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EMERGENCY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ('BOCC") OF PITKIN
COUNTY, COLORADO,AUTHORIZING A
TEMPORARY WAIVER OF THE PITKIN COUNTY
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL POLICY 3.10,
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION
RESOLUTION NO. �O2, 2019
RECITALS:
WHEREAS: Pursuant to Section 2.8.3 (Actions)of the Pitkin County Home Rule Charter
("HRC") official action by formal resolution shall be required for all actions of the Board of
County Commissioners ("BOCC") not requiring ordinance power on matters of significant
importance affecting citizens.
WHEREAS: Pursuant to Section 2.8.5 of the HRC the Board is authorized to approve
emergency resolutions, which shall become effective immediately upon adoption.
WHEREAS: The second shutdown of the United States Federal Government :n 2018,
which has continued into January 2019, began at midnight EST on December 22, 2018.
WHEREAS: Because of the shutdown, approximately 800,000 federal employees that
have been working for the affected agencies are on furlough. Job types affected are federal
corrections officers. FDA food inspectors. NASA employees, TSA staff. Border Patrol
staff,Census staff, National Park Service staff, and members of the Coast Guard and
Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers.
WHEREAS: On January 11, 2019, federal workers for agencies shutdown or furloughed,
missed their first paycheck since the shutdown began.
WHEREAS: The BOCC realizes the hardship for these federal workers and their families
and would like to assist in helping a limited amount of the workers who reside in our local
communities to obtain temporary On-Call employment fon a case by case basis}with Pitkin
County, to assist them in being able to pay the cost of their mortgages and other etipenses.
Any temporary job filled by a furloughed employee will not displace other employees
currently working for Pitkin County and the temporary waiver will only be for a period of
time until the government shutdown ends.
WHEREAS: The BOCC finds that due to the federal shutdown and the immediate need to
assist some federally furloughed workers that it is appropriate to temporarily waive Policy
No. 3.10 Recruitment and Selection of the Pitkin County Policies and Procedures Manual,
for qualified workers who can comply with the criteria as attached hereto in Attachment A.
WHEREAS: The BOCC further finds that it is in the best interests of the citizens of Pitkin
County and the outlying communities,to approve this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners
of Pitkin County, Colorado that it hereby adopts an Emergency Resolution
Authorizing a"Temporary Waiver of the Pitkin County Policies and Ptocedures
Manual, Policy 3.10, Recruitment and Selection. allowing the county to hire
Federal employees furloughed during the Federal Government shutdown pursuant
to Attachment A, and authorizes the Chair to sign the Resolution and upon the
satisfaction of the County Attorney as to form, execute any other associated
documents necessary to complete this matter.
IN{RODFU9ED. READ A,"D ADOPTED AS AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION ON
TIIE 93 DAY OF,4IVRr 2019 AN SET FOR CONFIRMATORY
PUBLIC HEARLNG ON THE DAY OF - t t-in, 2019
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATORY PUBLIC HEARING AND TITLE AND SHORT
SUMMARY OF THE EMERGENCY RESOLUTIQN PUBLISHED IN THE ASPEN
TIMES WEEKLY ON THE:3 [44 DAY OF t,H &try 2019.
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATORY PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FULL TEXT OF TIIE
EMERGENCY RESOLUTION POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL PLIT� KIN COUNTY
WEBSITE www.pitkincounty.com ON THE 3(..f DAY OF t7Loiv0.v2019.
CONFIRMED AT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE. t 7 DAY OF / -tiur u r
2019.
PUBLISHED BY TITLE ANL) SHORT SUMMARY, AFTER ('ONFIR fORY
PMAC HEARING, IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON TI IE 2'C" DAY OF
i,Ucc,t , 2019.
POSTED BY TITLE AND SIIORT SUMMARY2N THE OFFIcIAI, PITKIN COUNTY
WEBSITE www pitkincounty.com ON THE J5 DAY OF (--4-.0,4-4/t/ 2019.
ATTEST: BOAR[) OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
By',) .it _ (.1,14ByT —
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leg cue Jones 1 r Poschma , Chair
D .uty County Ck1ck / /
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APPROVEU1AS TO FORM: MANAGER APPROVAL
TTCounty Attorney Jon Peacock, County Manager
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ATTACHMENT A
Qualifications for Employment for Federally Fui toughed Employees by Pitkin County:
• Applicant should come directly to the Human Resources Office to fill out an
application
• Applicant must provide identificalion and proof that they are a furloughed employee
• Applicant shall provide a 1V-1 and I-9 Forms to the Human Resources Department
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