Week Ahead: Wastewater Hearing Delayed as Driggs, Victor Councils Meet
Week Ahead: Wastewater Hearing Delayed as Driggs, Victor Councils Meet
DEVELOPING: The judicial confirmation hearing on Victor's petition to borrow $35 million for an independent wastewater treatment facility, scheduled for April 7 before Judge Steven Boyce, has been delayed. The Valley Signal is requesting details on the reason and rescheduled date. Updates will follow.
With the wastewater hearing delayed, two city council meetings and several land use decisions lead the week.
Victor must still close on the 80-acre wastewater plant site by April 30. A separate petition for judicial review, filed March 25 by Victor residents challenging the annexation of that parcel, remains pending. The residents allege the city made a predetermined decision and violated Idaho's open meetings law.
Tuesday, April 7 — Driggs City Council (6:00 PM)
Driggs City Council meets for its regular session. Pending items from prior meetings include the Alpine Range Hotel conditional use permit and the Corona Valley subdivision preliminary plat.
Victor's March 5 lawsuit and pursuit of an independent plant force Driggs to reassess its own treatment capacity and expansion timeline. Driggs plans to begin construction on its wastewater expansion in May.
The council must also begin repealing its short-term rental regulations under Ordinance 423-21 before HB 583 takes effect July 1.
Wednesday, April 8 — Victor City Council (6:00 PM)
Victor City Council holds a public hearing on a short plat and rezoning petition at the northwest corner of Baseline Road and Highway 33. Application SD2025-16 seeks a short plat; LU2025-17 seeks rezoning to RM2 (residential multi-family) and CX (commercial mixed-use). The applicant is East Idaho Holdings LLC.
The intersection is one of Victor's busiest. The council last week heard a presentation on the Birch Crossing 172-unit rental project and pushed back on the proposal's scale.
On the Horizon
Monday, April 13 — Teton County Commission (9:00 AM)
Agenda not yet posted. The commission has pending business on sheriff dispatcher funding, after Sheriff Clint Lemieux requested five additional dispatchers and valley mayors questioned the timing. Commissioner Ron James, who acknowledged moving out of his district, faces questions about recusal from county land use votes.
Tuesday, April 14 — Teton County P&Z Commission (5:00 PM)
Agenda not yet posted. The Pinnacle Peaks rezone reconsideration is pending before the commission: a proposal for 60 to 80 cottages, a hotel, and storage units in Victor that Valley Advocates for Responsible Development has challenged. This meeting may also reveal the new P&Z roster after months of commissioner replacements.
Thursday, April 17 — Grand Targhee Expansion Open House (5:00-8:00 PM, Driggs Community Center)
The U.S. Forest Service hosts a public open house on the proposed Grand Targhee Resort expansion, which includes three new lifts and 850 acres of terrain. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement comment period runs through June 20. Written comments can be sent to [email protected] with the subject line "Grand Targhee Master Development Plan Projects."
Thursday, April 17 — Economic Development Plan Open House (5:00-7:00 PM, Geo Center)
Community input session on the valley's economic development plan.
Deadlines Approaching
- April 30 — Reproductive rights ballot initiative signature deadline. Organizers need 100,000 signatures statewide; 55,000 have been collected. District 35 needs about 900 more signatures to meet its threshold.
- May 11 — Written public comment deadline for the Teton County Land Development Code update (5:00 PM). Email comments to [email protected].
- May 19 — Teton County road and bridge levy vote and Idaho GOP primary election, including the gubernatorial race between Commissioner Ron James and Gov. Brad Little.
This post will be updated when details on the rescheduled wastewater hearing become available.