Gretchen Davis, one of the first councilmembers at the new town of Keystone, and an integral part of the township campaign, is leaving after barely a year on council.
Keystone confirms Davis is moving out of Summit County and no longer eligible to serve.
The town is taking applications now to fill her seat. A new member is appointed in April.
This comes as Davis and her fellow councilmembers are busy writing a state-mandated comprehensive plan.
“It’s looking out at the built environment over a 10-year period or so,” town manager John Crone tells Krystal 93 news director Phil Lindeman. “And that’s so much more than design. It deals with transportation, trails, business development, things like that.”
Keystone has been busy gathering all the elements most towns take for granted, like a trails and open space committee, and a business advisory committee. Residents in November passed a lodging tax to pay for services like plowing and road maintenance on 11 miles of newly town-owned road.
“In the spring when the snow melts, we’re doing a complete inventory of our roads and the condition they’re in,” Crone says. “We anticipate a lot of road work over the next few years, and this will inform our schedule for that.”
Starting this summer is work on one of Keystone’s biggest priorities – safety on U.S. Highway 6. The town is partnering with a new lodge, Brightwood, to build new sidewalks connecting both sides of the highway at West Keystone Road near the gas station, where foot traffic to bus stops is heavy.