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to improve the delivery of public safety services for this growing and dynamic community.” His statement acknowledged personal controversy during his tenure. Nichols was stopped for traffic violations in Utah while traveling between Commerce City and his family’s home in Las Vegas in 2020. “I have always aimed to lead this agency with integrity and fairness. Recent circumstances indicate a

The city’s Fourth of July party didn’t have a fireworks display this year. That prompted a discussion July 11 during a City Council town hall about adding such an event to this year’s Trapper Days, set for Sept. 9-10. Mayor Zo Stieber-Hubbard thought repackaging the show for next year would be fine. “Next year, the Fourth will be on a Tuesday,” she said. “I don’t celebrate the Fourth of July on July 2.” Councilwoman Valerie Blackston said there should be a fireworks show during Trapper Days weekend. In the history of Trapper Days, which dates back more than 100 years, there have been three instances of fireworks shows. “I think it’s something that’s missing,” she said. “Planning for something like this, to do it as part of Trapper Days, would be difficult,” Stieber-Hubbard said. “I want it (the fireworks display) to be phenomenal next year.” Earlier, the council discussed the increasing difficulty for local towns to offer fireworks displays because of a lack of people trained to do the job. “If the fire departments are taxed and regulated to a point that they aren’t able to do it, then more people are going to have to be licensed to shoot them off,” Stieber-Hubbard said.

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Noah Saechao serving a customer some donuts. BY BELEN WARDS BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jane Rodriquez said her strength is in business management while her friend, Joe Berkane is a baker. The pair decided to combine their expertise and the result is Brighton’s newest donut shop. The Donut Social celebrated its ribbon cutting

on July 15. “We are putting our hearts into this, and he’s putting all his energy into it with baking and passionate about what he does,” Rodriguez said. “We both have our strengths with a solid plan.” Donut Social had a soft opening on June 25, with shorter hours until the grand opening. With that behind

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Chief of Police Clint Nichols announces retirement City to name acting or interim Chief of Police in coming weeks STAFF REPORT

Commerce City will be looking for a new chief after the current head of the city’s Police Department announced his retirement July 14. Commerce City Chief of Police

Clint Nichols announced his retirement from the position effective July 25. Chief Nichols has spent the past seven years with the Commerce City Police Department following a 23-year career with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. “It’s been an honor to serve this community for seven years, including five as the chief of police,” said Nichols. “I’m proud of the work our officers did in that time and the positive reforms our agency adopted

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Anna Marie (VonFeldt) Roth, 77, passed away on July 14th, 2022. Born in Longmont, Colorado on June 7th, 1945 to Alfred Joseph VonFeldt and Emma Susan Stadler; Ann was raised in Fort Lupton on her family’s farm. She graduated from Fort Lupton High School in 1963. She married Don Roth on November 12th, 1966. They began operating a dairy farm in Hudson and were blessed with five children, then moved to Barnesville in 1981 and continued to raise their children while dairy farming for another 20 years. Ann’s love and work ethic was apparent in every aspect of her life. She could be found feeding the cows, bailing hay, driving tractors, gardening, canning, or sewing for her family. Cooking was her love language and she took every opportunity to gather everyone around the table. On top of being an amazing cook, Ann was an excellent seamstress. She made her daughter’s bridesmaids dresses, flower girl dresses, and countless other sewing projects. Ann always lent a helping hand to those she loved. Ann was a proud member of St Mary’s Church. She made rosaries for the senior class and assisted with fundraisers. After nearly 50 years of running a dairy farm, Ann and Don moved to Evans in November of 2014. Ann was steadfast in her faith in God and looked forward to seeing her loved ones in heaven, especially grandson Derek Prescott. Ann is survived by her husband; Don Roth, children; Laurie Bergquist (Bob), Cindy Rowell (Mike), Nikki Prescott (Loy), Keith Roth (Christina), Deanne Bunting (Brad), grandchildren; Beth Bergquist (Jeff

