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The Jackson Town Council approved Monday the application process for retail and âbar and grillâ liquor licenses. The decision sets opening and deadline dates for applications for the coveted licenses. Before Mondayâs vote, the applications had been temporarily suspended while staff updated the application packets and procedures. Councilors instructed Town Clerk Sandy Birdyshaw and her staff to make the updated application packets available for the two types of licenses on May 3, with applications then being accepted from June 1 through June 15. Staff was directed not to accept any such applications after June 15 until further notice. The town currently holds two retail liquor licenses â with a third pending appeal by Tastebuds LLC before the Wyoming Supreme Court â and one bar and grill license, according to Birdyshaw. ....
The Town Council at their most recent meeting voted to approve increases to a number of fees, including those for open records, a move a Wyoming public information expert says could have a suppressing effect where public information is concerned. Municipalities across the state, including Jackson, have recently been either enacting or raising fees for open records requests, according to former Wyoming Press Association Director Jim Angell, who also manages the Wyoming News Exchange. Angell said he believes âthat they do it to limit access to public information.â The fees hit not only media outlets, such as the News&Guide, but also everyday residents seeking all sorts of information, among the many other entities that also request public documents. ....
The annual World Championship Snowmobile Hill Climb is returning to Snow King after a one-year, coronavirus-related hiatus, though the approval includes some caveats that will make it âa much different-looking event than in years past,â said Carl Pelletier, the town of Jacksonâs special events coordinator. At its regular meeting Monday night, the council voted unanimously to approve Councilor Jim Rooksâ motion to allow the 44th Hill Climb to move forward with 1,000 spectators. However, included in Rooksâ amended motion was a mechanism that allows for Jackson Police Chief Michelle Weber to decrease the allowed attendance based on how people are behaving and other health and safety factors. Weber will debrief daily with officials from the Jackson Hole Snow Devils, who organize the event, and Jackson Mayor Hailey Morton Levinson. In past years there was only one debriefing following the eventâs end. ....