Board adopts resolution excluding unpaid commissioners from workers' compensation coverage

Jan 12, 2026

The board adopted Resolution No. 6 clarifying that unpaid trustees and appointed commissioners (cemetery, ditch, parks & rec, town hall) are not employees for workers' compensation purposes; the town attorney said paid compensation would make a position an employee under the law.

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The Town of Pitkin Board of Trustees voted to adopt Resolution No. 6, which designates several unpaid commission positions as not employees for the purposes of workers' compensation coverage.

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