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Guindon), Jamie Colsrud (Brian), Brian Bergquist (Ashleigh Courts), Richele Schulte, Michaela Schulte, Blake Rowell, Justin Rowell, Jill Rowell, Jacob Rowell, Ashlee Prescott, Emalee Roth, Kyle Roth, Jayce Roth, Brendan Bunting, Brooke Bunting, Bree Bunting, Bryla Bunting, greatgrandchildren; Brileigh, Peyton, Jaxon and Olivia; Siblings; James VonFeldt (Olivia), Henry VonFeldt, Daniel VonFeldt (Barbara), Cecilia Aichelman, Susan McCollam (Richard), Linda Calloway (Richard), Alfred VonFeldt (Joyce), Samuel VonFeldt, Marietta Downen (Danny) Clemens VonFeldt (Kandis Lowes), Theodore VonFeldt (Debbie). Ann is preceded in death by her parents; Alfred VonFeldt, Emma Stadler VonFeldt, grandchild; Derek Prescott, siblings; William VonFeldt, Joseph VonFeldt, Charles VonFeldt, Mark VonFeldt, brother-in-law; Robert Aichelman, and sister-in-law; Phyllis VonFeldt. A viewing, Tuesday July 19, 2022 beginning at 4:00 p.m. followed by reciting the Rosary at 6:00 p.m. at Allnutt Funeral Services; 6521 W. 20th Street, Greeley. A Mass with Christian Burial, Wednesday July 20,2022 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church; 2222 23 Ave in Greeley, with Reverend Andrew J. Labenz officiating.

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Bonnie Lou McAllister “GG”, 97, of Brighton, CO Bonnie was born on August 12th, 1924 in Iowa, to John and Violet Robinson. Throughout her extraordinary life, she excelled as a caretaker, homemaker, nurse, accountant, laundress, cashier, stocker, bartender & bouncer! At 5’1”, Bonnie was small but mighty. Strong and independent, she got herself everywhere she needed to go by walking and memorizing the bus routes. She was an amazing mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, and great-great grandmother. Affectionately referred to as “GG”, she was famously known for her chocolate chip cookies, pumpkin and cherry pies, also her beautiful smile. Always ready to the tee, she was a fire cracker and knew exactly what she wanted. She left her mark on the world by

Bonnie started her new journey on the 4th of July, 2022. She passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones. She will be missed tremendously by so many, especially her family & many life-long friends. She is survived by her brother Mike (Gerri) of Iowa, her children Susan of California, John (Lauren) of Florida, and Linda (Craig) of Colorado, as well as 9 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 3 great-greatgrandchildren. She’s proceeded in death by her parents, 3 brothers, and her son James, as well as many other family members and friends. GG’s Celebration of Life will be at 11:00 AM on Saturday July 30, 2022 at Tabor Rice-Funeral Home 75 S. 13th Ave. Brighton, CO 80601.

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Fort Lupton looks to neighbors for victim services Chief John Fryar proposes the city work up with Brighton, Commerce City BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton Police Chief John Fryar thinks the city should team up with other cities — specifically Brighton and Commerce City — to provide victim advocate services. Even better, in Fryar’s eyes, is that the partnership wouldn’t cost the city any money for the balance of the year. He made his recommendation to Fort Lupton City Council during a July 12 town hall.

