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Pitkin County commissioners weigh 2026 budget staffing requests and fleet electrification at work session
Summary
At a Nov. 18 work session the BOCC reviewed the 2026 budget staff recommendations: board signaled support for two seasonal backcountry community response officers, one patrol deputy and (majority) backing for a deputy emergency manager; commissioners also directed a ComDev-specific motor-pool option and debated EV vs hybrid vehicle purchases and charging infrastructure.
Pitkin County's Board of County Commissioners spent a large portion of its Nov. 18 work session reviewing the proposed 2026 budget, focusing on staffing requests from the sheriff's office and community-development motor-pool and fleet options.
Budget staff summarized the schedule for adoption (first reading Dec. 3, final approval Dec. 9) and then walked the board through departmental requests. The sheriff's office asked for multiple additions; undersheriff Alex Perchetta and emergency staff framed the deputy emergency manager as a priority to reduce single-resource dependency in the emergency-management function and to build continuity and preparedness. Emergency management staff noted the EMPG (Emergency Management Performance Grant) as a potential partial funding source.
Commissioners debated whether a…
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