Squaw Creek Water District request goes before water board with no price shown
Teton County's Water Quality Advisory Board is set to weigh, and may recommend, Squaw Creek Water District's infrastructure funding request Friday. The public agenda gives no dollar figure, and $1,614,453 of the county's water-quality sales tax remains unallocated.
Squaw Creek Water District will ask Teton County's Water Quality Advisory Board on Friday, Oct. 16, to fund "Infrastructure Improvements." The public agenda shows no dollar amount, no project list and no timeline. The details sit in a linked file outside the agenda text. The request is one of six on the board's funding docket, and a "Funding Requests Recommendation" vote is listed under action items for the same meeting (October 16 agenda).
This is the third time the district has appeared on the board's agendas this year. On April 14, a "Squaw Creek Water District Funding Proposal" was a discussion item, again with its numbers held in a linked file (April 14 agenda). On May 15, Squaw Creek came up in a staff infrastructure update (May 15 agenda). The record shows no recommendation or vote on the request so far. The board only advises; commissioners appropriate the money. After commissioners took up $2,250,000 for Wilson Sewer District Phase 4 on Sept. 1, staff said the 2022 Water Quality Special Purpose Excise Tax would have $1,614,453 left unallocated, collected over time (September 1 staff report).
The public record gives no dollar figure for Squaw Creek's request. It also gives none for the other five requests competing for that $1.6 million balance.
Background
As of October 2026, Squaw Creek Water District requested funding for infrastructure improvements, but the amount and project details are not publicly disclosed in available records.
Latest: 2026-10-16 — Squaw Creek Water District infrastructure improvements funding request listed on Water Quality Advisory Board agenda. Amount and project specifics referenced in external files, not in agenda text.
curated as of 2026-10-15
In June 2026, Teton County allocated $2.83M in 2022 Water Quality SPET funds to three water quality projects, including stormwater and wastewater improvements and a monitoring dashboard.
Latest: 2026-06-16 — Teton County Commissioners adopted a resolution allocating $2,830,000 in SPET funds to three water quality projects: $1.5M to Town of Jackson (stormwater), $1.25M to Elk Refuge Sewer District (wastewater), $80K to Trout Unlimited (monitoring dashboard).
curated as of 2026-07-21
In June 2026, Teton County approved a resolution allocating $2.83M in Water Quality SPET funds to local water quality projects, including stormwater upgrades, sewer improvements, and data monitoring.
Latest: 2026-06-16 — Board of County Commissioners approved a resolution allocating $2,830,000 in remaining Water Quality SPET funds: $1.5M to Jackson stormwater, $1.25M to Elk Refuge Sewer District, $80K to Trout Unlimited.
curated as of 2026-06-19