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County officials warn housing mitigation tools under threat as commission readies contingency planning
Summary
Commissioners and planning commissioners said Teton County is falling short of its 65% workforce housing goal and discussed the risk that state legislation (HB 141) could limit mitigation tools; staff and commissioners asked for contingency work‑plan items and clarification on whether mitigation changes would require LDR text amendments.
Planning commissioners and county commissioners used the joint meeting to press for action on workforce housing and to flag a potential legislative risk to the county's mitigation tools. Planning commissioner Susan Larson O'Brien said the county is "not meeting the 65%" workforce housing target and warned that mitigation fees have come under legislative pressure: "As we all know, our legislature really tried to get rid of that for Teton County in this…
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