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Gilpin County to make long-term care optional and suspend hiring/retention incentives for 2026 amid budget constraints
Summary
The Board approved transitioning long-term care insurance to an employee-paid optional benefit and voted to suspend the county's hiring and retention incentive program for budget year 2026; existing incentives earned or committed through Dec. 31 will be honored, and staff will revisit targeted options in October work sessions.
At the Sept. 23 meeting the Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners approved two related personnel changes aimed at reducing projected 2026 personnel costs: a resolution making long-term care insurance an optional, employee‑paid benefit, and a separate resolution pausing the county’s hiring and retention incentive program for the 2026 budget year.
Human resources director Shanda Johnson told the board that long-term care insurance had been a county-paid benefit for eligible employees but that rising benefits costs and very low utilization prompted the proposal to convert the benefit to an optional program the employee may elect and pay for. Johnson said the county’s…
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