The Sandpoint City Council spent over an hour Nov. 15 deliberating over the final Waterfront Design Competition report, ultimately deciding to accept the document in a 3-1 vote, stressing that it is a vision, not a carved-in-stone plan.
Sandpoint residents were decisive in choosing a new mayor and two new representatives to City Council. A major deciding factor for Jeremy Grimm, Kyle Schreiber and Pam Duquette being elected was their commitment to remove City Administrator Jennifer Stapleton from her control of city business. The level of frustration expressed by our city firefighters was the honesty that exposed her manipulative inner-workings to the community.
The Travers Park playset is on the city's chopping block for a poorly designed makeover on artificial grass next to the parking lot. This will cost $560,000 of Sandpoint tax revenue to match a $560,000 grant from the state.