Caution – Bombs Found in Sun Valley

ALERT

Sun Valley Police Department – May 2, 2013

The Sun Valley Police Department has found five explosive devices in the Elkhorn Springs area.  The devices are called Bottle Bombs/Drano Bombs and shrapnel materials are also placed into the plastic bottles.

The descriptions of the bottle bombs are plastic soda bottles or various types of water bottles that will have a mixture of water, Drano and aluminum foil.  Some of the bottles have had tape on the outside as well, securing the cap.

We ask that you pass this information out to all of your employees and have them be mindful of plastic bottles that look suspicious or match the above description.  If a suspicious bottle is found DO NOT TOUCH IT and call 911.

 

Press Release

5/2/2013

Sun Valley Police Department

On April 29, 2013 the Sun Valley Police Department was called by an Elkhorn Springs property management maintenance employee about a suspicious item located in a pond on the Elkhorn Springs property.  Sun Valley Police officers responded and found a plastic soda bottle which appeared to have been damaged by an explosion. There were several items (Shrapnel) found in the bottle and the immediate area.  A preliminary search of the area was conducted and another exploded plastic soda bottle was located in an adjacent area with similar shrapnel materials.

Sun Valley Police contacted the investigators working on the East Fork incident Task Force.  On May 1, 2013 members of the Sun Valley Police Department, Ketchum Police and the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office incident task force conducted a search of the Elkhorn Springs area and the immediate surrounding properties.  Three additional devices were discovered. Two plastic exploded bottles were discovered along with shrapnel material.  A third device was found which did not appear to have been exploded.   The Bottle Bombs found in Elkhorn Springs match the device that was found in an East Fork mail box last week.

In the last week and a half the Sun Valley Police Department have received citizen reports of possible gunshots and or loud noises in the Elkhorn Springs area where we found all of these devices.

We ask people to be mindful of these devices.  If you find a soda bottle that shows signs of swelling, that has tape, liquid or foil in it DO NOT TOUCH IT and dial 911. If anyone has information on these devices, you can call the Sun Valley Police Department or you can call Tip 411 and remain anonymous.

Boise Weekly Article on Audit of City of Sun Valley Management

Click on the link below to read a recent Boise Weekly article on the Willich administration’s management of the City of Sun Valley:

Boise Weekly – Downton Valley: Drama Among the Staff at Idaho’s Glitziest Resort Town, Chronically the scandal in the Sun Valley City government

Happy New Year 2013 Sun Valley!

Sun Valley Forensic Audit Reports Released

UPDATE: 1-6-13 - The Prosecutor’s Office has released another set of documents to the Idaho Mountain Express. These are the Exhibits to the Forensic Audit and contain information used in the Express article of January 4, 2013. The Exhibits are also posted on the Express website. 

Blaine County Prosecutor Jim Thomas publicly released four independent reports regarding forensic audit matters at the City of Sun Valley to the Idaho Mountain Express in early December of 2012. These four reports are posted on the Express website.

The members of the Sun Valley City Council have been advised by legal counsel not to comment on the contents of the reports at this time. Those reports speak for themselves.

Sun Valley City Council Meeting Dates for 2013

The City Council set its Regular meeting dates for 2013 this past week. For the upcoming year, we have changed our Regular meeting date to the first Thursday of each month (except for July) and the start time to 5:00 pm Update: the meeting time was changed by the Council in March to 4:00 pm for the remainder of the year.

January 3, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 5:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

February 7, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 5:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

March 7, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 5:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

April 4, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 4:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

May 2, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 4:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

June 6, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 4:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

July 3, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 4:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

August 1, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 4:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

September 5, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 4:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

October 3, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 4:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

November 7, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 4:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

December 5, 2013 – City Council Regular Meeting – 4:00 p.m. – City Hall, Sun Valley

Sun Valley Mayor’s Statement Regarding Lawsuits

Sun Valley Mayor Dewayne Briscoe published the following statement in the Idaho Mountain Express on Friday, August 31, 2012 regarding recent unproven allegations and lawsuits against the City:

Sun Valley Marketing Alliance Funding

In response to recent criticism and inadequate reporting on funding of the Sun Valley Marketing Alliance, I want to reiterate what I have stated on numerous occasions at City Council meetings:

The Sun Valley Marketing Alliance, Ketchum City leadership and the Idaho Mountain Express all know full well, but never acknowledge, that we have said from the beginning that funding to the SVMA for general area marketing needs to be in proportion with the amount of actual business (not tax revenue) in each City – which currently stands at approximately 75% in Ketchum and 25% in Sun Valley.

Since the beginning of the SVMA, the City of Sun Valley has been paying significantly more than its fair share and the City of Ketchum has not. City of Ketchum officials have known for over two years that we would be moving to a more relational budget allocation. This has been clearly and consistently stated up front and followed with associated actions as reflected in the reduction in FY2012 and FY2013 City funding to SVMA.

There was no “gotcha” –  only continued denial and lack of responsibility from Ketchum leaders for paying their fair share, and from the SVMA Board for not being prepared for Ketchum’s failure to meet its responsibilities. The SVMA, the community, and the local media should all be asking why the City of Ketchum is not contributing its fair share to the general area marketing efforts.