With schools back in session, the first regular Carbondale Board of Trustees meeting of September saw the return of Student of the Month awards. Congratulations to Scarlett Cohen and Nico Dominguez! All trustees were in attendance, minus Jess Robison. The swiftly-approved consent agenda consisted of meeting minutes, liquor license renewals for White House Pizza and […]
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1990: Restroom stink stalled Miners Park project
The first paragraph in a 1990 Valley Journal newspaper article no doubt got most folks’ attention. It quoted Dean Harding asking Carbondale’s Board of Town Trustees: “Do you want your kids to have to watch me take a leak?”Harding’s remark came after some Crystal Village residents protested a planned $28,000 project at Miners Park that […]
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Carbondale Report: Changing of the guard
It can be a bittersweet moment in a healthy representative democracy. Elected officials of yesteryear humbly step down as the newly-chosen leaders assume their responsibilities. Tuesday’s Board of Town Trustees meeting was such a moment. The audience included family and friends and the session’s entirety focused on this ceremony, the changing of the guard. Many […]
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Carbondale Report: Simplicity and consistency
Carbondale Trustees convened their regular meeting on March 23. Trustee Ben Bohmfalk led the meeting with Mayor Dan Richardson tending to a family emergency. All other trustees were in attendance. Consent agenda was approved. This included accounts payable totaling $261,672. Items of particular expense include $26,999 for a utilities van from CUES, Inc; $29,600 for […]
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Trustees approve annexation, extension
The Carbondale Board of Trustees have approved a new self-storage complex at the north end of town, and agreed to allow another project more time to finish installing public improvements like utility lines, public trails, street lights and landscaping. It all came during an online meeting on Nov. 24, which was held after The Sopris […]