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Editor, When issues surrounding the Platte Valley Medical Clinic began publicly last fall, I attended a Saratoga town meeting and I was dismayed to learn most all the discussions and possible solutions were being strictly discussed by the Saratoga council, not including the rest of the Platte Valley communities. I spoke after the meeting with, then, Councilman Faust, and impressed upon him the need for the rest of the valley towns to be included in working on a solution, as the Platte Valley...
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met at 6:30 p.m. on May 15 at the Platte Valley Community Center. After everyone at the meeting signed in and the voting delegates were recognized from each municipality, the minutes from the regularly scheduled meeting of Jan. 16 were approved. The treasurers reports for March and April were approved. County Tax JPB Irene Archibald gave an update on the Specific Purpose tax telling the CCCOG audience the name for the board would be known as the...
A common frustration, expressed from town to town, is the inconvenient scheduling of public meetings. Whether on social media, over lunch or in conversation at the post office, the complaint is almost always the same: I would make that meeting if it didn’t already have something going on. I get it. What’s more, my family gets it. At the Saratoga Sun, we cover six communities and five schools with only two reporters and one editor. Our schedules are filled with meetings. Just in Saratoga we hav... Full story
The Encampment Town Council met at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Encampment Town Hall. Mayor Greg Salisbury was present as were council members Shannon Fagan and Kimberly Loftice. The Agenda and Minutes from the regularly scheduled council meeting on April 12 were approved. The financials were gone over by treasurer/town clerk Doreen Harvey. After Harvey concluded, the council approved paying the bills. Janette Stremel, representing the Grand Encampment Cowboy Gathering, an event scheduled from...
On May 7, the Carbon County voters will head to the polls to make a decision on the One Percent Specific Purpose Sales and Use Tax, more commonly known as the 6th penny tax. It’s hardly popular to advocate for a tax, but we at the Saratoga Sun feel that the importance of the 6th penny cannot be overstated. The improvement of inadequate infrastructure, especially aging water and sewer lines, will be on the line for several municipalities. For many towns, the 6th penny tax is the best option to fund these projects. As its name implies, the 6th p... Full story
The Riverside Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Riverside Town Hall. All council members and the mayor were in attendance. The minutes from the council meeting on March 21 and the agenda were quickly approved. Financials were gone over by Treasurer/Town Clerk Jan Cook and the council approved the bills. Ashley McKinney, representing The Platte Valley Little League, asked the town for help funding equipment. “Anything you can do for us is appreciated,” McKinney said. The town awa...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on April 9 at the Hanna Town Hall with mayor Lois Buchanan and council members Bob Patton, Sammy Sikes and Linda Schisel in attendance. Council member Tracy Fowler was absent. The agenda and minutes from the March 12 council meeting were approved in the first few moments. Patton gave the council an update on the Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) meeting on March 20 in Sinclair (see “Tax talk at CCCOG meeting” on page 1 of the April 3 Saratoga Sun...
The Encampment Town Council met at 7 p.m. on Thursday at the Encampment Town Hall where three council members and the mayor were in attendance. Shannon Fagan was absent. The agenda and minutes from the March 14 town council were quickly approved. Financials were approved at $44, 320.04. Sid Fox, Planning Director for Carbon County, was the first guest of the council. “I am here with Sue Jones, the county commissioner, to talk about a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the town and C...
Nobody reads the paper. While this statement, for the most part, seems to be made without any ill intent—it doesn’t reduce the sting to those who work for a newspaper. It is no secret that the industry has been having a very public struggle for the past several years. On the national level, newspapers across the United States have either merged or closed for good. According to a report from the University of North Carolina Center for Innovation & Sustainability in Local Media, “The Expan... Full story
The evening of March 21 saw more full chairs than empty in the council chambers of Saratoga Town Hall as local hunters gathered for a presentation from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) about 2019 hunting season proposals. Saratoga Wildlife Biologist Teal Cufaude led the presentation as she went through proposed changes to antelope, deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep and sage grouse hunting seasons. Antelope The first slides in the presentation covered Antelope Hunt Areas 50, 51 and 52....
On the afternoon of March 12, it seemed as if spring was just around the corner. The premonition of famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, Seer of Seers, Sage of Sages, Prognosticator of Prognosticators and Weather Prophet Extraordinaire (author's note: this is the full name of Punxsutawney Phil) seemed to be coming to fruition. With the official start of spring a week away and temperatures around 40 degrees Fahrenheit, it did not seem as if a storm was on the way. Of course, what does a marmot...
The roads in Encampment were cleared off enough Thursday evening for the Encampment Town Council to hold their regular meeting where they thanked the Department of Public Works (DPW) for the work done on clearing the streets. Mayor Greg Salisbury and the council, absent Bill Craig, also heard an update from Jon Nelson, of North Fork Engineering, on the progress of the sewer lagoon project. While the snowfall began to dissipate on Thursday morning, there was still plenty of it for the Encampment...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on March 5 at the Saratoga Town Hall with all the council and mayor John Zeiger in attendance. It was business as usual with the approval of the minutes for the meeting on Feb. 19 and the agenda for the evening. The financials were approved to the sum of $168,568.26. Correspondence had a letter from the Local Government Liability Pool (LGLP) telling the town that contribution rates were staying the same. LGLP informed the council that there had been no...
