Joel Aispuro News Today

The City Council and Planning and Zoning Commision tackled two chapters of the final draft of the city’s Comprehensive Plan at a work session held Tuesday.

After months of deliberation, the City Council voted Wednesday to leave the Selkirk Joint Powers Association, with Mayor Jeremy Grimm breaking a tie in favor of leaving.

With six weeks since former city administrator Jennifer Stapleton stepped down from her role, Sandpoint City Council members and Mayor Jeremy Grimm discussed what that role might look like in the future — if it exists at all

With Selkirk Fire’s Joint Powers Agreement term set to end in June, Sandpoint City Council, local firefighters, JPA board members and the community are discussing the city’s continued participation in the agreement. .

The City Council will meet for a vibrant agenda Wednesday, covering everything from a geocaching policy to the Selkirk Fire Joint Powers Association.

City officials have formally passed the torch to new Sandpoint mayor Jeremy Grimm and council members Pam Duquette and Kyle Schreiber.

While citizens are crafting resolutions for the upcoming year, Sandpoint city officials are doing the same with hopes of reaching achievements in their personal lives and their roles in city government.

At the heart of holidays like Christmas are traditions that often play a crucial role in defining a tapestry of memories for each individual.

The Sandpoint City Council spent over an hour Nov. 15 deliberating over the final Waterfront Design Competition report, ultimately deciding to accept the document in a 3-1 vote, stressing that it is a vision, not a carved-in-stone plan.

Sandpoint residents were decisive in choosing a new mayor and two new representatives to City Council. A major deciding factor for Jeremy Grimm, Kyle Schreiber and Pam Duquette being elected was their commitment to remove City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton from her control of city business. The level of frustration expressed by our city firefighters was the honesty that exposed her manipulative inner-workings to the community.