County Manager Reports

Fremont County has the following job opportunities posted:

• Sheriff’s Office 

     Deputy-Patrol~ Closes January 21st, 2025

• Department of Transportation

  Light & Heavy Duty Tech-Closes January 29, 2025

• Facilities

  Custodian-Closes February 10, 2025

• Department of Human Services

  Child Welfare Case Aid/Life Skills-Closes February 20th, 2025

  Child Welfare Case Worker-Closes March 17th, 2025

For more information about employment opportunities with Fremont County, please visit our county website at Fremontcountyco.gov or call our HR department at 719.276.7409.

Pathfinder Park

We will be hosting a JOB FAIR at the Pathfinder Park Event Center on Sunday, March 2, 2025 from 10am-4pm. Community members will be able to meet with recruiters face to face and learn about job opportunities and openings in Fremont County.  We want this event to benefit our local businesses and community members. Space is limited, and staff are reserving spaces for businesses on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration forms must be turned in no later than February 14, 2025. Food trucks will be available at the event. If you have any questions, please contact: Stephanie Speck   

Phone: 719-276-7399       Email: pathfinderpark@fremontco.com

Fremont County has the following job opportunities posted:

• Sheriff’s Office -1

     Deputy-Detention ~ Closes January 21st, 2025

• Department of Transportation

  Operator I, II, III-Closes January 21, 2025

• Facilities

  Maintenance Worker-Closes January 21st, 

For more information about employment opportunities with Fremont County, please visit our county website at Fremontcountyco.gov or call our HR department at 719.276.7409.

Engineer Department

After an exhaustive local and national search, we have hired an Engineer. His name is Samuel Cocchia. He is currently employed by the City of Philadelphia as an Engineer where he has worked the past 12 years. He has a diverse background working in many different capacities as an Engineer with the City of Philadelphia and we are confident his experience will benefit Fremont County. His report date is March 27th, allowing our current Engineer, J Bunderson, to spend at least a month working with him. 

Facilities Director

We have hired a new Facilities Director. His name is Randy Toler. He is a lifetime resident of Fremont County. He owned his own Plumbing Company in Fremont County for approximately 3 years and worked for CMHIP (State Hospital) and the DOC for the past 20 years as a Maintenance Worker, Leadworker, and Maintenance Supervisor. Randy will help fill the gap in our hearts and leadership that we have had since our previous Director, Erik Sebek, passed away in late October. His start date is January 20, 2025. 

Fremont County has the following job opportunities posted:

Engineer-1

• Project Engineer-Ongoing

Department of Human Services -3

• Child Welfare Caseworker I,II,III – Ongoing CORE ~ Closes Dec 31st 
• Caseworker I,II,III – Ongoing ~ Closes Dec 31st 
• Finance and Operations Administrator-Closes December 19th 

Sheriff’s Office -1

•    Deputy-Detention ~ Closes January 2nd, 2025
•    Patrol- Closes December 40th
•   Master Control Officer- January 2nd, 2025

Facilities

• Custodian-December 30th

Planning and Zoning

• Code Enforcement Officer-Closes January 9th, 2025

Public Health

• Tobacco Prevention Coordinator-Closes January 7th, 2025

For more information about employment opportunities with Fremont County, please visit our county website at Fremontcountyco.gov or call our HR department at 719.276.7409.

Fremont County has the following job opportunities posted:

• Engineer-1

  Project Engineer-Closes December 31st

• Department of Human Services -3

  Child Welfare Caseworker I,II,III – Ongoing CORE ~ Closes Dec 31st 

  Caseworker I,II,III – Ongoing ~ Closes Dec 31st 

  Finance and Operations Administrator-Closes December 19th 

• Sheriff’s Office -1

  Deputy-Detention ~ Closes today, Dec 10th

For more information about employment opportunities with Fremont County, please visit our county website at Fremontcountyco.gov or call our HR department at 719.276.7409.

Fremont County Public Health

The Fremont County Department of Public Health and Environment invites community members to participate in an Impaired Driving Data Walk on Thursday, December 12, 2024, from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM at 201 N. 6th St., Cañon City, CO. in the Garden Park Conference Room. This open house-style event offers a unique opportunity to engage in discussions, access valuable resources, and contribute to building a safer community.

The event is free and open to the public. Attendees will have the chance to participate in engaging activities and interactive discussions, designed to gather community input on impaired driving. This input will help shape local strategies for improving road safety and preventing impaired driving incidents.

Highlights of the event include:

• Interactive activities and meaningful discussions to share your experiences and ideas.
• Valuable resources and information to learn about impaired driving prevention.
• A $25 gift card drawing for participants who attend and engage in the event.