Fort Lupton and other cities in southern Weld County are on the search for new providers for victim advocates. Weld County won’t be providing the program at the end of the year. Brighton and Commerce City have an intergovernmental agreement for victim advocate programs. Fryar said those two entities were willing to take add Fort Lupton “without charging us anything in 2022.” “In their present form, they determine costs based on the cities’ population, the types of calls and the number of calls,” Fryar told the council. “When I plugged in the numbers on the basis of what (Weld) county provided it’ll cost about $50,000 to $55,000 a year. If we did it ourselves, the cost would

be 2 1/2 times that, about $100,000 a year.” Fryar thought the potential new arrangement would require a fulltime staffing equivalent of 1 1/2 for both Lochbuie and Fort Lupton. Fryar also threw council a curve ball. “Platteville, Hudson and Keenesburg will be orphans,” Fryar said. “It would be Lochbuie and us. Gilcrest doesn’t have a police department, so they are with the sheriff (the Evans and Greeley police are set to combine their programs). There hasn’t been a rush to help the south end of the county.” Fryar said teaming up with the Tri-Towns (Frederick, Firestone and Dacono) wasn’t an option because those areas “aren’t reach-

ing out beyond that.” Fryar said if the council wanted to join Brighton and Commerce City’s program, it would need to come up with an intergovernmental agreement for 2023 funding. “We have so many new things,” Mayor Zo Stieber-Hubbard said. “I feel like we’re going with a stable entity. Hiring staff may be a problem because it’s hard to hire anyone.” “It’s the county’s failure,” Fryar said. “That’s why they are where they are. My preference is Brighton. They have a robust program. I can find some office space in a building. It will be a help to our neighbors.” Council didn’t act on the information because of the format of the meeting.

Fort Lupton council gets price tag on wastewater lift station BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Officials with Burns and McDonnell, a Centennial engineering firm, gave Fort Lupton City Council an $18 million price tag for a new wastewater treatment lift plant station. The information came during a July 12 town hall. The work is necessary because of a state public health department order requiring clean-up of phosphorus from such facilities The cost covers a 6 1/2-mile pipeline that will travel down the west side of U.S. Highway 85. Most of the cost — about $12.5 million — is

for construction of a 20-inch pipe. Project manager Ryan Brong said $300,000 would be set aside for land acquisition. “We’re doing survey work on site and boring work the next few weeks,” he said. “We should have the bid documents ready in the fall. We could select a contractor in December, and we could start work sometime in 2023.” The firm used a combination of residential and non-residential growth figures, plus a safety factor, to determine the size of the new plant. Assistant civil engineer Conor Healy said the only treatment piece on site will be a grinder “to protect it from large items” that

find their way into the wastewater system. “Anything you flush down the toilet ends up in the wastewater plant,” Healy said. “I’ve seen red rags when I was there. I saw a fair amount of jewelry,” said Mayor Zo StieberHubbard. “It’s nothing I was going fishing for” Brong said there would be traffic impacts along US 85 during construction. Rights of way will make the lanes a little smaller, he said. “We’re going to work with CDOT (the Colorado Department of Transportation) to limit work hours to either at night or midday.”

The plant should have enough capacity to take care of Fort Lupton’s needs until 2042. “You don’t have to change the configuration of the plant,” he said. “There will be two duty pumps designed for maximum flow, about 5 1/2 million gallons a day.” A public meeting on environmental concerns is set for 6;30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at the community room inside the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. A companion hearing concerning funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture is on tap, too. Public Works Director Roy Vestal told the council he hoped one meeting could take care of both issues.

Brighton hospital gets grant for nursing program BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A $1.5 million grant from Adams County should help Brighton’s Platte Valley Medical Center find and retain nurses, hospital officials said. County officials presented a grant to the hospital for a nurse training program July 11 outside of the Brighton hospital. According to a written statement from the hospital, half of new grad-

