Basalt Town Council unanimously voted to oppose the ballot question on an upcoming special election that aims to retroactively limit the multi-million dollar infrastructure and beautification project of downtown Basalt’s main street. The ballot question.
A ballot question from Tuesday night’s municipal election in Silverthorne that passed with just three votes will not go to a recount, according to officials. But the final result could still change should the town.
Voters in the town of Silverthorne approved an increase to the town’s lodging tax while another ballot measure that seeks to raise the town’s debt limit was too close to call, according to preliminary election.
Basalt voters elected Rick Stevens, Hannah Berman, Angèle Dupré-Butchart, and David Knight to represent them at Town Council in Tuesday’s election. Berman won the most votes with 460, followed by Dupré-Butchart with 435, then Stevens.
The Town of Basalt and the Roaring Fork School District celebrated a partnership that fulfills a 2020 promise to voters to invest significant funds into green initiatives in the town with more money to.