Driggs Design, Victor Court, June 8 BOCC

DRIGGS — Driggs presents the 60-percent design for its $25 million wastewater rebuild to council Tuesday; Victor returns to court the same afternoon on the judicial-confirmation petition tied to its $35 million wastewater project, and the Teton County commissioners take the Centennial Estates settlement back up Monday, June 8.

The Idaho DEQ publishes the final FY2027 Clean Water State Revolving Fund list today, locking the financing structure for the Driggs project. The Midway Substation reconsideration that was previously scheduled for the June 8 BOCC date is canceled; Fall River Electric Cooperative withdrew it on May 27. The Driggs P&Z carries the Cobblestone Hotel design review and the HB 583 short-term rental code amendments two days later, on Wednesday, June 10. Written comments on the hotel close today at 5 p.m.

Monday, June 1 — Final SRF List and Cobblestone Comment Deadline

Idaho DEQ publishes the final FY2027 Clean Water State Revolving Fund list. Driggs ranked first on the draft for a $25 million package. The public comment window closed May 18. The final list determines the financing structure for the consent-decree-driven Driggs wastewater plant rebuild.

Written comments close at 5 p.m. on the Driggs Cobblestone Hotel application. Comments submitted to the Driggs Planning & Zoning Commission ahead of the June 10 hearing on the Altitude Business Park preliminary plat and the 69-room hotel design review.

Tuesday, June 2 — Status Conference and Driggs Design

Status conference, CV41-26-0046, 1:30 p.m., before Judges Tingey and Boyce. Victor's judicial-confirmation petition under Idaho Code § 7-1304 is the legal track that would let the city borrow for its standalone wastewater plant without a bond election. A May 13 order to vacate the motion hearing and reset the judicial-confirmation hearing took the original May 19 motion hearing off the calendar; Tuesday is the case's next scheduled appearance.

Driggs City Council, 6 p.m., Driggs City Hall, 60 South Main Street. Sixty-percent wastewater design presentation. The Driggs design milestone typically carries an updated cost estimate alongside the engineering detail. The plant rebuild is subject to a December 15, 2028 deadline in the EPA consent decree (US v. City of Driggs, 4:22-cv-00444), with a full transition to a new Activated Sludge Process with Membranes system targeted for January 2029.

Thursday and Friday, June 4-5 — Stroudwater at TVHC

Stroudwater consultants on-site at Teton Valley Health Care. The strategic-options review follows three health-system partnership conversations the hospital disclosed at the May 11 BOCC. TVHC posted a $13,000 operating margin against a $478,000 forecast loss for the FY2026 first half and cleared a $1.8 million FY2025 profit on its audit.

Friday, June 5 — Teton Dam Turns 50

Teton Dam failure 50-year mark. Rexburg has organized a commemorative week culminating Friday. The dam stood about 30 miles northwest of Driggs on the Teton River.

Monday, June 8 — BOCC and Teton 401

Teton County BOCC, 9 a.m., First Floor Commissioners' Meeting Room, 150 Courthouse Drive, Driggs. The June 8 agenda has not yet posted to the eScribe portal. Two items are tied to the date:

Centennial Estates Settlement (case CV26-23-0079). Expected to return after the May 26 hearing was tabled following public comment from petitioner Aaron Powers, counsel Germaine for Jordan, and the Sordahls.
Midway Substation reconsideration cancelled. Fall River Electric Cooperative withdrew the reconsideration May 27 after county staff identified a missing wildlife study. Fall River will need to file a new special-use-permit application.

Teton 401 Board, 6 p.m., District Office. Approval of the May 11 minutes is scheduled. The board's $13.3 million two-year supplemental levy is on the November 2026 ballot at about $18 more per $100,000 of assessed value.

Tuesday, June 9 — Tetonia and Jenkins

Tetonia City Council, 6 p.m., Tetonia City Hall. Formal introduction of the food-truck ordinance the council approved in concept on May 12. The May 12 code amendment created a "Food Truck Court" use category with a Conditional Use Permit process; vendors at Jon Barlow's 6140 S. Main lot can operate under the interim code while the formal ordinance is in progress.

Jenkins poaching sentencing, Teton County District Court. Jenkins faces six felonies and ten misdemeanors in a Teton County poaching case.

Wednesday, June 10 — Driggs P&Z and STR Code

Driggs Planning & Zoning Commission, 6 p.m., Driggs City Hall. The agenda has not yet posted. Two items are tied to the date:

Altitude Business Park preliminary plat (formerly the Victor Mountain Retreat parcel). A 7.24-acre site near Buffalo Junction carrying design review for a 69-room Cobblestone Hotel. Written comments on the application were due by 5 p.m. on June 1.
HB 583 short-term-rental code amendments. Reclassify STRs across all residential zones ahead of HB 583's July 1 effective date, which preempts local STR licensing and permit authority.

Also This Two-Week Window

Victor mayor recall. The Teton County Clerk validated 298 of 354 signatures on the petition to remove Mayor Will Frohlich on May 29, exceeding the 232-signature threshold under Idaho Code § 34-1704. The Clerk has said publicly the recall election would be held in November. The § 34-1707 notification that triggers Frohlich's five-day resign-or-recall window is not on a posted schedule.
Victor v. Driggs venue change granted. The court granted Victor's motion to change venue in CV41-26-0062 on May 29, moving the inter-city-wastewater lawsuit to Jefferson County. No new hearing date has been set. The parallel judicial-confirmation petition, CV41-26-0046 (Tuesday's status conference), remains in Teton County before Tingey and Boyce.
Sweetwater Phase I "Trulove" plat approved May 26. TVN reported May 27 that the BOCC approved the substantial plat amendment, taking Phase I from 18 to 44 lots adjacent to Driggs-Reed Memorial Airport. A separate Driggs Area of Impact code-amendment application is expected from Christensen / Driggs Idaho Real Estate LLC under LDC 4-4(B)(3).
Targhee objection clock now running. The Post Register legal notice published May 29 starts the 45-day project objection window (closing July 13) and the 60-day programmatic window (closing July 28), per 36 CFR 218.26 and 36 CFR 219.52(c)(5). Only individuals and organizations that submitted timely written comments during the 2025 DEIS window may object.
Live Oak Springs annexation (AX25-1, Driggs). Council hearing on the 154.62-acre, 184-unit RC-1.0 annexation southeast of the Driggs Airport, recommended by Driggs P&Z on May 13, is not yet noticed.

What We're Watching

The June 1 SRF list and the Tuesday Driggs design presentation close the loop on the city's federal-cleanup financing path. The June 2 status conference is the first calendar item in Victor's parallel judicial-confirmation track since the May 13 reset. The June 8 BOCC return of the Centennial Estates settlement is the second time Powers v. Teton County reaches a public-action vote. The Targhee objection windows opened May 29 and run through July 13 and July 28; only prior commenters may object. Behind the calendar sit the recall and the Jefferson County track in Victor v. Driggs, either of which could surface a step this period without warning.

What to watch: Tuesday's stacked Driggs design and judicial status conference; the June 8 BOCC.

The Two-Week Ahead: Driggs Design, Victor Court Date, and the June 8 BOCC