WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
Last Day of School – Jefferson County Public Schools
6-6:55AM HIIT (Virtual)
9AM-4PM Slash Collection @ Tincup Ridge Park (map)
Jefferson County cycles their slash collection operation to various places around the county. This weekend it’s in Golden.
Any size truck or trailer is welcome at Jefferson County Slash Collection sites. Dump fees are based on six cubic yards (162 cubic feet) of material: six yards is one load. The cost to drop off a single load is $20. Credit cards only. This is equivalent to: Truck bed full to truck cab height | Trailer up to eight feet long by five feet wide by four feet high | Loads outside these parameters will be charged accordingly.
10AM and 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10AM and 4PM Wild West Walking Tour
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10:30AM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
11AM-9PM 10th Anniversary Celebration @ Mountain Toad Brewing
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
1-1:45PM Silver Sneakers Yoga (Virtual)
1:30PM The Friday Tour @ Colorado Railroad Museum
3PM Vaccine, License & Microchip Clinic @ Foothills Animal Shelter
7:30PM The Oldest Boy: A Play in Three Ceremonies @ Miners Alley Playhouse
See the complete calendar of events.
LIVE MUSIC
5-8PM Live Music @ Eddy Taproom
5-8PM Kory Montgomery @ Golden Mill
5PM Pocket Squares @ Over Yonder
6PM Cross-Eyed Jim @ Mountain Toad
6PM Hillbilly Demons @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6-10PM Brian Hornbuckle Band @ Wrigley’s
7-10PM Conal Rosanbalm @ Buffalo Rose (Sky Bar Stage)
7PM Still the Same – Tribute to Bob Seger @ Buffalo Rose (main venue)
7-9PM Kenny Lee Young @ Morris & Mae
9PM Karaoke @ Ace Hi Tavern
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
36 Years Ago
The May 26, 1987 Golden Transcript featured the article: “New city hall ignites fiery discussion.” For several months, City Council had been considering building a new city hall. The City Manager asked council to commit to the project. Two councilors wanted to move forward, while the rest wanted to continue studying the issue. One was quoted as (shouting) “We’ve been planning and planning and planning and planning. Let’s get on with it!”
Marv Kay led the more cautious group, saying he was unsure how the city could pay for a $1.5 million building without financing.
“We’re going to have to go out and sell this project (to the public),” Kay said. “We have to be able to justify to people our decision, and we have to talk in terms of dollars. If we can’t answer those questions, we’ll look crazier than hell.”
Regarding crowding in the current City Hall, one councilor remarked, “It is an insult to our employees to work under these conditions…. I certainly wouldn’t work here. Would you?”
Another councilor responded that “…he had worked and still does, under worse conditions.”
The City had already spent $80,000 on plans for the new city hall. The favored location for the new building was the lot at the corner of 10th and Washington (which now holds the Golden Visitors Center).
The previous month, the City’s auditors had “discovered” $1.2 million in the City’s coffers that had never been appropriated. The proponents of a new city hall thought this windfall provided the perfect opportunity to move ahead with their plan–no vote needed, since the city had most of the cash on hand.
Council all agreed that a new city hall was a high priority, but were unsure that it was the top priority. The streets were in bad shape and the water and sewer systems both needed attention.
In the end, Council decided to ask the voters what they wanted. The proposal went to a vote on November 3, 1987. Golden’s citizens voted against a new city hall, 1,298 to 456.
In the years since then, the City has put additions on City Hall, enlarged the fire station, moved the Golden History Museum into its own building next door, purchased the former Golden Transcript building across the street, remodeled the Public Works building, built a community center, and moved the City shops to the north end of town.
More recently, they have allowed employees to work from home and will soon begin testing a 4-day workweek, both of which may alleviate space concerns.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
