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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
VOLUME 158 | ISSUE 36
About 70% of Golden city employees now have compressed workweeks
‘We are still here’
One year later, GPD’s 4-32 program shows less overtime spending, better response times
“Native Americans are all extinct.” It’s something people have told Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand, a Sicangu Lakota and Cherokee artist, when she’s explained her background. Unfortunately, it’s an experience many others of Native American descent share. So, Maldonado Bad Hand and fellow members of the Golden History Museum’s Native American Advisory Board put together an exhibit reminding everyone that, not only are Native American people still here, but they are active and thriving in the Denver area and beyond. Golden History Museum patrons and staff celebrated a new exhibit “We Are Still Here: The Endurance of Native Jewels” at an Aug. 22 open house and reception. The four co-curators and contributor Lynette Grey
BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
After a promising trial with the police department, most City of Golden employees now have compressed workweeks. Since May 1, about 70% of Golden’s 250 full-time employees have been working less than 40 hours a week with no change in pay. So far, employee satisfaction with this compressed workweek is around 80%, officials stated. Shifts are staggered to minimize impacts on the public, unlike other local governments in Colorado that don’t work on Fridays. Golden is moving forward with its compressed workweek pilot program as it gathers data on employee productivity, with City Manager Scott Vargo emphasizing how the program is about getting the same amount of work done in less time. That could be through using new tools, working remotely, having fewer and/or shorter meetings, and generally being more focused and engaged while at work, he described. SEE WORKWEEKS, P4
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Native American fashion, artwork focus of new Golden History Museum exhibit BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLOROADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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Sid Whiting blesses the “We Are Still Here: The Endurance of Native Jewels” exhibit Aug. 22 at the Golden History Museum. The museum, which is free to the public every day, is PHOTOS BY CORINNE WESTEMAN hosting the exhibit for at least a year.
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