Taylor News

White Mountain Connection, the bus line from Pinetop to Holbrook with stops in Show Low, Taylor and Snowflake, was being funded with money from the Navajo County Local Transportation Assistance Fund provided through the Arizona Department of Transportation , but that funding has been eliminated.

A request to tie into Navajo County's contract to slurry seal town streets brought many questions and suggestions by Taylor Councilman Shawn Palmer last week, but in the end the request was granted.

Snowflake Town Engineer Rob Emmett reviewed the tentative Arizona Department of Transportation five-year transportation facilities construction program for fiscal years 2013-17 with the town council April 24.

"This is an item that we've discussed in some length on different occasions and in different council meetings," said Taylor Mayor Fay Hatch of business licensees and temporary use permit fees at the April 4 town council meeting.

The Taylor Town Council tabled any decision on payment of jail fees last week. The Town of Snowflake is currently paying all fees assessed for misdemeanor inmates booked into the Navajo County Jail by the Snowflake-Taylor Police Department.