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Breaking with precedent, the Ridgway Town Council on Monday unanimously approved a Placerville resident’s exception request to purchase one of the Wetterhorn Homes affordable housing development’s remaining units.
The town of Ridgway plans to hire a new deputy marshal and reclassify existing deputies to become eligible for overtime pay, in order to comply with federal labor laws it has violated for years.
The Ridgway Town Council has authorized town staff to pursue eminent domain proceedings to acquire an easement to create a trail between the River Park subdivision and Ridgway Secondary School. The pathway has long been used by students as a shortcut, but is located on private property at 539 Marion Overlook.
The Ridgway Town Council appeared closer to reaching a decision on raising the town’s lodging tax to generate money for affordable housing this week, after three discussions on where to find funding to address the town’s housing shortage. At a meeting Monday, most of the councilors seemed to be leaning toward increasing the 3.5% nightly tax on room rentals, which is paid by both hotels and shortterm rentals.