White River Museum now open MEEKER | The White River Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays with attention given to physical distancing and sanitation. Pop-up driver’s license office in June MEEKER | The driver’s license office in Meeker will be open Thursday, June[Read More…]
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Detour alert: 10th Street Bridge closed Monday, maybe Tuesday
MEEKER | The Town of Meeker is replacing the Water Street water line, and there will be no access to or from the Mesa via 10th Street Bridge on Monday, June 1 and possibly Tuesday, June 2. The detour route will be County Road 8 up to County Road 4.[Read More…]
Town of Meeker offering Business Recovery Grants
[responsivevoice voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Listen to this”] Businesses that were forced to shut down completely due to the state’s public health orders for COVID-19 are eligible to apply for a Business Recovery Grant from the Town of Meeker. Businesses must have been forced to completely close their main operation due[Read More…]
Market St. crosswalks coming
MEEKER I With Mayor Kent Borchard at the helm for the first time, the Meeker Board of Trustees met Tuesday for the regular board meeting. The board appointed town officers: Administrator Lisa Cook, Clerk Amy Tupy, Attorney Melody Massih, Municipal Judge Laurie Noble and swore in new Chief of Police[Read More…]
Social distancing …
A bit different than usual this year, Meeker’s board of trustees and members of the public met in the parking lot of Town Hall Tuesday to swear in new mayor Kent Borchard and trustees Travis Day and Melissa Kindall (Wendy Gutierrez was also re-elected, but was not present.) Town staff[Read More…]
2020 Unofficial Election Results: Town of Meeker
MEEKER | Record turnout propelled several candidates to victory Tuesday evening as final ballots were tallied. Residents voted for mayor and three trustee candidates this election cycle. Unofficial results are as follows (winners are bolded): Mayor: Rodney Gerloff – 305 votes Kent Borchard – 336 votes Trustees (three seats): Travis[Read More…]
Meeker board of trustees declare local disaster
MEEKER | The Meeker Board of Trustees met via teleconference in an emergency meeting last Thursday, March 26 and passed Resolution 2-2020 declaring a local disaster regarding COVID-19, based on recommendations from Ty Gates, RBC Emergency Manager, and RBC Public Health Director Alice Harvey. “This allows us to apply for[Read More…]
Use Town’s drop box
MEEKER | Meeker’s Board of Trustees approved an ordinance that will allow for electronic participation via telephone or online during emergency situations at the March 17 meeting in response to ongoing uncertainty about the coronavirus pandemic. The town is encouraging the public to use the dropbox outside for payments, or[Read More…]
Meet the candidates for Meeker’s board of trustees, mayor’s race
MEEKER | There are five people — three incumbents and two challengers — vying for three open seats on the Town of Meeker’s board of trustees, and two people — a former trustee and a former county attorney — running for mayor on the town’s April 7 ballot. The Herald[Read More…]
Water line bids received
MEEKER I Town trustees received and opened six bids for the planned Water Street water line replacement, scheduled for this summer. $1.3 million is budgeted for the project and the town has applied for a DOLA grant to cover a part of the cost but won’t know if that grant[Read More…]
Town adopts county’s hazard mitigation plan
MEEKER I Rio Blanco County Emergency Manager Ty Gates spoke to Meeker’s Board of Trustees about the adoption of the county’s multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plan, something he has been working on since 2017. Having a current hazard mitigation plan in place is necessary in the event the town needed to[Read More…]
Seven candidates vying for Meeker board, mayor seat
MEEKER | Seven of nine candidate petition packets were returned to Town Clerk Amy Tupy for the town’s municipal election in April. Mayoral candidates are Kent Borchard and Rodney Gerloff. Trustees candidates are incumbents Wendy Gutierrez, Melissa Kindall and Travis Day and challengers Matt Scott and Jared Harvey. ELECTION 2020: Town[Read More…]