Community members are encouraged to bring family, friends, and coworkers to join the conversation and collaborate on solutions for this critical issue.

For more information about the event, visit https://www.fremonthealthdata.com/events/impaired-driving-data-walk/ or contact Michelle Boscia at 📧 michelle.boscia@fremontco.com or 📞 719-276-7462.

Fremont County DOT

There will be a one-lane road closure today, December 10, 2024, at the intersection of Ash & Poplar, for the east lane.  Tree limbs will be removed from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.  Delays are expected, so please plan accordingly for your commute.  

Fremont County has the following job opportunities posted:

• Engineer-1

  Project Engineer-Closes December 31st

• Department of Human Services -3

  Child Welfare Caseworker I,II,III – Ongoing CORE ~ Closes Dec 31st 

  Economic Security Technician –  Family Ongoing ~ Closes Dec 2nd  

  Caseworker I,II,III – Ongoing ~ Closes Dec 31st  

• Sheriff’s Office -1

     Deputy-Patrol ~ Closes Dec 2nd

• Clerk & Recorder -2

  Motor Vehicle Clerk I ~ Closes Nov. 27th

  Motor Vehicle Clerk II ~ Closes Nov 27th 

For more information about employment opportunities with Fremont County, please visit our county website at Fremontcountyco.gov or call our HR department at 719.276.7409.

Grandview Bridge Project Update

The bridge construction is complete excluding minor final punch list items. The Contract end date is today,11/26/24. The final walk through was conducted yesterday Monday November 25th with County staff, City Water, Engineering Consultant staff, and prime contractor representatives present.

 Punch list items were all minor but include clean-up of debris (to be completed by today); survey and marking of property line for landowner on northwest side of bridge (estimated to occur in the next 2 weeks); addition of a delineator (already completed), additional hot asphalt mix around several guardrail posts (when asphalt becomes available inext 3 weeks), and grading of dirt along edge of asphalt on street north east of the bridge (estimated completion today). Seeding and mulching of disturbed ground is complete. 

The contractor has repaired and graded the neighboring business owner’s parking lot and entrance onto street which was used as turnaround for trucks and equipment. Landowner and County access gates and fencing installation is complete. 

There will be a Ribbon Cutting at 330pm today at the Grandview Bridge and the road will officially open immediately after. 

Fremont County has the following job opportunities posted:

• Engineer-1

• Project Engineer-Open until December 31st

   

• Department of Human Services -4

  Core Case Worker I, II, III-CORE Closes December 31st

  Ongoing Case Worker I, II, III-Closes December 31st

• Assessor’s Office-1

  Appraiser-Closes November 18th

• Facilities Department

  Custodian- Closes November 25th

  Facilities Director- Closes November 18th

For more information about employment opportunities with Fremont County, please visit our county website at Fremontcountyco.gov or call our HR department at 719.276.7409.

Grandview Bridge Project Update

• The contractor has requested and been approved a contract end date extension to 11/22 due to factors beyond their control including high creek water during pier construction, unexpected obstacles encountered during excavation and installing increased fence quantities requested by a neighboring landowner. 
• The remaining work includes roadway subgrade preparation, installation of a waterproof membrane over the bridge deck (temperature dependent), roadway asphalt paving, painting of exterior girders, abutments, and pier, installation of delineators, guardrail, and striping (temperature dependent), and installation of fencing and gates.   

Public Health (PICTURE)

Colorado’s Mobile Public Health Clinic will be in Cotopaxi on Friday November 22, 2024 from 10am – 4 pm at the Cotopaxi Consolidated Schools. They will have Vaccines for children and adults-COVID, Flu, Mpox, Hep A, Hep B, HPV, DTap/TDAp, Polio, Shingles, etc. Please Pre- Register https://my.primary.health/family_registrations/cdphe

Department of Human Service

MyCOBenefits SNAP EBT Mobile App

The Fremont County Department of Human Services would like to bring awareness to our citizens regarding the MyCOBenefits SNAP EBT mobile phone app. This app can be found on the Google Play store for Android and the app store for iPhones. This app, called ebtEDGE, can help protect your benefits, and can be used to:

• Freeze your card when not in use
• Change your PIN
• Block out of state purchases
• Block online/internet purchases
• Check your balance and transaction history

Information can be found on the Fremont County Department of Human Services Facebook page, Fremont County website (FremontCountyco.gov) or a copy can be picked up at the Department during business hours. Additionally, EBT questions can be answered by calling the Department at 719-275-2318 as well as more information regarding EBT fraud can be found at https://cdhs.colorado.gov/colorado-ebt