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Dillon creates subcommittee of 3 town council members to inform policy at amphitheater

A crowd forms at the Dillon Amphitheater July 15, 2024, to watch a free concert as part of the town's Mountain Music Monday series. The Dillon Town Council has been discussing opening the amphitheater up to private rentals.
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The Dillon Town Council voted 5-0 Tuesday, Jan. 14, to create a subcommittee of council members to inform policy at the Dillon Amphitheater.

The council appointed members Dana Christiansen, John Woods and Oliver Luck to the subcommittee. Dillon Town Manager Nathan Johnson said that Mayor Carolyn Skowyra and member Kyle Hendricks, who were absent from the meeting, also expressed interest in being on the subcommittee, but those two were not appointed.

“We think there might be some benefit of having the subcommittee so that we can dig in a little deeper on the financials of the various concerts and things like that so that we can see what is working, what is not working,” Christiansen said.



Woods agreed. He stated that “it’s the Town Council’s duty to make policy” but that the council has “had pretty much zero input” at the amphitheater.

Woods said that one example of a policy item that the council should be involved in is the “policy of ignoring open container laws on the sidewalks before shows.” He said that he has proposed selling drinks before the gates to the amphitheater open, and would like to see that implemented rather than people bringing their own beverages.



Luck stated that he believes the amphitheater is “a crown jewel for the town of Dillon” that the town wants to make as “attractive and beneficial to the community as possible.”

“I think more attention from the council would probably be a helpful thing, some more guidance for staff,” Luck said. “I would caution, though, that we don’t want to micromanage every detail because that’s not our role.”

With Mayor Skowyra absent, Mayor Pro Tem Renee Imamura appointed the committee members as the meeting’s presiding officers.


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The council also discussed potentially creating a citizen advisory committee composed of Dillon residents to help gather citizen opinions on the amphitheater. The town’s attorney said that that would have to be done by passing a resolution at a future meeting.


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