.56%+/-{30d/yield}]

*ColoTrust Plus+                                $                         as of 03/31/26 [Interest 3.78%+/-{30d/yield}]

  • Pay Bills 04/02/26 for March2026 $32,224.54
  • Payroll/ March 2026 – ER taxes $1,832.05 + SIRA $579.88  = $2,411.93
  • OT-hrs 16.25 = $674.63

Minutes of last PID Board Meeting: March 05, 2026

 Old Business:

  • USDA Update – No News
  • Miscellaneous PID business and operations updates – Colotrust accounts Prime 3.51%, Plus+ 3.74%, ?add Edge 3.88%? – Solar/CloudBreak info
  • Personnel Discussion
  • MCID CONEX – letter of consent

New Business:

  • Clearnetworx – letter of consent – crossing Price Ditch at several locations
  • Paco/IT – needs the network equipment updated this year and re-wiring, estimated cost $5k

 District O&M Update

  • Repair Updates –
  • Water In 2026 –
  • Clifton/Palisade Updates –
  • Mussel Update –
  • CO River Update –

Next PID Board Meeting is scheduled for: May 07, 2026 at 7 p.m. – [website updated 03/30/26]

Adjourned:

Board Member – Rick Miller – Region1/GJ-Fruitvale – west of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Kent Brumback – Region 2/Clifton – east of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Paul Young – Region 3/Palisade –

 

AGENDA – PALISADE IRRIGATION DISTRICT – Draft [posted website & Dropbox 03/06/26]

Date: March 05, 2026 – Board Meeting – Regular Meeting at Office @ 7pm

Attendance:                                                  

Guests/Visitors & Guest Business:                                 

Community Comments:

Agenda 03/05/26:

Financial Reports:

*GVB Checking Balance                   $__                    _ as of 03/05/26

*GVB MM-checking                          $_                      _ as of 03/05/26 [Interest 0.00%]

*Water Assessments                            $__                    _ as of 03/05/26

[ytd rec’d WA $00ytd2026]     [MC Treasurer has until the 7th/month to get reports]

*Peaks Invms/LPL-MorganStanleyBank  $__                    _ as of 2/28/26 [Interest 3.85% – matures 2/25/28]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-MSB-Private    $__                    _ as of 02/28/26 [Interest 5.50% – matures 02/08/27]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-WFB-Phx   $__                     _as of 02/28/26 [Interest 5.35% – matures 06/11/26]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-Cash MM   $__                     _as of 02/28/26 [Interest 0.27%]

*ColoTrust Prime                                $__                     _as of 02/28/26 [Interest 4.2+%{30d/yield}]

*ColoTrust Plus+                                $_                       _as of 02/28/26 [Interest 4.3+%{30d/yield}]

  • Pay Bills 03/05/26 for Feb2026 $
  • Payroll/ Feb 2026 – ER taxes $ + SIRA $  = $
  • OT-hrs x = $

Minutes of last PID Board Meeting: February 5, 2026

Old Business:

  • USDA Update –
  • Miscellaneous PID business and operations updates – Investment maturing info –
  • Personnel Discussion

New Business:

  • MCID CONEX

District O&M Update

  • Repair Updates –
  • Water In 2026 –
  • Clifton/Palisade Updates –
  • Mussel Update –
  • CO River Update –

Next PID Board Meeting is scheduled for: April 2, 2026 at 7 p.m. – [website updated 03/03/26]

Adjourned:

Board Member – Rick Miller – Region1/GJ-Fruitvale – west of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Kent Brumback – Region 2/Clifton – east of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Paul Young – Region 3/Palisade –

AGENDA – PALISADE IRRIGATION DISTRICT – Draft [posted website & Dropbox 013126]

Date: February 05, 2026 – Board Meeting – Regular Meeting at Office @ 7pm

Attendance:                                                   Guests/Visitors:

Guest Business:

 Community Comments:

Agenda 02/05/26:

Financial Reports:

