Tamarack president updates Valley County commissioners on roads, housing, marina and mountain expansion

Scott Turlington, president of Tamarack, told Valley County commissioners on April 7 that the resort and related entities have been tracking tax and infrastructure contributions and are working with the county on outstanding road, housing and recreation projects.

Turlington opened with a property-tax overview, saying the economic analysis included in commissioners’ packets shows “the total tax charges, the PUDs contributed, just under $31,000,000.” He reviewed the capital contribution agreement (CCA) obligations, what Tamarack has paid to date and what remains as future credits or obligations.

The discussion focused on paving work and credits tied to off-site road projects. A commissioner noted surprise that the county received a credit on paving to employee housing under a 70/30 model and said, “I don't think that I would have requested that be paved down to the employee housing if I knew that you were gonna get a $545,000 credit for it.” Turlington replied that an earlier project (project 2) had been handled under a separate memorandum of understanding modeled on a 70/30 split and that the same approach could be memorialized for future one-off projects outside the CCA.

Turlington described the S Bridge/causeway as the outstanding off-site improvement still in the CCA and said Tamarack expects credit negotiations…