Commissioners meet with fair advisory board, events, and buildings and grounds staff on fair duties

Posted 9/15/22

The Park County Fair is 50 weeks of planning and work for two weeks of events, new events coordinator Billy Wood noted.

At a work session Tuesday morning, Park County Commissioners invited the …

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Commissioners meet with fair advisory board, events, and buildings and grounds staff on fair duties

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The Park County Fair is 50 weeks of planning and work for two weeks of events, new events coordinator Billy Wood noted.

At a work session Tuesday morning, Park County Commissioners invited the three groups responsible for aspects of the fair events and grounds to get together and work out which group should be responsible for what going forward, as a way to make smoother a process that has occasionally been rocky in recent years due to turnover amongst all three groups. 

The new county building and grounds director, new events manager and his new administrative assistant, and four members of the Fair Advisory Board sat down with four of the county commissioners to hash out details ranging from who pays for what, who’s responsible for what, and even how accounting issues can be resolved. 

Fair board chair Tiffany Brando said unanimous decisions made by the board weren’t always getting done, although she acknowledged Wood has had a busy schedule since starting in the position in the spring. And new building and grounds supervisor Trever Kattenhorn had questions about maintenance at the fair, who would cover the costs and when it would be done. Fair board members raised the possibility of having a reserve account in order to save up for certain projects they would like to do that would be fair specific, which commissioners were receptive to. 

At the end of nearly an hour, county commission chair Dossie Overfield surveyed the room full of people, all of whom expressed more confidence going forward. She noted her confidence as well in the wake of a successful, and once again profitable, fair.

“You guys have done great,” she said. “The fair was good this year.”

And Lee Livingston said the advisory board stood to see few if any changes in the future, contrary to what Overfield said was rumors she heard from six people that the county was considering eliminating the fair advisory board.

“We wouldn’t do that even if you wanted us to,” Livingston said with a smile.

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