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Work will help Town Council decide on election in 2021
Staff report
The town of Basalt has appointed volunteers to assess capital needs, solicit input from citizens and make recommendations on how to proceed to the Town Council.
The appointment of the Capital Needs Committee was part of the Basalt Forward 2030 project. The project is a council-approved initiative to take recommendations from the 2020 Master Plan as well as a professionally prepared Facility Needs Study to identify and prioritize capital improvements.
“The project may lead to Town Council asking voters in November 2021 to approve bonds and a property tax extension to help finance projects that are identified through the process and supported by the community,” said a news release from the town government. “The Town has an opportunity to seek voter approval for bonding to complete projects, without seeking a tax increase.”
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Current events have some valley teachers feeling like the stakes of their profession have never been higher.
“It’s never felt so important to be a social studies teacher,” Basalt High School social studies teacher Dom Roman said.
At a time when opinions about politics and beliefs about what is or isn’t true make chasms between party lines and individuals, it is helpful to be able to contextualize current events with knowledge of our country’s history. As far as consuming information goes, many are locked into their preferred news source or drawn into discourse on social media which can further strengthen one’s one biases.