The Medicine Bow Town Council met at 7 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Medicine Bow Community Hall. All council members and mayor Kevin Colman were in attendance. The agenda and minutes for the regular town council held on Jan. 14 and a special meeting on Feb. 4 were approved. Karen Heath, town clerk/treasurer, read the financials that were ratified and approved. Wind Discussion Jeb Steward, Encampment resident and chairman for the Wind Wyoming’s Way committee, thanked the council for inviting him to s...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Feb. 19 at the Saratoga Town Hall for a meeting that went for almost three hours. The mayor and all council members were in attendance. The start of the meeting went quickly with the agenda and minutes from Feb. 5 council meeting being approved. Next, the financials totaling $98,191.22 were approved. There was no correspondence. Mayor John Zeiger next had South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) Saratoga representative Marie Christen...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Feb. 12 at the Hanna Town Hall with all council members and mayor in attendance. There was also a public hearing for a special use permit application submitted by Hanna resident Michael Zedicker for 201 North Harrison St. Mayor Lois Buchanan asked the large public audience, that filled the room to capacity, if there was any opposition. There was none and Buchanan closed the public hearing to go into the regular council meeting. The agenda and Jan. 8 town...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Feb. 5 at the Saratoga Town Hall with all council members and mayor in attendance. It was business as usual as the agenda and minutes for Jan. 15 were approved in the first few minutes. The financials, totaling $236,770.49, were approved. Council member Jon Nelson gave an update of the Carbon County Council of Government (CCCOG) meeting held on Jan. 15. Nelson said there was discussion about the TransWest Express project that was going before the...
The regular meeting of the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) at 7 p.m. on Feb. 6 saw some serious discussion as the board heard from Saratoga Town Council member Steve Wilcoxson and discussed the future of cardboard recycling in the Valley. Much of the meeting, in fact, centered on disagreement between UPRSWDD Board Chairman Randy Raymer and board member Sue Jones in regards to how local businesses should be handling their cardboard. Near the start of the meeting,...
It’s rather hard to believe that I have, officially, been working for the Saratoga Sun for one year. I remember being anxious the night before and being even more anxious as I waited outside the office in my car. I had no idea if I would do well, if anyone would enjoy reading what I wrote or if I would even find my place in the community. Now, a year later, I’m still anxious and still nervous, but at least I know that people are reading what I write. I’ve had people approach me when I’m out and...
The first Encampment Town Council meeting of 2019 saw what could be a record finish as it took less than 20 minutes from beginning to end, including the swearing in of new council member Shannon Fagan and returning council member Gary Stull. Council member Bill Craig was the only one absent as the governing body quickly went through the short agenda. The council approved Resolution 2019-01, provided by the Board of Carbon County Commissioners, which codified the Town of Encampment's support for...
The Encampment Town Council met for the final time in 2018 at 7 p.m. on Dec. 13 at Encampment Town Hall and bid farewell to outgoing council member Cindy Hamilton. Hamilton, who did not seek reelection after eight years on the council, will be replaced by Shannon Fagan in January. The council also heard updates on 6th penny tax projects, began moving forward on improvements and discussed their annual donation to the Encampment/Riverside Library. Encampment Mayor Greg Salisbury provided the...
The final meeting of the year for Riverside Town Council at 6 p.m. on Dec. 13 at Riverside Town Hall was a short one, coming in at just under 30 minutes. Riverside Mayor Leroy Stephenson provided an update to the rest of the council on the two most recent meeting of the Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) and the council awarded the snow removal contract for the winter. The council also approved Riverside resident Helen Weiland as the new caretaker for the parks and to send Weiland to...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Dec. 11 at the Hanna Town Hall with mayor Tony Poulos and council members Bob Patton and Pat Gregory in attendance. The council quickly approved the agenda for the night, the minutes from Nov. 13 and special meeting minutes held on Nov. 27. Patton told the council about the Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) special meeting on Nov. 28 to get final 6th penny tax projects figured out (see “Cut, Cut, Cut “on the front page Dec. 5, 2018 of the Sar...
Before the Saratoga Town Council met at their regularly scheduled time of 6 p.m. on Dec. 4 at the Saratoga Town Hall, a public meeting on the second reading of Ordinance No. 848 was held. During the public meeting mayor Ed Glode, and council members Will Faust and Richard Raymer, listened to the public’s comments. Council member Steve Wilcoxson joined the council at 6 p.m. One question from the public was what would happen if a relative came in their recreational vehicle (RV) and parked in t...
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) gathered at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday in a special meeting at the Jeffrey Center in Rawlins and all municipalities that had projects to be funded by the 6th penny tax had representatives present. The special meeting had been scheduled after the regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 14 had not resolved what projects should be pursued by each town (see “CCCOG gets project bids for tax” on page 5 of the Nov. 21 Saratoga Sun). The meeting on Wednesday was...