The resignation of Councilman Hunter Lewis was accepted at the Feb. 4 Snowflake Town Council meeting. Councilman Lewis will be missed as he starts a new job in a different town and he hopes to come back to his hometown soon. Councilman Lewis left his recommendation of Jeff Millet to fill his seat. Millet and Bob Flake both introduced themselves to the council and the public after expressing interest in a position.
“As most of you know, I’ve spent most of my life in Snowflake with a few years out here and there. I’ve grown up here and it’s a town that I love and that I wanted to bring my family back to and raise,” said Bob Flake.
After hearing from both candidates, the council voted unanimously to instate Bob Flake to take over councilman Lewis’ seat on the council until the term is finished on Dec. 1. Flake was sworn in by the Town Clerk Katie Melser at the meeting.
Further discussed at the meeting was an estimated 10 percent average increase in prices at the Snowflake Municipal Golf Course in the coming year as well as a new building for the Snowflake Parks and Recreation Department.
“Parks and rec have some really old buildings back by the old fire department that are actually in really bad shape,” said Town Manager Brian Richards. “We want to build a steel building there that would be 30 feet by 50 feet. We looked online and we want to purchase one of these buildings online. Then we will get the engineer drawings and put it out to bid. We think it would cost about $12.7 per square-foot.” Richard noted that it would be a 1,500 square-foot insulated building, with three roll up doors, one walk-in door, windows, sky lights, for $19,000.”
The building was unanimously approved by the council. In addition to a space for the Parks and Recreation Department, the council also hopes to use part of the space as a storage unit for the Taylor-Snowflake Fire Department.
