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TUESDAYMARCH 10, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Vol. 21, No. 59
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■ INDEXBriefs . . . . . . . . .10Business. . . . . . .14Classifieds . . . . .24Comics . . . . . . . .22Crossword . . . . .23Happenings . . . . .7
Horoscope . . . . .22Scoreboard. . . . .21Sports. . . . . . . . .19The Record. . . . .10ViewPoints . . . . . .8Weather . . . . . . .18
R O U T T C O U N T Y ’ S D A I L Y N E W S P A P E R
TODAYS T E A M B O A T
JOHN F. RUSSELL/STAFF
Molly Waters, manager of the Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter, takes a few minutes Monday to play with a puppy that’s up for adoption. Cost reductions at the shelter are part of the strategy to cut the city’s 2009 budget. Those proposed cuts will be presented to the Steamboat Springs City Council tonight.
S P O R T S
Lacrosse victorious
Page 19
S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S
Astronaut to blast offSteamboat Springs native Steve Swanson to launch
into space Wednesday
Page 4
H AY D E N
Water filing protested
Hayden may be too late to legally oppose Shell’s rights
on Yampa River
Page 3
Brandon GeePILOT & TODAY STAFF
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
The deserted slopes of How-elsen Hill on Monday served as a prelude to a meeting today of the Steamboat Springs City Council, which will review a budget reduction plan that totals about $2.5 million.
The closure of the city-owned ski area Mondays for the remain-der of the season is a component of the plan, which also includes a furlough program for city employees, cuts to police and fire services and other govern-ment-wide maneuvers.
City Manager Jon Roberts is proposing to cut about 10 per-cent of the city’s $25.9 million general fund, which already was cut about 5 percent compared with 2008 expenditures. The city plans to look at cuts to its $13.1 million capital projects fund next month.
Sales tax, the city’s main source or revenue, has seen five straight months of decline, including a 13.5 percent dip in January.
The furlough program is expected to save the city $828,812 this year. Other cuts in the plan include $402,339 from Steamboat Spring Transit, $76,100 from the Police Department’s patrol bud-get, $78,711 from the Planning and Community Development Department’s historic preserva-
Cuts eyed
SKI TOWN USA SNOW REPORT
*24-hour snowfall as of 12:30 p.m. previous day; † total snow beginning Oct. 21 as measured at mid-mountain FOR UP-TO-DATE ROAD CONDITIONS, INCLUDING RABBIT EARS PASS, call 511 or visit: www.cotrip.org
❄New snow — Mid-mountain* 0 in.New snow — Summit 0 in.Base — Mid-mountain 63 in.Base — Summit 83 in.
Total snow† 303.25 in.Trails open 165/165Lifts open 16/18 Conditions Packed powder/spring
Steamboat Ski Area
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City Council plans $2.5 million in
budget reductions
See Council, page 13
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