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County manager confirms HARP funding correction, $50,000 Lucero library award and Workday ticket and payroll updates
Summary
County Manager Espinna Genesio told the Board the HARP authority’s 2025 funding is being corrected to $341,602, the board directed $50,000 toward the Lucero library capital campaign, and county staff reported 93 Workday tickets and ongoing payroll issues prompting a possible shift to twice‑monthly pay.
County Manager Espinna Genesio told the Board of County Commissioners the HARP authority’s 2025 funding level had been set incorrectly by an earlier calculation and that staff will correct the award so it remains flat with 2024; the corrected annual amount is $341,602. Genesio said staff will proceed with a memo and issue the check.
Genesio also reported the board’s current direction is to provide $50,000 to the Pueblo City‑County Library District toward its Lucero branch capital campaign. Staff will draft an award letter and the board said it may revisit the amount later in the year should funds become available.
On the county’s new Workday system, Genesio reported there were 93 tickets received since January as of the end of the day on Feb. 11: 36 closed, 36 open, 12 pending, eight waiting on staff, one waiting on a vendor, and 30 checks created and distributed to correct payroll issues. Genesio said check corrections could result from data entry errors, supervisory omissions, or software bugs and that county teams are addressing those problems.
Commissioners asked for an update on the sheriff’s department payroll concerns. Genesio said staff has consulted other counties and vendors, and recommended consideration of a twice‑monthly pay schedule countywide to reduce the size of pay fluctuations for nonexempt employees. She said implementing a countywide pay schedule change would take months to a year and is likely to be part of 2026 budget discussions.
Next steps: staff will issue the corrected HARP award, draft the $50,000 Lucero library award letter, continue Workday troubleshooting, and pursue further analysis of payroll schedule options with outside counties and vendors.
