County to weigh buying Wyoming Department of Transportation Hoback Junction parcel for new fire station

Teton County’s Board of County Commissioners is scheduled Nov. 9 to discuss WYDOT’s offer for the Hoback fire station parcel, a 30 minute workshop item on the commissioners’ calendar meeting schedule. Fire and EMS staff is asking for written authorization to proceed with buying a 1.64 acre Hoback Junction parcel for $750,000, and to seek removal of a reversion clause that would return the land to the Transportation Commission if it ever stops being used for an approved public purpose staff packet.

The record shows the county previously pursued a no cost relinquishment of about 1.60 acres for the same site, and staff asked commissioners in April 2026 to approve an “Agreement of Acceptance” tied to that transfer process April packet. Earlier, Fire and EMS told commissioners the alternative Horse Creek parcel had constraints including “Wildland Urban Interface concerns” in a heavily timbered setting 2025 workshop.

If the county ends up buying at market value, I would like to see the station’s eventual site plan address lighting, stormwater, and landscaping in a way that does not add new hazards at the Hoback junction bottleneck.