Hayden Town Council approved a 4% raise for town staff on Thursday, May 19, giving employees a pay bump in the hopes of keeping pace with neighboring governments and record inflation.
Hayden will restrict short-term rentals in residential zones to primary residences but allow them in commercial zones, a proactive move on an issue that has become controversial up the valley.
The Hayden Town Council will vote Thursday on whether to pursue a more restrictive ordinance on where in town another marijuana dispensary could be opened in the future.
There is already a dispensary approved to open within Hayden. Should the council pursue it, this ordinance would restrict the location of where another shop could open in town.
Council member Bob Reese first brought the issue to the his fellow council members last month, and council scheduled a work session last Thursday to discuss the potential ordinance, which Reese says should restrict the ability for a new dispensary to open on the U.S. Highway 40 corridor within the city limits.