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TUESDAY MARCH 10, 2009 Steamboat Springs, Colorado Vol. 21, No. 59 FREE INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Business. . . . . . .14 Classifieds . . . . .24 Comics . . . . . . . .22 Crossword . . . . .23 Happenings . . . . .7 Horoscope . . . . .22 Scoreboard. . . . .21 Sports. . . . . . . . .19 The Record. . . . .10 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .18 ROUTT COUNTY’S DAILY NEWSPAPER TODAY STEAMBOAT 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. SPORTS Lacrosse victorious Page 19 STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Astronaut to blast off Steamboat Springs native Steve Swanson to launch into space Wednesday Page 4 HAYDEN Water filing protested Hayden may be too late to legally oppose Shell’s rights on Yampa River Page 3 Brandon Gee PILOT & 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 snow303.25 in. Trails open 165/165 Lifts open 16/18 Conditions Packed powder/spring Steamboat Ski Area ® City Council plans $2.5 million in budget reductions See Council, page 13 �� �� �����

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Page 1: t x e n d n u f s t c e j o r p l a t i p a c n o i l l i ...media.steamboatpilot.com/news/documents/2009/03/10/... · MARCH 10, 2009 Steamboat Springs, Colorado Vol. 21, No. 59

TUESDAYMARCH 10, 2009

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Vol. 21, No. 59

FREE

■ 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

®

City Council plans $2.5 million in

budget reductions

See Council, page 13

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