By Lance Maggart,Sky-Hi News
Granby’sbeleaguered ski resort, Granby Ranch, was in turmoil Tuesday morning as local law enforcement officials moved into the area and seized the resort property for failure to pay more than $100,000 in local taxes.
Grand County sheriff’s deputiesshortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday seized property at the resort, including the Granby Ranch base lodge, Base Camp 1 building and the resortap golf course.Deputies closed off several buildings and escorted resort employees off the premises before chaining the doors closed. A locksmith was also called to change locks on several buildings.
Dustin Lombard,Granby Ranch’s chief financial officer,arrived to the scene at around 10:30 a.m. and presented Grand County Treasurer Christina Whitmer with a check for $104,200.86, covering unpaid personal property taxes for Granby Realty Holdings LLC and Granby Amenities LLC.
The property was then immediately released.
Whitmer confirmed that Granby Ranch has paid the full balance of its unpaid business personal property tax liability. She added, however, that the resort has not paid real estate taxes for the past two years.
Granby Ranch CEO Melissa Cipriani called the incident a “misunderstanding that has been taken care of,” in a phone interview Tuesday morning with Sky-Hi News.
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