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Frisco Town Council appointed Tony O’Rourke as the new town manager during its meeting Tuesday, July 13. O’Rourke previously worked in Beaver Creek and Cañon City, Colorado; South Lake Tahoe, California; Yakima, Washington; and Panama City Beach and Coral Springs, Florida. Photo from Tony O’Rourke Filling the shoes of Nancy Kerry, who announced her resignation as Frisco town manager in April, is Tony O’Rourke. Frisco Town Council unanimously approved the appointment during its regular meeting Tuesday, July 13. O’Rourke also replaces Jeff Durbin, former town manager of Fraser in nearby Grand County, who became interim Frisco town manager in May. Durbin applied for the Frisco position in 2016 and again for the vacancy this year. Durbin said in an interview Wednesday, July 14, that he is now working on his transition plans to move on to his next adventure. ....
Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite A plastic shopping bag is surrounded by a circle of liquid somewhere in Athmar Park. Dec. 3, 2019. Has anyone on this Zoom call actually touched one of these bags? asked Councilor Amy Phillips at an Avon Town Council meeting last month. I did, said Councilor Russell Andrade. My first impression was that it definitely felt like a disposable, one-use bag. Avon banned plastic bags in 2018 from all retailers, with the purpose to protect the public health, safety and welfare from pollution-related to plastic bags. Many Colorado mountain towns have adopted similar laws to keep them out of rivers, trees, landfills and recycling centers the bags jam up machinery. ....
Photo by Jason Connolly / Jason Connolly Photography With the novel coronavirus pandemic putting more stress on local families, the Frisco Town Council is looking at ways it can provide more support for child care. At a council work session Tuesday, Jan. 12, the group discussed options for providing funding directly to families who struggle with affording child care. The council currently provides $65,000 a year to the Summit County Preschool, which is a nonprofit and not affiliated with the county government. While the town has a number of options for providing assistance to local families, Town Manager Nancy Kerry suggested that the council look into implementing a program that is similar to the Town of Breckenridge’s tuition assistance program. ....
Photo by Sawyer D’Argonne / sdargonne@summitdaily.com Frisco officials are hopeful that reaching back out to the development community could finally provide an answer for the long-vacant Sabatini lot on Granite Street. Town officials discussed different options for the lot during a virtual Frisco Town Council meeting last week and ultimately decided to push out a request for proposals in search of a new housing development on the parcel. The Sabatini lot is a half-block plot between Second and Third avenues at 275 Granite St., which has remained vacant since the town purchased the land in 1997. Last year, local developer Nathan Glassman pitched the town on a potential public-private partnership that would combine the town-owned Sabatini lot with the adjacent property to create a larger-scale housing project at the site. ....