Kristen, Park County's grants administrator, gave commissioners a high-level overview of active projects, applications under review, and grant-administration processes at the June 8 workshop. She said the county has roughly $8.6 million of hazard-mitigation grant applications and other federal/state applications under review, with funding decisions delayed for some programs.

Kristen listed current projects that are either funded or under construction, including an MDT-funded West Boulder bridge replacement (scheduled to close June 10 for an estimated three-month construction period), a fully funded HVAC project at the local museum under an EECBG grant, an MDT-funded Rock Creek bridge replacement (roughly $600,000), and other MDT bridge funding for Shields Valley-area projects. She said the West Boulder closure and notifications to landowners and agencies are in progress.

She also summarized larger applications under review, including hazard-mitigation and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)-type bridge applications (about $3 million) and approximately $8.6 million in hazard-mitigation grant applications. Kristen noted federal grant review and award timing remain uncertain.

On administration, Kristen described how admin fees typically are invoiced to grants and reimbursed to specific funds or departments depending on which staff performed reimbursable work. "So admin fees typically when Kristen bills them, they will go back to the grama," a county presenter said; staff clarified reimbursed admin fees are often transferred to the department that performed the work (for example, road funds for road-related work). Kristen said she records hours so the county can recover reimbursable staff time and that she expects about $80,000 in admin-fee reimbursements for the next fiscal year based on current applications and contracts.

Kristen said she has proposed moving her position from 0.6 to 0.9 FTE in FY25-26; that change is on the June 17 agenda and was presented as a budgeted decision with net savings to the county because of grant-reimbursed time and reduced outside contract needs. She also noted the county has implemented a central grants process and a two-year-old resolution requiring departments to route grant activity through her office to reduce audit findings and ensure compliance.