- 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.
- Furlough, cuts approved by Payson council
- Police on patrol and firefighters on trucks included in reductions
- January 15, 2010
- The Payson Town Council Wednesday affirmed $1 million in spending cuts plus an across-the-board furlough that amounts to a 12.5 percent pay cut for the balance of the fiscal year.
- Traffic board seeks study of speed, bypass, dangerous intersection
- Council will face list that echoes emphasis of ousted chairman
- January 5, 2010
- It’s either a left-handed compliment or maybe a kick in the teeth — all depending on how you look at it.
- Payson to award key water contract
- January 5, 2010
- After 30 years of dreaming, scheming and hoping, the water hits the road on Thursday when the Payson Town Council will likely approve a $283,000, one-year contract to do the preliminary engineering on the long-awaited Blue Ridge pipeline.
- Payson tax revenue down, expenses rise
- Recovery falters as town spends more than it brings in
- December 24, 2009
- Payson’s fledgling economic recovery has apparently faltered, perhaps brewing more trouble for Payson’s battered finances.
- Council rejects school’s crosswalk request
- Councilors worry Longhorn crosswalk with flashing lights would bring traffic on town’s second busiest street to a halt
- December 18, 2009
- In a rare gesture, the Payson Town Council rejected a plan to put a crosswalk with a flashing warning light in front of the school that was supported by both the Payson School District and the town’s engineering staff.
- Council races turn on view of incumbents
- Star Valley draws more candidates than Payson, with no open seats in either town
- December 15, 2009
- Despite mountains of problems and a sickly economy, all the council incumbents in both Payson and Star Valley will seek re-election. Star Valley seems set for a political dustup in the March 9 council election.
- Two out, two in on Payson committees
- Appointments spur political debate
- December 11, 2009
- The contentious Ghost of Christmas Past rose up at last night’s Payson council meeting to prove that politics still can claim its victims when it comes time to appoint citizens to committees.
- Council approves Blue Ridge pipeline contracts
- November 20, 2009
- The Payson Town Council moved toward awarding another key contract to build the Blue Ridge pipeline at its regularly scheduled council meeting on Thursday night.
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