Mandi Etheridge News Today

MEEKER | Town Manager Mandi Etheridge explained more about the water easement approval process for properties near Shaman Trail Drive, highlighting that properties outside of town boundaries require extraterritorial water agreements to apply for water taps. Recent easements and related approvals were necessary for new waterline installations, which will provide increased water pressure needed for

MEEKER | Meeker’s newest elected trustees, Kathleen Sizemore, Charles Day and Jessica Browning swore their oaths of office Tuesday, April 16 during the board’s regular meeting. Following eight years as trustee, including one term as mayor pro-tem, Travis Day stepped into the position of mayor, following Kent Borchard’s term. Borchard praised the board’s effective collaboration

TOWN OF RANGELY Check Register January-24 AMOUNT, DESCRIPTION A-1 COLLECTION, 951.40, Payroll Deduction AFLAC, 254.51, Payroll Deduction AGNC, 2500.00, Expenses ALL COPY, 1340.01, Expenses ALL WATER SUPPLY LLC, 7722.95, Expenses AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, 572.03, Expenses APCO INTERNATIO​NAL INC, 375.00, Expenses ATKINSON, LAURA, 127.00, Expenses AXON ENTERPRISE INC, 17567.40, Expenses BAKER, KYLE, 40.00, Expenses BIG D’S

MEEKER | Meeker’s Board of Trustees approved a resolution opposing Proposition HH on Tuesday. The resolution states, in part, “...the Town of Meeker relies on property tax revenue to provide street maintenance, snow plowing, infrastructure improvements, police protection, and code enforcement. Fire, ambulance, health, and other critical services in Meeker are also provided by property

MEEKER | Meeker resident Annie Long, who lives at the south end of Second Street, asked the Town to step up and do something about the Sulfur Creek Ditch at Tuesday’s board of trustees meeting. “This is not working,” Long said, describing stinky mud, trash, garbage and mosquitos at the mouth of the ditch/canal. Long

MEEKER | With Mayor Kent Borchard and Mayor Pro Temp Travis Day absent, Trustee Wendy Gutierrez was appointed to lead Tuesday’s board meeting. Board members heard an invitation from Jan Zuber on behalf of the Rio Blanco County Pioneers Association for this year’s dinner/dance on June 3. “It’s now open to everyone to come. You

MEEKER | The Town of Meeker held a workshop last Tuesday, April 25, to discuss prioritization of Ute Park enhancements and discuss the Master Plan that will move the community toward seeing those enhancements come to fruition. Town Administrator Mandi Etheridge began by introducing the history of Ute Park. The park was purchased by the

MEEKER | It’s been a little more than a year since the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requested public comment on a proposed wildfire mitigation project which would involve a planned fuels reduction treatment along the north and west portion of the town of Meeker. This action would create a fuel break that would improve

MEEKER | In the lengthiest topic of discussion at Tuesday’s regular Meeker Board of Trustees meeting, Mayor Kent Borchard said he met with a consultant from the Langdon Group, the firm hired to gather public input on the Rio Blanco Water Storage Project (aka Wolf Creek Reservoir). Borchard shared his research into the project, noting

Local and federal officials are hoping to create a roughly mile-long vegetation fuel break along the northwest edge of the Meeker to better protect the town from the threat of