WEEK OF JANUARY 9, 2025
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Clear Creek County cuts coroner to part-time, retains two top administrators BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Clear Creek County commissioners have reduced the county coroner to part-time in a continued effort to cut budget expenses. Meanwhile, they are retaining contracts with the county manager and attorney, according to commission agendas. County Coroner Chris Hegmann was informed his position would be reduced to a part-time job during a meeting of commissioners Dec. 19. In the same meeting, commissioners continued contracts for County Manager Brian Bosshardt and County Attorney Peter Lichtman. Public records show both positions have a current salary of $179,644 a year. County spokesperson Megan Hiler said neither the county manager nor the attorney had received a raise in at least two years. Both contracts run through Dec. 18, 2028, according to county records. However, in a letter to county commissioners obtained by the Clear Creek Courant, Hegmann, who has held the coroner position for approximately 25 years, said he was blindsided by the decision to cut the position to parttime and questioned the effectiveness of parttime work. “I was taught at the beginning of my career and have been training my team to treat every person that we come into contact with as we would want our family treated. I have always given 110% to fulfill my role,” Hegmann wrote. “I don’t even know how to scale that back to 50% or less. I really don’t want to have to figure that out.” The county recently announced at least four full-time positions will be eliminated and county offices will go to a four-day workweek with a 32-hour work week. Current employees in the positions of County Archivist, Geographic Information Systems
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