After two months of reviewing

old priority lists, to remove items that

were accomplished or no longer important

and then rating projects, the Pinedale Town

Council has come up with a new list of future

projects.

The next step is designing action plans to

complete the projects.

Winners: Telecommunications or broadband,

develop filtration avoidance, a hospital,

improving the procurement process, updating

personnel policies, regular and preventative

maintenance on road surfaces waterways and

drainages, the old town hall, fixing freezing

problems on the town’s water system, developing

an asset replacement plan and installing

sprinklers on Pine Street.

Losers: Signage and enforcement, a dog

park, LED lights and curbs and gutters in

areas of town without them.

Mayor Matt Murdock and council members

Dean Loftus, Tyler Swafford and John

Paravicini reviewed a final rating on the projects

at a Feb. 11 workshop. Council member

Jim Brost had an excused absence,

The projects were broken down in several

sections with the most projects listed under

“infrastructure.” That also overlapped with

water and sewer projects and economic development

projects, while categories under

policies and ordinances overlapped with organizations

categories.

Council members agreed rating the projects

was difficult. Swafford said he may have

rated something lower because the project was

already in the works, including broadband and

the hospital. At the same time, Paravicini said

he tended to rate something higher because

resources are already directed to a project.

Swafford said some of the projects, such

as developing a procurement policy or

regular reviews of ordinances and policies,

should be done by staff rather becoming a

council project.

Among the recreation projects, such as a

picnic pavilion that could host 100 people,

ideas included working with other entities

that may already have obtained grant funds.

Developing and expanding parks rated high

for recreation along with developing a beautification

plan.

Fish structure on Pine Creek to improve

habitat and a dog park rated low for recreation.

Improving ball fields with lights, fences

and sheds as well as an outdoor skating rink

fell in the middle.

How they ranked

Infrastructure

1. Telecommunications/broadband, 41 votes.

2. Regular / scheduled preventative maintenance

of road surfaces, 40 votes.

3. Town Hall, resolve old, 39 votes.

4. Regular / scheduled preventative maintenance

of waterways and drainages, 30

votes.

5. Fix freezing problems, Phase 3, 24 votes.

6. Finish repairing and installing sprinkler

systems in the state rights-of-way along

Pine Street, 23 votes.

7. Town lighting extended to town limits, 21

votes.

8. Concrete repairs of curb and sidewalk inlet

drains or catch basins, 19 votes.

9. Town Hall, new, 19 votes.

10. Change all current lighting to LED lighting,

12 votes.

11. Construction of curb gutter and sidewalks

in areas of town without these features, 7

votes.

Water and sewer

1. Develop and maintain filtration avoidance

criteria, 20 votes.

2. Fix the freezing problems, Phase 3, 11

votes.

3. Keep up on 10-year water and wastewater

systems, 8 votes.

4. Increase water and sewer customers, 7

votes.

5. Study and develop alternate water sources,

4 votes.

Economic development

1. Hospital, improved medical care tied with

telecommunications/ broadband, 19 votes.

2. Promote and facilitate business growth, 11

votes

3. Finalize and approve Downtown Master

Plan tied with increase visitors to Pinedale

and support tourism industry, 9 votes.

4. Promote the development of the historic

downtown area, 7 votes.

5. Finish repairing and installing sprinkler

systems in the state right-of-way along

Pine Street tied with long-term development

of airport and air service, 5 votes.

Community enhancement

1. Telecommunications/ broadband, 37

votes.

2. Hospital, improved medical care, 34 votes.

3. Finalize and approve a Downtown Master

Plan, 28 votes.

4. Develop and maintain green strips on Pine

Street, 21 votes.

5. Welcome event banners across Pine Street,

17 votes.

6. Town lighting to town limits, 14 votes.