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Park County staff propose campground host and livelier job postings to curb unpaid camping at fairgrounds
Summary
Fairgrounds staff told commissioners the county may be losing roughly $6,000–$7,000 annually to unpaid camping and proposed hiring a seasonal campground host who could stay overnight to deter unpaid stalls; staff also asked permission to tweak job-posting language on sites like Indeed to attract applicants.
Morgan, a fairgrounds staff member, told the Park County Commission on Feb. 12 that informal or overnight campers who do not pay are costing the county roughly $6,000–$7,000 a year and described recent instances when staff caught unpaid campers.
“We lose around 6,000 to $7,000 a year on it,” Morgan said, and described one Saturday sweep that turned up three campers “that hadn't paid for camping.” Morgan proposed hiring a seasonal campground…
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