Huerfano County Adopts Four-Day Work Week for County Offices in 2026

The Huerfano County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Resolution 26-16 on March 10, shifting all county offices to a four-day, 10-hour-per-day schedule set to begin in early April. The change applies through the end of 2026 only, with no extension built into the resolution.

The board's decision followed direct consultation with elected officials and department heads. The resolution states the board "finds that Huerfano County operations would be more efficient and better serve the public if County offices operated on a 4 day per week/10 hour per day schedule." Administration and elected officials hope the restructured hours will deliver more efficient and timely service to residents.

Huerfano Clerk and Recorder Erica Vigil, whose office will be directly affected, acknowledged the practical reality of the transition: "this move will take a bit of getting used to by citizens." No county-wide public communication plan was detailed at the March 10 session, and the resolution does not specify which offices or services might carry different schedules within the four-day framework.

The same meeting produced action on a second document linking Huerfano to its neighbor to the east. The board approved Joint Resolution 26-15 on the Huerfano side, a measure co-authored with the Las Animas County Board of County Commissioners titled A Joint Resolution Reaffirming the Establishment of the Community Corrections Board of the Third Judicial District. The resolution aims to broaden the source of authority from which the community corrections board derives its powers to act. The Las Animas County Commission had not yet assigned a number to its half of the resolution as of the March 10 meeting and will do so at a subsequent session.

The March 10 agenda also included a presentation from the Spanish Peaks Library District on expansion plans, though the board took no publicly reported action on that item.

The four-day schedule carries a built-in sunset: the resolution explicitly limits the arrangement to 2026. Whether the board will review outcomes and consider renewal before year's end has not been addressed in available public documents.