Mammoth Lakes Tourism, Council Hold Joint Meeting, Talk Funding for Year-round Marketing Program and Strategy Councilmember John Wentworth started off last Wednesday’s joint meeting explaining the goal of the Town Council working more closely with Mammoth Lakes Tourism is to assure both would be successful. By the end of the session, it was unclear how […]
California’s COVID-19 travel ban is still in place; the COVID curve has not flattened but appears to be on an uptake; traffic has noticeably picked up on U.S. Highway 395; Mammoth Lakes and much of the Eastern Sierra is dependent on tourist dollars. Put all those facts in a box, shake ‘em up and see […]
After some reported pressure from the Town Council, Town Manager Dan Holler has moved ahead with recruitment of a new Police Chief. Chief Dan Watson had much earlier announced he would retire at the end of December. Holler said he was working on a process and a recruitment brochure. He said he believes three months […]
The Mammoth Lakes Recreation Formation Committee planned to meet Monday afternoon at 3pm for their final discussion before the Mammoth Town Council considers approval of the Committee’s recommendations to form a new recreation entity, MLR. Town Council members, some citizens and some political candidates have expressed support for MLR. Others say it will cost too much […]
One of the first phases of improvements to Mammoth’s Main Street is the proposed use of parking and snow management. As a follow-up to approval of the Main Street Plan, officials launched a study on snow management and parking. A report is now done in draft form by the consultants Winter and Company, and officials […]
The court of public opinion is still out somewhat on formation of the non-profit corporation called Mammoth Lakes Recreation. The Town Council supports it, and a formation committee continues to talk about preliminary issues. The formation of this public benefit corporation to deal with recreation projects is scheduled to get off the ground June 1st. […]
With an argument that they have excluded the less wealthy in Mammoth Lakes from a seat on the Town Council, a majority of members voted to proceed to raise the $300 per month pay to the Government Code allowed $735. Town Manager Dan Holler said he and the staff have had questions about the Council […]
For many, Mammoth Lakes’ Main Street and entrance to the town needs a re-make, but the question has always remained – who will pay for it? Tonight, Planning Staff will offer the Town Council ideas for Main Street broken up in modest phases with the admission that the Town can not afford to pay for […]
According to the Town Council agenda packet, the pre-audit actual financial results for last fiscal year for Town government show a fund balance left over of more than $1.9 million. Surprising news after years of budget hand-wringing. Some of the savings came from not spending money on lawyers, not spending money on Town administration and […]
In his first month on the job, Mammoth’s Interim Town Manager, Dan Holler, has delved into the organizational structure of the cash-strapped town to determine if and how many employee and department head vacancies should be filled, how town government can function better, how functions are related – all of this in the short-run and […]
Since the end of August when word leaked out that the Town Council might dismiss their manager, residents of Mammoth have pointed fingers at what some see as a dysfunctional and secretive Council. Mayor Rick Wood spoke to that when the Council met last week. Wood’s comments followed statements made by long-time resident Paul Rudder. […]
Mammoth Town Councilman Michael Raimondo wants to see the Town buy Sam’s Wood Site to make sure it remains an events venue for years to come. The Council talked about a possible purchase in a closed session on property negotiations Wednesday night. That session prompted questions from the public on a for sale sign with […]
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