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Gilpin County elected officials urge notice, appeals and time limits for vacant‑position policy

Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners · October 29, 2025

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Summary

Treasure Mary Lorenz and Clerk & Recorder Sahari McCormick told commissioners they were not notified about a proposed vacant-position policy on the BOCC packet and requested a time limit on county-manager hiring decisions and an appeal to the BOCC.

During the Oct. 28 meeting’s public-comment period, two elected county officials urged changes to a proposed vacant-position policy on the agenda.

Gilpin County Treasurer Mary Lorenz told the board the policy directly affects her office and county residents; she said she learned of the proposal only after seeing the BOCC agenda packet and requested that the county manager’s hiring decision be subject to a time limit and that an appeal process to the board be added. Clerk & Recorder Sahari McCormick echoed the concerns and asked to be notified of items affecting elected offices before they appear in agenda packets, stressing "communication and transparency" and asserting that hiring decisions for staff in elected-official offices should be the sole province of the elected official.

Commissioners did not take immediate action but recorded those comments and the request for clearer notice and an appeal mechanism on the record. The board later proceeded with other agenda business.