*GVB Checking Balance                   $__                    _ as of 02/05/26

*GVB MM-checking                          $_                      _ as of 02/05/26 [Interest 0.00%]

*Water Assessments                            $__                    _ as of 02/05/26

[ytd rec’d WA $00ytd2026]     [MC Treasurer has until the 7th/month to get reports]

*Peaks Invms/LPL-MorganStanleyBank  $__                    _ as of 01/31/26 [Interest 4.65% – matures 02/23/26]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-MSB-Private    $__                    _ as of 01/31/26 [Interest 5.50% – matures 02/08/27]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-WFB-Phx   $__                     _as of 01/31/26 [Interest 5.35% – matures 06/11/26]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-Cash MM   $__                     _as of 01/31/26 [Interest 0.27%]

*ColoTrust Prime                                $__                     _as of 01/31/26 [Interest 4.2+%{30d/yield}]

*ColoTrust Plus+                                $_                       _as of 01/31/26 [Interest 4.3+%{30d/yield}]

  • Pay Bills 02/05/26
  • Payroll/ Jan 2026 – ER taxes $ + SIRA $  = $
  • OT-hrs x = $

Minutes of last PID Board Meeting: January 08, 2026

Old Business:

  • USDA Update –
  • Miscellaneous PID business and operations updates – Investment maturing info –
  • x

New Business:

  • x

District O&M Update

  • Repair Updates –
  • Clifton/Palisade Updates
  • Mussel Update
  • CO River Update –

Next PID Board Meeting is scheduled for: March 05, 2026 at 7 p.m. – [website updated 01/31/26]

Adjourned:

Board Member – Rick Miller – Region1/GJ-Fruitvale – west of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Kent Brumback – Region 2/Clifton – east of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Paul Young – Region 3/Palisade –

AGENDA – PALISADE IRRIGATION DISTRICT – Draft [posted website & Dropbox 010526]

Date: January 08, 2026 – Board Meeting – Regular Meeting at Office @ 7pm

Attendance:                                                   Visitors:

Guest Business:

Community Comments: 

Agenda 01/08/26 :

Guest Business:

Financial Reports:

*GVB Checking Balance                   $__                    _ as of 01/08/26

*GVB MM-checking                          $_                      _ as of 01/08/26 [Interest 0.80%]

*Water Assessments                            $__                    _ as of 01/08/26

[ytd rec’d WA $949,449ytd2025]        [MC Treasurer has until the 7th/month to get reports]

*Peaks Invms/LPL-MorganStanleyBank  $__                    _ as of 12/31/25 [Interest 4.65% – matures 02/23/26]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-MSB-Private    $__                    _ as of 12/31/25 [Interest 5.50% – matures 02/08/27]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-WFB-Phx   $__                     _as of 12/31/25 [Interest 5.35% – matures 06/11/26]

*Peaks Investments/LPL-Cash MM   $__                     _as of 12/31/25 [Interest 0.27%]

*ColoTrust Prime                                $__                     _as of 12/31/25 [Interest 4.2+%{30d/yield}]

*ColoTrust Plus+                                $_                       _as of 12/31/25 [Interest 4.3+%{30d/yield}]

  • Pay Bills 01/08/26
  • Payroll/ Dec 2025 – ER taxes $ + SIRA $  = $
  • OT-hrs x = $

Minutes of last PID Board Meeting: December 04, 2025

Old Business:

  • USDA Update –
  • Miscellaneous PID business and operations updates –
  • x

New Business:

  • Personnel Discussion

District O&M Update

  • Repair Updates – H159 Saddletap and Delivery, H180 Isolation Valve
  • Clifton/Palisade Updates
  • Mussel Update
  • CO River Update –

Next PID Board Meeting is scheduled for: February 05, 2026 at 7 p.m. – [website updated 01/05/26]

Adjourned:

Board Member – Rick Miller – Region1/GJ-Fruitvale – west of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Kent Brumback – Region 2/Clifton – east of I70 Business Loop

Board Member – Paul Young – Region 3/Palisade –