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Commissioners will meet as the 1041 Permit Authority to continue their hearing of the Nestlé North America Waters 1041 permit extension at 1 p.m. Tuesday, following Chaffee County’s regular meeting at 9 a.m.  The county will continue discussion from Harvey Economics’ impact study, which was first presented to commissioners April 20.  Log on to https://www.chaffeecounty.org/Public-Notices for the report, along and other documents regarding Nestlé. Earlier in the day, commissioners will hold two public meetings. First they will consider recommendations regarding a land use...

Harvey Economics could not find any negative economic effect to the county from Nestlé North American Waters operation near Johnson Village.  Ed and Jess Harvey presented the final draft of the economic impact report to Chaffee County Commissioners acting as the 1041 board Tuesday.  Nestlé is requesting a 10 year extension for spring water production, transmission pipeline and loading facility. They first received the permit in 2009. Ed explained that they while they looked at the first ten years of the permit, most of what they were looking at is the effect of Nestlé on Chaffe...

Commissioners met virtually Friday morning with representatives from local waste companies to discuss options for recycling in Chaffee County. This was in response to an announcement by Mickey Berry with Angel of Shavano Recycling that his business would close April 8. David Royar with Chaffee County Waste and Scott Martinez with Waste Management explained to commissioners their companies’ process for recycling within the county. The question was raised about the future of recycling bins located at the Chaffee County Landfill. County finance director Dan Short said the bins are part of A...

Commissioners met virtually Friday morning with representatives from local waste companies to discuss options for recycling in Chaffee County. This was in response to an announcement by Mickey Berry with Angel of Shavano Recycling that his business would close April 8. David Royar with Chaffee County Waste and Scott Martinez with Waste Management explained to commissioners their companies’ process for recycling within the county. The question was raised about the future of recycling bins located at the Chaffee County Landfill. County finance director Dan Short said the bins are part of A...

A 5:30 p.m. start time for the Chaffee County League of Women Voters April 12 meeting will allow more working county residents to participate in a Zoom Happy Hour with the three County Commissioners. Commissioners Keith Baker (District 1), Greg Felt (District 2) and Rusty Granzella (District 3) will first present updates regarding their specific areas of responsibility followed by questions submitted in advance and through the Zoom chat function. Each commissioner has specific areas of responsibility and their reports will touch on numerous issues of importance to county residents. Topics cou...