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Commission approves posting for IT/GIS addressing coordinator and help-desk technician
Summary
Park County commissioners voted to post and hire for an addressing coordinator/help-desk technician in the county ITGIS department to fill a vacancy created by an internal promotion; the position is funded across GIS and IT budgets and shared with the City of Livingston.
Erica Hoffman, ITGIS director for Park County, told commissioners on June 10 that the county is seeking to fill an open addressing coordinator/help-desk technician position after Steve Vogt was promoted to senior technician. "We promoted Steve Vogt to the position of senior tech," Hoffman said, and the open role would support addressing verification and help-desk duties so higher-level GIS work can proceed.
Hoffman said the position is not new and is budgeted to be 25% paid from the GIS budget and 75% from the IT budget, and that the role is shared with the City of Livingston. Public commenters urged fiscal caution and noted budget deficits, while others flagged the operational reliance on IT for emergency services and county systems.
Commission discussion centered on workload and public-service implications. Commissioner Pavilion noted the department supports the county and the city, dispatch and Park County Fire and said Hoffman “has one of the highest number of hours of overtime.” Commissioner Wells moved to post and hire for the position; the motion was seconded and approved with the board voting "aye." The county clerk recorded no change to the job grade.
Why it matters: County staff and several commissioners described the ITGIS team as critical infrastructure for county operations, including emergency services, intergovernmental support and upcoming projects that they said require additional capacity. The commission decided to proceed with posting to ensure continuity of services.
What the vote did not establish: The transcript does not include a roll-call tally by name; funding percentages were described by Hoffman and multiple commissioners but no additional budget appropriation was recorded in the transcript.
