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After years of talk, Payson is finally getting a new county building at the corner of Main Street and State Route 87. The Gila County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Jan. 19 approved spending $5.5 million for the construction of the Payson Complex Multipurpose Building and Site Improvements in what is now an empty lot between the courthouse and the post office. The building will be 11,944 square feet and include: ⢠Offices for elected officials, plus service areas for the county recorder and assessor ⢠A large meeting room for board and other meetings and available for jury trials ⢠A sally port for safe movement of prisoners to trial ....
The Town of Payson has once again come to the rescue of its neighbor. On Jan. 14, the Payson Town Council unanimously voted to approve a contract to provide animal control services to Star Valley. Itâs basically a win-win-win type of contract. Star Valley wins because it gets a faster response time to barking dog calls, agreeing to pay Payson $3,500 annually. Payson wins because its officers no longer have to say no to people who just want that dog to stop barking. And Gila County doesnât have to dispatch an animal control officer from Globe â most often after hours and on weekends. ....
The first was a public hearing to de-annex property from the Star Valley town limits. Star Valley, in October, submitted a letter to the Gila County Board of Supervisors requesting to de-annex the public right of way â an approximate 2.7 miles of State Highway 260 between Lion Springs Road and Preacher Canyon â located in the Town of Star Valley and return it to Gila County. The Town of Star Valley is responsible for law enforcement on this portion of State Highway 260 in Star Valley, which begins at Lion Springs Road and continues to Preacher Canyon. If the board of supervisors determines that the public interest is served by the Town of Star Valleyâs de-annexation of this public right of way and annexing by Gila County, it would take away the ambiguity that the Town of Star Valley has law enforcement responsibility for this portion of State Highway 260. ....