The committee will certify those businesses that qualify for the state's "5-star" rating program. "Hopefully it will be an online process where they will file an application and file their safety plan," Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar said during a press conference held Tuesday outside the Pueblo County Courthouse. "We've worked on a template for them to prepare a safety plan to say, 'these are the things we are going to do to make sure that it is as safe as it possibly can' (be) for inside activities at that particular business." Mesa County developed the Variance Protection Program, also known as the 5-star rating program, to recognize establishments implementing public health recommendations related to COVID-19 and reward them by allowing a more robust opening than what their current level on the state's COVID-19 dial permits.