County Manager Reports

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  

Fremont County has the following job opportunities posted:

Engineer-1

• Project Engineer-Open until December 31st

Department of Human Services -4

• Intake Caseworker I, II, III /Family Assessment Response (FAR)~Closes Oct 31
• Economic Security Technician/Intake-Closes October 31st
• 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 October 31st

Facilities Department-1

• Maintenance Worker- Closes October 28th

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 City water line has been successfully installed, disinfected, and pressure tested. 
• The bridge approach slab concrete pour is scheduled for this Wednesday. (Photo 1)- The approach slab will be poured against the bridge deck and tied to the deck with the protruding rebar shown. The ‘sleeper slab’ has been poured and will reside underneath the approach slab. See concrete forms in the foreground.) 
• Remaining work: finishing the roadway embankment construction, which is basically raising the grade of the roadway above the level of the existing surrounding ground surface; roadway subgrade preparation; installation of waterproof membrane over bridge deck, which provides protection against corrosion; roadway paving; installing guardrails, striping, and fencing. (See Photo 2) – Unfinished Roadway Embankment. 
• The expected construction end date is still November 7,th, although there are many tasks that still need to be completed. 

Veterans Day

We will be honoring our Veterans that work for the County at our November 12th BOCC meeting. In addition we will be providing a luncheon for them following our meeting. We have 30 Veterans employed with Fremont County and we are very proud and honored to have such a large number of Veterans that choose to work as public servants for our community. 

Fremont County has the following job opportunities posted:

• Engineer-1

  Project Engineer-Closes October 9th

• Department of Human Services -4

  Caseworker I,II,III/Intake Family Assessment Response ~Closes Oct 31

  Caseworker I,II,III/ Ongoing ~ Closes Oct 18th 

  Front Desk Clerk- Closes October 9th

  Economic Security Technician/Family Ongoing-Closes October 9th

• Sheriff’s Office -2

  Deputy Patrol ~ Closes October 17th

  Deputy Detention-Closes October 15th 

• FCDOT-2

  Laborer-Closes October 16th

  Operator I,II,III-Closes October 16th

• Planning & Zoning-1

  Code Enforcement Officer-Closes October 10th

• Assessor’s Office-2

  Assessor in Training-Closes October 10th

  Appraiser-Closes October 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.

Grandview Bridge Project Update

• The bridge deck was poured on Friday, October 4th. It must be cured for 14 days before any significant work on or loading of the bridge can occur. 
• The City water line has been installed with adjustments and corrections made based on Canon City Water Department input. Bacteriological testing of the waterline will occur after 80% curing of the deck concrete and prior to putting the waterline into service.  Miscellaneous waterline-related item installation are forthcoming such as Fire Hydrant, Air Vacuum Valve, and a water service tap.
• Roadway embankment construction, roadway subgrade preparation, and roadway paving are next. Delineators, guardrails, striping, and fencing follow after that. 
• The current expected construction end date is still November 7th.