In regards to enhancing alternate routes to help motorists circumvent Interstate 70 closures through Glenwood Canyon, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., said, “We just need to find a proper solution.”
Glenwood Springs City Council is working towards having simultaneous Spanish-language translations for its meetings.
In the Feb. 4 Glenwood Springs council meeting, City Manager Debra Figueroa shared the rates of local interpreters and how much it would cost to have City Council meetings translated to Spanish.
The rate from local interpreter Elizabeth Velasco was $65/hour and from Natalia Lupi-Peata it was $130/hour, which would come to about $12,480 per year, or half of that if the council went with Velasco’s service.
The general consensus of the council was that there needs to be a way to welcome mono-lingual Spanish-speakers into conversations about local government and the community, but council members varied in opinion as to what would be the most cost-effective and beneficial way to go about this.
Locally owned restaurants hardest hit by the latest coronavirus restrictions shutting down indoor dining will be given priority for $165,000 worth of city of Glenwood Springs year-end relief grants.
Those choosing to follow Garfield County’s more lax restrictions, as well as national chains, fast-food restaurants and places like coffee shops that don’t rely heavily on the sit-down dining experience, need not apply for now.
Those were the criteria established by City Council in a 6-0 vote Monday during a special meeting called to discuss rules for “red level relief grants.”
Contained in that is $115,000 in remaining federal CARES Act dollars that must be spent by Wednesday, and another $50,000 in Downtown Development Authority funds that must be spent within the DDA boundaries, City Manager Debra Figueroa said.