Now that indoor private parties and gatherings have been prohibited through the holiday season, area businesses that service said soirees should take note.
Pitkin County public health officials signaled a willingness this week to punish party rental outfits, caterers, parking valets and others who make their living off the Aspen area’s traditionally numerous private holiday parties and events.
“It’s something we will be looking at,” Pitkin County Manager Jon Peacock told county board members Tuesday. “(But) private gatherings, frankly, are hard to catch.”
Markey Butler, chair of the Pitkin County’s health board, said Monday that catering companies that serve private parties this holiday season in violation of public health orders need to be told “we will yank their (business) licenses.”
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Now that indoor private parties and gatherings have been prohibited through the holiday season in Pitkin County, area businesses that service said soirees should take note.
Pitkin County public health officials signaled a willingness this week to punish party rental outfits, caterers, parking valets and others who make their living off the Aspen area’s traditionally numerous private holiday parties and events.
“It’s something we will be looking at,” Pitkin County Manager Jon Peacock told county board members Tuesday. “(But) private gatherings, frankly, are hard to catch.”
Markey Butler, chair of the Pitkin County’s health board, said Monday that catering companies that serve private parties this holiday season in violation of public health orders need to be told “we will yank their (business) licenses.”
Pitkin County’s bold experiment to try to make sure visitors to Aspen are COVID-free this winter officially starts Monday, like it or not.
The county’s newly minted travel affidavit program goes into effect and requires all overnight visitors to Aspen or Pitkin County 10 years and older to test negative for the virus 72 hours before arrival, and be able to produce proof of a negative result upon request.
“The important thing is that this protective measure helps us stay in Orange-plus (level restrictions),” Kara Silbernagel, Pitkin County policy and project manager, said recently on the Board of Health meeting. “This is being done so our community doesn’t go to Red or Purple (level restrictions).”