- Former mayor critiques council, wants more salary cuts
- March 16, 2010
- Former Payson mayor Bob Edwards offered a post-election critique of the council as three council members listened grimly, but many of the questions focused on whether the town should allow seven-story buildings.
- Neighbors protest housing for seniors
- First big project in a year would build 20 homes for low-income seniors and give nearly dead construction business a $6-million infusion
- March 16, 2010
- Neighbors appealed to the Payson Town Council recently to block the first major construction project in town in nearly a year — a 20-unit apartment complex for low-income seniors.
- Carpenter, edges out Vogel in close vote
- March 12, 2010
- Former Town Manager Fred Carpenter edged out Vice Mayor Mike Vogel in Tuesday’s election, according to final tallies released on Thursday.
- Voters OK Home Rule question
- March 12, 2010
- Payson voters’ overwhelming approval of Home Rule this week averted deep cuts in the town budget and delighted town officials who had been sweating out the vote for a month.
- Payson sales tax collections on the way up
- January figures nearly equal last year, after swooning in November and December
- March 9, 2010
- Payson retail sales bounced back in January, offering beleaguered town officials hope that the economic downturn may have finally bottomed out in the Rim Country.
- Confusing ballot has Home Rule supporters upset
- Payson officials fear voters will miss spending limit proposition on bewildering ballot
- February 26, 2010
- The possibility voters will reject Home Rule and force a roughly 60-percent cut in town spending continues to worry town officials and dominate political discussion.
- Payson council loosens water sale rules
- New policy that could help neighbors — including Star Valley, Mesa del Caballo
- February 24, 2010
- The Payson Town Council has cleared the way for the town to help bail out the water woes of its neighbors — for a price.
- No speed limit boost for parkway despite traffic study
- February 9, 2010
- The Payson Town Council last week refused to boost the speed limit on South Rim Club Parkway to 35 miles an hour, spurning resident requests and the town’s own traffic study.
- Private company will manage Taylor Pool
- EVO Swim School will double cost of lessons, but cut public swim price
- February 5, 2010
- The Payson council voted unanimously Thursday to save between $32,000 and $64,000 by turning Taylor Pool over to a private company to run this summer. EVO Swim School owner David Tait said the company will offer almost all the classes and pool hours as the town did last summer — including the daily public swim sessions.
- Blair, Connell face questions, mostly singing in harmony
- Forum for two Payson council candidates touches on Home Rule, college campus, decaying roads
- February 5, 2010
- Incumbent Payson Town Council candidates Ed Blair and Su Connell didn’t disagree on a single issue during their first candidates’ forum, but expressed mutual, passionate support for a four-year college in town and voter approval of Home Rule.
- Payson, ASU clear campus hurdles
- January 29, 2010
- Payson and Arizona State University negotiators have resolved the biggest questions about building a four-year college campus in Payson, but devilish details remain, according to Payson Mayor Kenny Evan
- Star Valley, Payson poised to end water wars
- ‘Agreement to agree’ draft would allow towns to work together to solve water issues
- January 29, 2010
- Payson and Star Valley this week turned the water war into a support group, with a “monumental” agreement to give Star Valley access to a deep water well and an existing water main that could support commercial development and fire hydrants along the highway.
- Positive home rule vote critical
- Voters traditionally approve Payson home rule status
- January 22, 2010
- Payson would irrevocably change should voters defeat home rule in March, with demolished hopes of building the Blue Ridge pipeline and crippled services like fire and police, Mayor Kenny Evans said at a Citizens Awareness Committee meeting Thursday.
- Payson council forms youth advisory board
- Town seeks advice from teens on services, planning and future
- January 20, 2010
- Town councils often make decisions that affect residents for generations.
- Company picks Rim for plant
- Payson lands its first new manufacturer in a decade
- January 15, 2010
- The relieved owners of the first new manufacturing business in a decade to pick Payson as a place to set up shop took out their permits this week.
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