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Bridge notification of weight restrictions near Fort Lupton BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Weld County Department of Public Works is placing a weight restriction on a county bridge along Weld County Road 23 south of State Highway 14 1/2 and north of Mineral Road while crews work on building a new deck for the bridge. The bridge is just northwest of Fort Lupton. Vehicles weighing more than 16 tons — 32,000 pounds — will be detoured around the bridge for one year while public works crews install the new bridge deck. The impact will be limited to class 7 or larger vehicles

such as buses, trash trucks or trucks pulling trailers. Drivers of those kinds of vehicles must take an alternate route to avoid the bridge unless they are carrying a lighter load. “We know load restrictions can impact the oil and gas industry as well as our agricultural community,” Curtis Hall, Weld County Public Works Director said in a written statement. “That’s why we want to spread the word about the upcoming weight restriction — to lessen the inconvenience to drivers or eliminate the risk of them being surprised by the change.” Public works will install the sign along the road alerting drivers to

the weight restrictions. The bridge restriction will not impact passenger cars since they weigh 5,000 pounds on average or pickups not pulling largeloaded trailers, which can weigh as much as 6,000 pounds. The bridge was called out after a Colorado Department of Transportation inspection this year. The bridge was replaced in 2019, part of a county Public Works effort to fix 200 loadrestricted bridges across the county. It’s not uncommon for bridges to rust, Hall said, requiring restrictions. “The structural tests on county bridges are conducted every two years,” he said. “That requires us to continually evaluate our work to see

if it’s meeting that goal, and if it’s not, make changes as needed.” Hall said the bottoms of bridge decks are susceptible to moisture and rust. When the rust spreads quickly, it often requires the entire bridge deck to be replaced. According to officials, weight restrictions will remain in place for a year after the deck is replaced. It will be reinspected and the weight restriction will be removed if the bridge meets both Weld County and state standards. “Ensuring the safety and efficiency of those who travel on our roads and bridges is the top priority for our department,” Hall said.

Public works updates Fort Lupton road work BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton public works crews are getting ready to begin work at Weld County Road 12 and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks west of Hillside Cemetery. Fort Lupton Public Works Director Roy Vestal said the city and Union Pacific “are starting the process,” which includes a $35,000 engineering piece for the railroad’s part of the crossing, plus new crossing arms. “We’ve done a sketch plan,” Vestal told councilors during a July 12

town hall discussion. “We’re trying to package it in a project where we cover parts that haven’t been covered in other developments.” Vestal said an employee from Union Pacific was on a small gocart at the intersection recently. “This lady came screaming around and stopped in the middle of the tracks,” Vestal said. “The guy told me if there had been a full crane there, she’d have been toast.” Vestal said new safety signs – including “the biggest one we could find” – are in order for the grade crossing, plus warning signs. Work could begin next year.

Harrison Avenue design Vestal also said plans for a new design of Harrison Avenue between First and Ninth streets are about 75% complete. Currently, stormwater flows — with cross pans — across Second and Third streets and continues across Fourth Street. Vestal said the present design has caused flooding problems before. “Design was originally intended to catch flows at Fourth (Street) and convey in pipes to the existing storm drainage on Pacific Avenue,” Vestal said. “Value Engineering Design will convey each street to the

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Meeting the team: Bluedevils players greet Fort Lupton’s new football coach George Ramirez, a Fort Lupton alum, takes over for Joey O’Connor BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Fort Lupton’s new football coach, George Ramirez, met his team for the first time July 11 in the school commons. Ramirez, who grew up in Fort Lupton and is a Bluedevil alum (class of 1993), takes over for Joey O’Connor, who moved over to Horizon High School in Thornton to be the head football coach. “I’m enthusiastic to make Fort Lupton football the best it can be,” he told his team. “I know what it is to be in a small community.” Preseason work will be short; the first game is against Wheat Ridge on Aug. 25. Ramirez admitted to being “behind the eight-ball.” The next workout is 5:30 p.m. July 20. Others are

