Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners discussed the following items at their March 19 staff briefing. District 1 Commissioner Faye Griffin, District 2 Commissioner Casey Tighe, and District 3 Commissioner Donald Rosier were in attendance.
Annual Fire Operating Plan
The Sheriff’s Office will ask for the commission to give formal approval for the county’s annual fire operating plan (AOP) at an upcoming meeting. Among the AOP’s provisions is one to authorize the Sheriff’s Office to commit $100,000 in initial funding to fight a fire incident without having to wait for county approval.
Staff said negotiations were ongoing, considering firefighting agreements with Denver Mountain Parks.
Open Space to use uncommitted park fes
The county collects fees from land developers to help create and improve park and recreation opportunities.
Development on land that is not within a municipality, and not within an established recreation district all go into an uncommitted park fund. The county or recreation districts can then ask the county for those funds.
According to the county’s Planning and Zoning Department, that fund has received $35,067 from 1998 to 2012.
The Jefferson County Open Space Advisory Committee has recommended that those funds be used in four locations: Pine Valley Ranch Park ($26,800), Reynolds Ranch Park ($6,861), Clear Creek Canyon Park ($1,120) and South Valley Park ($284).
New time and labor system
The county is moving towards official approval of an employee time and scheduling software system, offered by Kronos. The new program, which consolidates the current patchwork of paper forms and spread sheets that each department currently uses, is expected to have a first-year cost of $197,092. An annual maintenance cost for future is estimated at $39,511.
All county departments — aside from the library division — will use the new system. It is estimated the new system will save enough money in internal staff time and reduced mistakes to offer the county a return on investment within a couple years.
The new system is scheduled to be implemented by the end of the year.
The next commissioners’ meeting and staff briefing will begin at 8 a.m. April 2.
— Compiled by Glenn Wallace
