The Granby Board of Trustees met on Tuesday, April 9 at Granby Town Hall.

It was a full house as almost every seat in the room was taken by Grand County residents. Most of them attended the meeting to discover the fate of the West Service Area’s water rates. Many of the attendees were residents of Smith Creek Crossing or Sun Outdoors themselves.

The discussion about considering turning over the west side water system to Sun Outdoors as a means to reduce water rates for residents living in Smith Creek Crossing continued.

The meeting began with an unscheduled public comment period.

Several residents spoke, some raised concerns about dust and street cleanliness during this time of year. One person requested that the street sweeper be used more often during this time of year.

Tish Linke-Krempin spoke and requested again that Granby declare itself as a non-sanctuary town. Linke-Krempin explained that while she doesn’t live in Granby, she owns property in the town and had concerns about immigration. She then handed board members tickets to for the Granby Rodeo.

The Granby Board of Trustees passed the town’s 1,000th ordinance that established an emergency snow route. Residents living on the route will be required to move their vehicles to allow for plowing operations and emergency vehicle passage.

Granby Police Chief David Shaffer explained that the town’s current ordinance restricts parking between 2 and 7 a.m., but that plowing operations can be hampered after 7 a.m. Shaffer explained that during recent snow storms vehicles were “plowed in” by operators and were generally obstacles.

Enforcement will be done by the Granby Police Department during emergency snow storm situations. Shaffer explained that this ordinance will give the department authority to have vehicles towed along the route when the ordinance is in effect.

The town will put up street signage along the route to clearly identify it.

In other business:

• The board approved an a snow removal agreement with Granby Market Square. If snow is placed in the town’s right of way by Granby Market Square entities, in addition to fines, will be required to pay the town 115% of the costs of removing such snow. The full agreement is available in the agenda packet.
• The board also approved a maintenance, repair and replacement agreement with the Granby Station Homeowners Association that states the HOA will maintain, repair and replace outlines improvements required by the town. If the HOA fails to maintain, repair or replace the improvements and the town performs the duties then the HOA is required to reimburse the town 115% of the cost. Trustees Jeffrey Sneddon and Sharon Silva voted against the agreement.
• The board approved resolution 2024-04-09 which involved the acceptance of public improvements including water, sanitary sewer, road and drainage structures needed to serve the Granby Station. Town staff and engineers reviewed the application for initial acceptance, inspected the improvements and determined that the improvements were satisfactorily completed. The entire resolution is available in the agenda on the town’s website.