After honoring Veterans Day with a day off, Nov. 11, trustees held their regular meeting on Nov. 18 to continue drilling down on a 2026 budget. All were present. Following student of the month awards, a consent agenda was approved including meeting minutes and a contract for improving irrigation and landscaping at the Jail and […]
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Glenwood Report: Council member shames local business for selling tobacco to minors
Glenwood Springs City Council had a light agenda for its regular Nov. 6 meeting, wrapping up in just under an hour. Among the main action items were formal approvals of the 2026 City budget and signing of the initial South Bridge federal grant agreement. Six of the seven council members were present, with Councilor Erin […]
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Glenwood Report: City Council hears historical society update, discusses 2026 budget
Glenwood Springs City Council had a relatively light agenda for the first regular meeting of the month on Thursday, Oct. 2, and a short roster of attendees with Mayor Marco Dehm and Councilor Mitchell Weimer absent. A late afternoon work session covered topics ranging from an update on the South Canyon coal seam fire suppression […]
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C’dale Report: Budget ruling postponed, pool add alternates approved
All members of the Carbondale Board of Trustees were present for Tuesday’s meeting with the exception of Ross Kribbs. Following the recognition of the students of the month, the board passed the consent agenda, which included a special event permit for an upcoming student art show at Colorado Mountain College’s Carbondale campus, a liquor license […]
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GarCo Report: Beer and budgets
Editor’s note: Readers have likely been wondering where the GarCo Report has gone, and it’s not because the commissioners have taken a break. Rather, The Sopris Sun reached capacity with elections coverage and ace reporter Amy Hadden Marsh taking time to assist with KDNK’s news director transition. We look forward to resuming our regular coverage. […]
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Basalt Report: Town budgets for housing in 2025
Prior to this week’s meeting, Town Council held a public work session with the West Mountain Regional Housing Coalition (WMRHC) to learn more about their recently-launched Good Deeds program, which provides buy-down assistance to Roaring Fork Valley employees looking to shift from renting to homeownership. Good Deeds works on a basic exchange: WMRHC offers up-front […]
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Carbondale Report: Trustees look toward 2025
All trustees were present at their regular meeting, Oct. 8, with Christina Montemayor joining via Zoom. After student of the month awards, a consent agenda was swiftly approved consisting of liquor license renewals, a special event liquor license for KDNK’s Labor of Love auction (Dec. 6 at Thunder River Theatre) and accounts payable. There were […]
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CMC trustees approve $94.3 million budget
The Colorado Mountain College (CMC) board of trustees approved a $94.3 million budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 at their June 25 meeting in Breckenridge, according to college spokesman Brian Barker. General Fund personnel costs are the biggest budget item at $67.5 million, followed by services, other, phone and supplies, travel and training, supplies, rental […]
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CMC trustees considering $93 million budget
The Colorado Mountain College (CMC) board of trustees held its first budget hearing for the 2024-2025 fiscal year at the Spring Valley campus on May 21. The budget’s executive summary listed several major accomplishments for the current fiscal year including: The executive summary also noted that the college completed its first year under the new […]
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GarCo Report: Cleaning costs at half a million, 2024 budget and reduced mill levy approved
Agenda items for Monday’s Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting began with a liquor license approval for a Jan. 27 fundraiser in Battlement Mesa. The BOCC also approved the consent agenda, but not before Commissioner Tom Jankovsky commented on Item F — a $495,444 contract with Four Branches, Inc dba Cardiff Cleaning for county custodial services.“I […]