This week, Basalt Town Council discussed potential affordable housing developments over the next several years, provided a final update on Midland’s construction for the year and signed agreements for updates coming to the town’s trails and parks.Prior to their regular meeting, Town Council convened for a work session with Basalt Affordable Community Housing (BACH) to […]
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Carbondale requests emergency DOLA funds to address refugee crisis
Carbondale’s town trustees circled up for a special meeting Tuesday, Dec. 5, with a sole action item on the agenda: Venezuelan Refugee Response. That same morning, Carbondale made National Public Radio’s Morning Edition report on the crisis, which was filed by Aspen Public Radio. Town Manager Lauren Gister explained that according to Voces Unidas de […]
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GarCo Report: Communist library board, DC lobbyist, proposed property tax reductions
Anti-manga activist John Lepkowski brought copies of the Japanese illustrated books to Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting that he and others in the county want moved or removed from the Silt Library. He said that as of Saturday, Dec. 2, “The trash books are still at low level,” referring to the low shelves at […]
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Basalt Report: Councilor Drummond resigns, opening temporary seat
This week, Basalt’s town council discussed an upcoming two-day closure on Midland Avenue as well as this year’s budget. This meeting also marked the last for councilor Glenn Drummond, who officially resigned on Nov. 30. Elected to a four-year term in April 2020, Drummond initially had planned to serve until the term ended in April […]
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Carbondale Report: Trustees approve state sales tax collection
Carbondale will move to state-collected sales tax effective Jan. 1, the board of trustees decided in a unanimous vote on Nov. 28. The change, which reverses the town’s move to self-collected sales tax in 2006, means businesses will no longer have to obtain a sales tax license from the town of Carbondale and eliminates a […]
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Basalt Report: Contracts signed for 2024 Midland construction
This week, the Basalt town council convened to discuss fun, festive plans for this year’s holiday season as well as a successful value engineering effort for Midland’s reconstruction in 2024. During the opening period for public comment, two citizens came to the stand to offer their opinions on the potential Black Mountain development plan at […]
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Carbondale Report: Refugee crisis briefing; Town Center, Aquatics Center projects at ‘critical juncture’
An update on the emerging crisis involving a large group of Venezuelan refugees who’ve landed in Carbondale led off the regular Tuesday board of trustees meeting. Six of the seven board members were present, with Luis Yllanes absent. Following approval of the consent agenda, including finalizing an agreement for the Little Blue Preschool expansion, and […]
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GarCo Report: NW Colorado elk herd status, Flying M PUD grounded, more library contention
By Amy Hadden Marsh Sopris Sun Correspondent The Garfield County commissioners (BOCC) met for more than eight hours on Monday, Nov. 13, with only 20 minutes for lunch. The morning agenda included discretionary grant awards and new requests, approval of a private airplane hangar project at the Garfield County Airport, rate increases at the county […]
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RFTA signs on with West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition
The governing board for the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority (RFTA) will become an official dues-paying member of the West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition. The intergovernmental board that represents RFTA member governments from Aspen to New Castle agreed unanimously at its Nov. 9 meeting in Carbondale to join the housing coalition for $20,000 a year. Most […]
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GarCo Report: Public comment dominates Nov. 6 meeting
It was a full house at the Monday, Nov. 6 Garfield Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) regular meeting. Members of the public took up the first hour and a half of the meeting speaking in regard to the ongoing library debate. Resident John Steele explained his dissatisfaction with the Garfield County Library Board, starting with […]