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…]
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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…]
Election season upon us
RBC | We’re going to be getting a lot of ballots in the mail this year, beginning in February with Colorado’s presidential primary election on March 3. Where primary elections used to be limited to registered members of a political party, changes to Colorado’s law have opened primary voting to[Read More…]
Mayor, 3 trustee seats open
MEEKER | The first meeting of the new year for Meeker’s board of trustees was brief. Trustees approved a request to relocate Blanco Cellars’ retail liquor store permit to 317 E. Market St., Suite 3-A (just east of Watt’s Ranch Market) and approved a liquor license tavern renewal for Hops[Read More…]
Skijoring competition coming to Meeker
MEEKER | Meeker will join a list of communities in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Utah this winter to host a skijoring competition in conjunction with Skijor USA’s competition circuit. “They want Meeker to be part of their racing series this year,” Meeker Drugs proprietor Diana Jones told the town’s board[Read More…]
Reserves needed to balance 2020 Meeker budget
MEEKER | Tuesday was the final hearing for the 2020 town of Meeker budget, which will be formally adopted at the Dec. 12 meeting. The total budget for the general fund, with changes made since the October presentation, totals $3,463,166. Of that, $1,407,392 is budgeted for capital improvements including $400,000[Read More…]
Meeker Sportsman’s Club finds property to purchase
MEEKER | Meeker’s board of trustees covered multiple topics, at their Oct. 15 meeting. Sportsman’s Club Dave Overton from the Meeker Sportsman’s Club shared the good news of the Club finding some land for a new shooting range. The Club requested $17,000 from the town. The board motioned and seconded[Read More…]
Trustees open recycling proposals
MEEKER | Town of Meeker trustees opened two proposals for recycling at their Oct. 1 meeting, one from Eagle River Waste and one from Overton Recycling. Both proposals will remove recycling from the Third Street location to the respective locations of whichever entity is chosen. The Eagle River proposal would[Read More…]
Recycling the recycling debate
MEEKER | Following a joint meeting between Meeker’s Board of Trustees and the Eastern Rio Blanco Metropolitan Recreation and Park District Board of Directors, town trustees met for their regular meeting. During the joint meeting, Sean VonRoenn, ERBM executive director, and board president Kent Walter updated the trustees on the[Read More…]
Better City offers ideas for catalyzing population growth
MEEKER | Kelby Bosshardt with Better City presented a workshop hosted by the Meeker Town of Trustees on June 3. Better City is an economic development consulting firm based in Ogden, Utah, that conducts feasibility studies and creates actionable economic development plans. The focus of the workshop was about how[Read More…]
Morgan, Morton reappointed to planning commission
MEEKER | The meeting of the Meeker Board of Trustees started promptly at 7 p.m. with Regas Halandras presiding. First item of business was with regard to the water tank drain line project. There was one contractor that responded to the initial request for bid however, it was over budget. [Read More…]