The Castle Rock Town Council met on November 18, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the Town Hall Council Chambers. Mayor Jason Gray presided, with Mayor Pro Tem Laura Cavey and Councilmembers Ryan Hollingshead, Kevin Bracken, Mark Davis, and Tim Dietz present. Councilmember Max Brooks was absent. The meeting included appointments, consent items, a water quality update, grant program discussions, and approval of several contracts.
The following items were approved by a 6-0 vote without discussion:
No members of the public signed up to speak on any agenda item.
Pete Managers (Assistant Director of Finance) and Clark Hammelman (Chair, Public Safety Commission) presented the recommendations from the Public Safety Commission for the 2026 grant cycle. The program, funded by the Philip S. Miller Trust Fund, has an annual budget of $45,000 for up to five grants. This year, eight applications totaling $97,000 were received. After review, the Commission recommended awarding grants to:
Kristin Read, Assistant Town Manager, presented options for modifying the Council Community Grant Program and the Philip S. Miller Resource Grants, based on council direction from a prior meeting. The Council Community Grant Program currently has a $16,000 annual budget (up to $4,000 per quarter, $1,000 per grant). Options discussed included:
Mark Marlowe, Director of Castle Rock Water, presented a request to waive competitive bidding and sole source a $5.9 million contract (plus 10% contingency) with Logical Systems, LLC (LSI) for phase five of the SCADA master plan. The total budget through 2029 is $24.5 million, with $11.3 million spent to date. LSI has been the integrator since 2023, and both design and cybersecurity consultants recommended a single integrator for system consistency, cybersecurity, and lower long-term costs. The price was negotiated down by $250,000. The work will run from January 2026 through August 2027. The resolution passed 6-0.
Mark Marlowe presented a resolution authorizing the Plum Creek Water Reclamation Authority (PCWRA) to enter into a loan agreement, construction contract, and construction management contract for the replacement of the reuse reservoir liner and pump station. The low bid for the full project (option two) was $7.6 million. PCWRA obtained a $3.5 million direct loan from the Colorado Water Resources and Power Development Authority at 3.5% for 30 years. Castle Rock Water owns about 80% of the authority, and the project primarily serves Red Hawk Golf Course. The golf course will repay the costs through per-thousand-gallon fees over 30 years (loan portion) and 40 years (self-funded portion). The project is expected to be completed before the 2026 irrigation season. The resolution passed 6-0.
Good evening. We'll open with invocation. Heavenly Father, we ask your guidance, wisdom, and support as we begin this meeting. We gather here today with the intent of doing good work. We seek to represent fairly and well those who have given us this task, help us engage in meaningful discussion, give us clarity and strength to use our best skills and judgment. Bless this community, its residents and businesses and visitors, and help us doing help us to continue in doing good work in your name. Amen. Call to order roll call, please. Councilmember Hollingshead. Here. Councilmember Bradkin. Present. Councilmember Davis. Here. Councilmember Brooks. Councilmember Deeds. Here. Mayor Pro Tem KV. Here. Mayor Gray. Here. All are present besides the case. Thank you. Please rise, please allegiance. I apply to the flag. And to the Republic for which it stands. One nation. With liberty and justice for all. First, I want to thank everybody for coming in tonight or online. A few things I wanted to mention. Of course, uh, we have starlighting this this coming Saturday. Hopefully everyone can make it. It's uh definitely a pretty amazing event. And uh hopefully everybody everyone can have a safe time and we can watch the star get get uh lit up and then have some fireworks. Um was kind of piggyback on last time on the uh um the men's health mental health month. Um one of the things we we had a lot of tragic uh suicides yeah throughout the year, but in November especially um already this month and uh whether it's uh locally or statewide or countrywide. One of the things we kind of forget sometimes, and I didn't realize this until recently, is that um uh uh male suicide is four times as prevalent as female suicide. Um so I think that we want a lot of times we I think that we uh um the male species sometimes some that does not uh do well with uh either therapy or self-reflection sometimes and and getting getting uh their pride in the way. So uh if you know somebody who who needs uh you know a pick me up or a phone call uh or uh just a chat, you know, please reach out. Um and then I uh I think this is my last uh kind of um going for each department. I have fire tonight. Um you know at this uh one of the one of the things we that's a f uh fire agency here at Caswalk Fires 130th anniversary. You know, they average 22 calls a day. Um they still have their their uh accreditation and they got it re redone this year. Nine new firefighters this year, and that's uh a lot of help to from 2A and and and town in general and our citizens are gonna thank you guys again for voting that in. Um they also spent six weeks in California for support. They also spent some time in Texas during uh the flooding. Uh new they got a new engine this year. Station 156 should uh break ground in early 2026. Um also a couple things for people.