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planned to run in conjunction with the following events: A youth football camp July 26-28; A mini-camp with Bennett High School (FLHS’ new athletic director, Rick Jacoby, spent the last three years as the Tigers’ AD); A sevenon-seven scrimmage with Bennett on Aug. 5; A chance to host Bennett on Aug. 12 or Aug. 13 (it replaces the traditional blue-white scrimmage); and A four-way scrimmage at Platte Valley High School on Aug. 15. “I am all in, and I know the coaches are all in,” Ramirez said. “We have to change the culture. I understand the history here. I get it. I’m not saying I’m going to be a savior. I want to turn this around, and it starts with the parents and the community.” Athletic Director Richard Jacoby called this year’s Bluedevils’ team “the building blocks.” “Reach out to your friends,” he told the players. “Building the program, building the culture starts with you. Changing the mindset starts with you players. That’s how you get things turned around.” the overall cost of the project would decline by $76,000 in construction. “We’d get rid of three or four inlets. That’s $10,000 right there,” Peck said. Construction on this project could begin next year.

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Walker returns to prefab concrete industry in Brighton Will lead business development for national building supply maker BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Philip Walker is the new director of business development

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for the Mountain States region of Wells, a national prefabricated concrete building manufacturer. The company’s western manufacturing plant is located in Brighton, on East Crown Prince Boulevard and Walker’s office will be located here. A press statement said Walker is returning to the industry after spending some time as di-

rector of operations for FB 20. His main duties will include expanding the company’s position in the marketplace and looking for new opportunities and relationships. The press statement said he will “play an integral role in sharing how Wells’ building solutions can create value for partners’ unique project needs.”. “We’re grateful to be bring-

ing Phil back onto the team,” said Dan Parker, vice president of sales of Wells. “He brings great energy and enthusiasm and will support finding new business in the region. Phil is an asset. He not only sees the big picture, but he’s well known in the industry and has a truly vested interest in his partners and projects, creating trust, by being a valuable resource.”.

have a seat at a table for Platte Valley Medical Center’s annual Farm to Table fundraiser. It’s set for 6 p.m. Aug. 26 at the hospital in Brighton. City Administrator Chris Cross offered to round up some information in case councilors wanted to

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artists. Entertainment and refreshments available; * Eye for Art Summer Show Exhibit, Brighton City Hall, 500 S. Fourth Ave. This show features more than 30 artists’ works and more than 100 pieces of art; entertainment and refreshments are available; and * Main Street Creatives gallery art reception, Main Street Creatives, 36 S. Main St. It has 20 studio artists and is home to the Art Academy of Colorado; entertainment and refreshments are available. Call David Gallegos at 303-655-2176 or email dgallegos@brightonco.gov. Teen police academy The Brighton Police Department and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office are co-sponsoring a teen academy for four days starting Tuesday, July 26, at the police department and the sheriff’s office’s FlatRock Regional Training Center. Participants have to be sophomores, juniors or seniors in high school, and they have to pass a modified background check. Call 303-288-1535 or 303-655-2300. Football Riverdale Ridge High School’s annual fundraising golf tournament starts at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 29, at Thorncreek Golf Course, East 136th Avenue and Washington Street. The cost is $125 per golfer, $500 for a foursome and $150 for hole sponsors. Visit https://riverdaleridgeravensfootball.teampages. com/forms/24385-Riverdale-

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“We are going reach out to the schools, students with good grades and perfect attendance- we’ll give the kiddos doughnuts,” she said. The Donut Social is ideal for students to come in and study with business folks to have a meeting. There is a place for the kids to have fun and eat specialty donuts with gummy bears or sprinkles. “We want to give the older population somewhere to feel comfortable to come out and chat and have a cup of coffee visit with friends. We will serve the middle-aged cus-

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new acting or interim chief of police by Nichols’ July 25 departure as chief. “I want to thank Chief Nichols for his years of service to our community and his dedication to improving the Commerce City Police Department,” said City Manager Roger Tinklenberg. “He has been a driver of our police reform efforts through some challenging times. While the circumstances of his departure stem not from malintent or misconduct, I agree that the best course of action at this time is to seek new leadership for CCPD going forward.” Nichols helped implement numerous policy reforms and updates during his time as chief. These include policies related to use of force, de-escalation, and training about biased-based policing. Nichols oversaw the addition of the You Have Options Program for sexual assault reporting, the creation of the Commerce City-Brighton Sexual Assault Taskforce and an increased emphasis on community policing efforts. ment, intensive care and on the medical and surgery floors. Clinical teams and mentors provide support. “This is a unique opportunity for nursing school students to gain hands-on training and mentorship, receive wages and jumpstart their careers while they finish schooling,” the hospital’s statement said.

