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Posted on: January 9, 2020

[ARCHIVED] "State of the Town and County"

Hailey Rotary

Jackson Vice Mayor, Hailey Morton Levinson and County Commissioner, Natalia Macker recently spoke to the JH Rotary Lunch Club to provide a quick "State of the County and Town" and look ahead to what's on deck for 2020.  

A FEW NUMBERS FROM TETON COUNTY FOR 2019:

404
Number of Employees  

85
Number of miles of county roads maintained in Teton County

7,000
Roughly the number of tickets sold for the Teton County Fair

1,800 
The Number of flu shots provided by the TC Health Department

21,000
The number of documents that the County Clerk processed 

1,200
The number of passports that the District Court Clerk processed

44,000
The number of registered cars in Teton County

$101,000,000
The Operating budget of Teton County

SOME NUMBERS FROM JH FIRE/EMS FOR 2019:

1,700
The number of calls that JH Fire/EMS responded to in 2019

4,222
The square miles that JH Fire/EMS was responsible for protecting 

SOME NUMBERS FROM PARKS & RECREATION FOR 2019:

60+
Number of miles of non-motorized pathways maintained

18
Number of miles of winter trails groomed

22
Miles of sidewalk plowed and maintained 

157
Acres of parks maintained

5, 2, 7 and 4
The number of baseball fields, softball fields, tennis courts and  pickleball courts maintained by Parks and Rec.

SOME NUMBERS FROM THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEPARTMENT

725
Number of Affordable Housing units currently, 'in the pipeline'

1,000+
Number of workforce housing units that have been produced by the TC Housing Department

SOME NUMBERS FROM START Bus:

4 and 4
Number of commuter buses from Star Valley to Jackson and from Teton Valley to Jackson each day.  

8
Number of electric buses scheduled to arrive in the spring of 2020

SOME NUMBERS FROM SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING:

200
Recycled 200 tons more cardboard than in 2018

238
Recycled 238 tons more glass than in 2018

130 
Number of tons of trash processed per day

6
The number of trucks sent to the landfill in Idaho per day

SOME NUMBERS FROM THE TOWN OF JACKSON:

161
Number of employees (full-time, part-time and seasonal)

77
Special events approved in 2019

2,500+
Number of business licenses issued in 2019

55,000+
Number of utility bills sent out in 2019

79
Number of Town Council Meetings in 2019

$64,000,000
The Operating Budget for the Town of Jackson

SOME NUMBERS FROM THE JACKSON PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

39
Miles of public roads maintained with in town limits

15 
Miles of sidewalks maintained

73
Miles of main water lines maintained

56
Miles of main sewer lines maintained

3,400
Number of solar panels owned, operated and utilized by the Town of Jackson

1,500,0000 
Number of kilowatts generated from the ToJ solar panels in 2019

1,423
Number of manhole covers in the Town of Jackson

358
Number of Vehicles maintained at the Public Works Maintenance Facility:

SOME ITEMS ON THE DOCKET FOR 2020
 
Update of Comp Plan through the Growth Management Plan.

Childcare Baseline Inventory & Needs Assessment  Assessment to document supply & demand for childcare services in our community.

Mountain Towns Commit to Climate Action
Commitment to support community conversations about setting courageous and action-based climate goals that make significant impacts by 2030. 

Housing Nexus Study
Housing/employee study to understand where & how jobs are being generated.

Human Services Study
Study to better understand our community’s need for different services as state funding for health & human services continues to shrink.

SOME RECOGNITIONS IN 2019
The County Treasurer, Katie Smits, was given the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award.

The Town earned a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.   This is the highest form of recognition in governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment

Chairwoman Natalia D. Macker was named County Commissioner of the Year in 2019 by the Wyoming County Commissioner’s Association. Natalia is the first woman recognized with the honor, which is given to a commissioner who goes above and beyond the call of duty for their county and state

Volunteer board members of the year Dan Forman (Board of Health) & Jim Wilson (Alta).  

If your New Year's Resolutions included "becoming more involved in local government" this is an excellent place for you to do it!   

You can view Town Council and County Commissioner meetings on-line.  Better yet, you can attend one in person!   There are schedules of upcoming meetings on both the Town and County websites!   We also post agendas for all upcoming meetings and archive all minutes from past meetings.   

If all this is a bit overwhelming, please just give us a call or email us and we'll walk you through the process!  

Carl Pelletier - Public Information Officer Town of Jackson
cpelletier@jacksonwy.gov
307-734-3488

Sandy Birdyshaw - Town Clerk
sbirdyshaw@jacksonwy.gov
(307) 734-3484

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