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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, September 7-10, 2019 A-7 The Park Record Colorado ski town struggles SALTZ PLASTIC SURGERY & SALTZ SPA VITORIA WHERE BEAUTY SHINES to hire municipal workers Reserve your spot at the Vail encounters difficulty filling seasonal posts SCOTT MILLER Vail Daily Even good pay and benefits aren’t always enough to fill a staff. The town of Vail, Colorado, is working now — and with some difficulty — to fill its winter seasonal positions, primarily bus drivers and parking attendants. The town also has a rapidly-aging staff, and is looking to both replace retiring employees and fill leadership roles as they open up in coming years. Town finance director Kathleen Halloran and town human resources director Krista Miller Tuesday provided the Vail Town Council with an overview of town staffing and its problems. With a tight job market throughout the valley, Miller told council members “there’s been some poaching” of town employees by other organizations. In the past six weeks alone, four town employees have accepted positions with Vail Health. Miller said that “almost half” of departing employees have Continued from A-1 Hoax probed A bomb squad from the Salt Lake Valley was called to conduct a search. Carpenter said the squad did not find any suspicious items in the search. The police chief said the department reviewed surveillance tape from the area where the note was discovered. He said there was a “substantial delay left for better opportunities, either locally or regionally. In exit interviews, Miller said many people cite higher wages and lower housing costs as reasons for leaving. Miller added that when seasonal employees leave they’re often accepting full-time jobs with benefits. This summer, there’s been a 39% turnover in summer seasonal positions — parking, landscaping and wildland firefighters. “People don’t see what their long-term career path can be,” Miller said. formance measurements and reviews. Personnel salaries and benefits account for the biggest portions of the town’s spending on municipal services — the operations of the town. Municipal services is about 60% of the town’s annual operating budget — estimated at $50.9 million in 2020. Salaries and benefits will account for about $23.1 million for 2020 of that cost. Saltz CoolSculpting Events! Wednesday, September 18th PARK CITY — 2:00 - 6:00 Thursday, September 19th SALT LAKE — 2:00 - 6:00 Live CoolSculpting demos • Complimentary consultations Enter to win FREE CoolSculpting cycles • 20% off all CoolSculpting treatments Trying to slow the merry-goround To help slow the churn of employees, the town has developed what it calls a “Total Rewards” program. That program includes attention to compensation and benefits, learning opportunities and employee experience. In terms of compensation, the 2020 budget proposes a raise of between 1% and 1.5% for employees. Workers can earn another 3% to 5% through a merit system. An estimated 5% increase in health care costs will be split between the town and its employees. The town’s training programs include a management system to develop standardized per- The child care factor Talking about ways to keep employees in the organization, council member Greg Moffet suggested using child care as a retention device, especially for families with infants. Infant care throughout the valley is hard to find and waiting lists are long. Miller said the town’s contributions to the two daycare centers in Vail provides employees with first priority on waiting lists. Employees also get a small discount at those centers. The town expects to spend roughly $85.3 million in 2020. The biggest share of that revenue — 39% — comes from sales tax collections. Since as many as four council positions could change in November, this council is expected to approve the 2020 budget at its Oct. 15 meeting. in time” between when someone placed the note and when it was found. He said the time that elapsed was longer than 24 hours. Carpenter said the surveillance tape shows a student with the note as she is at a bookshelf in the library. She put the note on top of the bookshelf, the tape shows, according to the police chief. However, Carpenter said, investigators concluded the student seen on the surveillance tape did not originally leave the note. It is unclear who left the note, he said. “I think somebody placed it as a hoax,” Carpenter said, adding there was not a threat to the people inside the school. The School District statement said it encourages students to talk to a school counselor if they are concerned about the incident or have information about the case. It also said “all threats to schools are taken seriously and investigated thoroughly.” The case is the second incident drawing a significant law enforcement response to a School District campus in five months, following the intentional release of pepper spray at Park City High School in April. 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