Board places routine finance, contracting and personnel items on Nov. 25 consent agenda

The Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District board reviewed several routine administrative items at its Nov. 19 study session and agreed to place them on the Nov. 25 meeting’s consent agenda with no objections.

Tiffany Hooten presented the October 2025 cash and investment transactions and, per staff guidance, the board raised no objection to moving that item to consent. Parks and Parkway Manager Dirk Ambrose reviewed bids for maintaining 285 acres of parkway landscape divided into 14 schedules and reported a recommended contractor total of $981,676.06 for 2026, a 1.1% increase from 2025; Ambrose also requested authorization for the general manager to negotiate next year’s pricing based on the consumer price index and to approve a one-time fertilizer application not to exceed $75,000. Director of Human Resources Kristi Robinson proposed changing the personal leave timing so employees receive the full 32 hours at the start of the calendar year rather than quarterly; Robinson said the total leave accrual would not change, the leave may be used in hourly increments, and it does not roll over or create a severance liability. Robinson also reported no changes to the district’s previously reviewed 2026 compensation plan; staff brought the unchanged plan forward for formal board approval.

Chairperson Anderson asked whether any member objected to placing each item on the consent agenda; no objections were raised during the study session. All four items are scheduled for formal action on the Nov. 25 board meeting consent agenda.