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For the first time this summer, Thornton fully staffed all their aquatic facilities on July 3. “I don’t believe there is any other municipality that hasn’t had to either amend their hours or flat out close some of their pools because of the lifeguard shortage,” said Chris Steinke, recreation superintendent for the city. Thornton isn’t in that group of municipalities and keeping its four facilitties open came with tireless effort. Staff had to hire 110 new lifeguard employees and it wasn’t as easy as it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Renee Dodson, the recreation administrator, said they hosted job fairs in January, February, March and April, offered free training, free swim sclinics, ten training classes, reduced sthe age requirement from 16 to 15 and -raised the wage to $15 an hour. Prior to 2020, they usually hosted about one or two training sessions that cost $105 per person and the

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demand for lifeguards was also only between 25-30. Granted, they renovated a Carpenter Recreation Center which increased the need for 12 new staff members this year. Dodson said the 110 new employees is significant. Wage competition among other businesses played a huge role in the struggle to find workers, as well as teenagers not itching to find a job. “We pay $15 an hour and you go over to In-N-Out Burger and they’re paying $19.50 or something,” Steinke said. “People are job hopping trying to get better wages, so when we think we are caught up we have vacancies again.” Dodson also noted a culture shift among the younger generation. “A lot of the younger generation don’t want to work 40 hours,” she said. “They like their balance of free time.” In years past, city swim employees looked to have 40-50 hours a week under their belt. The demand has decreased, with some only being interested in 10-15 hours. That makes the demand to hire greater to fill the hours, she said. She said Dodson’s and Steinke’s management style needed to change around what they call “the post-Covid generation” which includes more tex-

ting and more guidance for workers when it comes to face-to-face communication. The new hires include many 15-year-olds who will go back to school at the end of the summer, which means more hiring will be needed in the fall. Higher costs Thornton will also be raising fees to access parks and recreation facilities in 2023 after a 7-1 vote by city council on July 12. Some raises include the Thorncreek Golf Course will go up by $1, the Active Adult Fitness Class Pass by $8, Rec Center Daily Admission by $1 and Active Adult Lunch by 25 cents, according to Director of Parks, Recreation and Community Programs Doug Romig during a July 5 planning session. They take effect on Jan. 1. With the need to raise labor wages across the board for city jobs, that means higher labor costs. Pair that with inflation and Steinke cites those as the main reasons for the price hike. “We are trying more than anything to create a market adjustment,” he said. He emphasized that compared to other North Metro communities, the fees are still on the bottom end.

City Councilor Julia Marvin asked at the planning session how much revenue the fee increases would bring in, and Romig said about $130,500. The operating budget is around $18 million, and she said the rate increase isn’t worth it given the small percentage it would contribute to. “When I think of our senior community on fixed incomes, we are seeing inflation right now, it seems like we are raising rates that’s not going to change our bottom line very much, but impact them,” she said. Romig noted there is a 50% discount on the Park Pass for low-income households and said the department would rather incrementally raise rates as opposed to all at once in five years to keep up with costs. Marvin noted during the city council meeting that even though there are programs to help low-income communities, there is a group of people who don’t fall into that category and are not wealthy who will feel the increase. Mayor Pro Tem Jessica Sandgren was among the majority of council who approved the rates on July 12. “I think it’s important to have this small increment, we don’t want to wait several years down the road and have a larger increase,” she said.

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diesel school buses with electric models, and beefing up permitting and enforcement staff at the state air pollution division.

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