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A consultant’s facility needs assessment for Basalt town government concluded the town hall, built in 1979, is already inadequate for the growing town.

Work will help Town Council decide on election in 2021 Staff report The town of Basalt has appointed volunteers to assess capital needs, solicit input from citizens and make recommendations on how to proceed to the Town Council. The appointment of the Capital Needs Committee was part of the Basalt Forward 2030 project. The project is a council-approved initiative to take recommendations from the 2020 Master Plan as well as a professionally prepared Facility Needs Study to identify and prioritize capital improvements. “The project may lead to Town Council asking voters in November 2021 to ap...

Scott Condon/The Aspen Times After more than a year of keeping offices closed to the public and conducting public meetings via video conference due to the coronavirus pandemic, the governments of Eagle County and Basalt are showing signs of in-person life. Eagle County government has reopened offices in the Eagle and Roaring Fork valleys. County Manager Jeff Shroll also announced Tuesday that a program called Roaring Fork Fridays has resumed in El Jebel. The program gives constituents in the Roaring Fork Valley portion of Eagle County a chance to meet face-to-face with a revolving lineup of e...