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OCTOBER 7, 2009
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Vol. 21, No. 240
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Big Agnes rolls along Outdoor gear company succeeds despite recession Page 4
SPORTS
Sailors struggle Page 27
Corrections A story in the real estate section of the Oct. 4 Steamboat Pilot & Today incorrectly reported that a home at 27570 Winchester Trail had sold. The address for the home that sold for $635,000 is 27588 Winchester Trail. Previous sales listed for that address were for an unimproved building lot and not a lot with a home on it. The story “District devises BOCES deal” on page 5 of Tuesday’s Steamboat Today incorrectly reported a Steamboat Springs School Board vote. The panel voted, 4-1, to approve $21,350 in matching funds for a $42,700 school bus surveillance system, the remainder of which was grant funded. Laura Anderson voted against the motion, expression a concern with spending additional district funds.
Furloughs stay in 2010
City’s conservative budget builds on this year’s drastic reductions Brandon Gee
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Most city workers will continue to work just four days a week — and receive 90 percent of their pay — through next year under a proposed 2010 budget reviewed by the Steamboat Springs City Council at a daylong meeting Tuesday. City Manager Jon Roberts said he had hoped to reverse the moves to reduce personnel costs, which also include hiring and pay freezes.
Tuesday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 8-9-12-18-23 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
“But that is not the case. City boosts Unfortunately, nonprofit the projecfunding tion for 2010 See page 14 is going in the wrong direction,” said Roberts, referring to projections that city revenues will drop another 10 percent in 2010 after the 18 percent drop expected this year. “We scrubbed down every single program and every single dollar.” The $39.5 million budget includes an operating budget with $22.7 million in expendi-
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Steamboat Springs resident Nancy Kramer listens as the Steamboat Springs City Council discusses creative ways to increase its community support funding at an all-day budget meeting. Community support spending includes contributions to the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association and local nonprofit organizations. Kramer was on hand representing local arts and culture organizations. She was seated next to Mark Anderson, who was representing environmental nonprofits.
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City of Steamboat Springs’ sales tax revenues 2008 $19,607,176
2009 original $18,570,240
tures. That’s down from $26.4 million in general fund expenditures just two years ago in 2008. Additional cost-saving measures discussed Tuesday include reductions in firefighter training, a new snowplowing schedule, and an increase in lift ticket and season pass prices at Howelsen Hill. The council will give preliminary consideration to the
2009 projected $16,500,000
2010 budget $14,900,000
budget this month. The budget also includes transfers from the general fund, such as $151,670 to repair slope failures that occurred this spring on Howelsen Hill. The city also plans to transfer $1.6 million to its capital improvements fund to help pay for projects next year and shore up reserves in See Budget, page 14
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