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Brighton to serve as fiscal agent for new youth assessment center under MOU
Summary
Council unanimously approved an MOU for the Youth Resource Assessment Center (WIRAC), making Brighton the employer of record to provide HR, procurement and limited IT support while WIRAC pays staff salaries; staff estimated 2026 fees at $78,000.
Brighton City Council unanimously approved Dec. 16 a memorandum of understanding to serve as fiscal agent for the Youth Resource Assessment Center (WIRAC), a nonprofit, multi-jurisdictional effort to provide assessment, intervention and resource services for youth in Adams County.
Deputy Chief Betsy Westbrook told council the center will provide assessment and de-escalation services that can prevent juveniles from entering the criminal justice system. She said partners identified space at the 27J building at Egbert (the old hospital), that the WIRAC board obtained nonprofit status and startup funding, and that the center requested a municipal fiscal-agent arrangement to provide competitive pay, benefits and administrative stability. "The city of Brighton will be the employer of record and provide things such as HR support with recruiting and onboarding, employment issues," Westbrook said. WIRAC would invoice the city weekly for salary and benefits; staff estimated fees for 2026 at $78,000.
City staff recommended approval; Council Member Pawlowski moved the resolution and Council Member Fiddler seconded. The council approved the MOU by roll call vote 8–0.
The arrangement is intended to improve staff recruitment and retention for WIRAC while allowing the nonprofit board to retain operational oversight; WIRAC will bear salary costs and invoice the city for those expenses.
