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Jackson and Teton County direct staff to prepare RFP for comprehensive-plan consultant after split county vote

Town of Jackson Council and Teton County Board of Commissioners (joint meeting) · January 5, 2026
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Summary

Town and county leaders agreed to prepare an RFP for a consultant to help scope a comprehensive-plan update after staff reported the community has nearly reached the plan's 7% residential growth trigger; the town voted unanimously and the county approved preparing the RFP 3'0, with some commissioners urging a lighter, staff-led approach.

Town of Jackson and Teton County elected officials agreed Tuesday to direct staff to prepare a request for proposals for a consultant to assist with scoping and a possible comprehensive-plan update, after staff said the community has nearly reached the plan's growth trigger.

Miss Foster, the joint long-range planner, told the joint session that the comp-plan indicator report put residential growth at about 6.7 percent and that the plan's 7 percent trigger would prompt a community check-in. "We could ask a consultant to submit a proposal for a complete overhaul, or ask for targeted amendments — that is a very different scope and cost," she said, describing three options: a consultant-led outreach split by the MOU, a staff-led outreach, or a…

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