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Encampment Mayor Greg Salisbury expressed frustration at what he saw as lack of communication between the municipality and the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) during the Encampment Town Council meeting on July 12 at Encampment Town Hall. The town council also heard about a line break at the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) and from the Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems. Salisbury’s frustration with the landfill district came about during an update on recent Depar...
A good turnout of Town of Saratoga and Wyoming State Legislative candidates is expected for the first of two 2018 election forums sponsored by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). The forum is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday (July 23) in the great hall at the Platte Valley Community Center. With the exception of Mayor E. J. Glode, who is running unopposed for his second term, all the candidates for the scheduled offices have indicated they will attend, according to Sue Jones, organizer of the event for VSO. Four-year term Saratoga Town Council ca...
Encampment resident Robert “Bob” Herring commanded the floor during a short Encampment Town Council meeting at 7 p.m. on June 14, 2018 at the Encampment Town Hall. Herring, owner of Good Things, stood in front of the council to express his frustration with people speeding through town along Wyoming Highway 70 as they descended from Battle Mountain. Mayor Greg Salisbury and council members informed Herring that they had tried many things over the years, but with no lasting affect. Salisbury als...
The talk of a music festival ordinance once again topped the discussion during the regularly scheduled Riverside Town Council meeting at 6 p.m. on June 14 at Riverside Town Hall. The town council also discussed selling the Polaris Ranger used by both the town and the Sierra Madre Joint Powers Board (SMJPB), advertising for a new backup wastewater operator and the possibility of shutting of water and sewer users past due on their bills. Lee Ann Stephenson, representing the Sierra Madre Joint Powe...
The candidates for the 2018 Primary Election are in, starting with the United States Senate seat currently held by Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyoming). With six candidates for the up-for-grabs senate seat and four candidates for the United States Representative seat, currently held by Representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), the primary elections will provide voters with ample options. National U.S. Senator Republican Incumbent Barrasso is running for re-election and has competition from four other...
The Carbon County Council of Governments met at 6:30 p.m. on May 16 at the Encampment Town Hall to listen to representatives from Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) about what road projects were going on in Carbon County for the next six years. Sue Jones, Carbon County Commissioner, said Fifth Penny Tax informational post cards and posters were ready for distribution to the public. She had brought some with her and asked all who attended to take some to hand out in their...
During the regularly scheduled Riverside Town Council meeting at 6 p.m. on May 10 at Riverside Town Hall, the council discussed purchasing new park equipment and the best way to deal with businesses and residents who are behind on their sewer fees. The council also discussed the possibility of a new representative on the South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) joint powers board. Mayor Leroy Stephenson informed the members of the council that Riverside resident Helen Weiland...
Discussion became heated between the Encampment Town Council and Encampment resident Barry Cole during the regularly scheduled town council meeting at 7 p.m. on May 10 at the Encampment Town Hall. The discussion, which pertained to Cole’s retaining wall and its encroachment upon town property, revealed that Cole had constructed the retaining wall without building permits in 2003, around the same time he served on the planning commission. “Barry, when did you do this?” asked Encampment mayor...
The Encampment Town Council selected a new representative for the South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) board during their regularly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. on April 12 at the Encampment Town Hall. The council also approved the cost for moving sections of dock from Hog Park Reservoir that had been donated by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) and chose which termination scenario to go with for the Specific Purpose Tax (6th Penny Tax). Despite two members of the...
The Riverside Town Council welcomed the return of Mayor Leroy Stephenson during their regularly scheduled meeting at 6 p.m. on April 12 at the Riverside Town Hall. The council also heard an update from the Music Festival Ordinance committee and signed a proclamation presented by John Farr officially designating Riverside as a Continental Divide Trail Gateway Community. Farr explained to the council that the process of listing Riverside, as well as neighboring Encampment, as gateway communities...
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday to decide on the different options for terminating the Carbon County 2008 special purpose tax (6th penny tax). Irene Archibald, chairman of the Specific Purpose Tax Joint Powers Board (Tax Board), said since the CCCOG meeting on March 21, when she recommended to town councils and county commissioners a plan to pay off bonds issued by the Carbon County 2009 Specific Purpose Joint Powers Board to stop the tax, the...
The Carbon County commissioners, along with representatives from six municipalities of Carbon County, met at 4 p.m. on Wednesday at the Medicine Bow Community Hall, with the Albany County commissioners and representatives from Rock River and Laramie. The meeting was held to discuss the memorandum of understanding (MOU) monies each municipality and the two counties felt would be needed to offset the impact of the TB Flatts wind energy farm located about 15 miles north of Medicine Bow and Rock Riv...
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Sinclair Town Hall. The council approved the regular business of minutes from the meeting Jan. 17, the treasurer’s report and the agenda for the meeting to come. Banner Banter County Commissioner Sue Jones gave an update on the 2018 Local Option (5th Penny) Tax. She said that the draft of the poster and post cards were being sent to the different municipalities to make sure all the items are correct. She s...
During a rescheduled regular meeting at 7 p.m. on March 6 at the Encampment Town Hall, the Encampment Town Council heard updates on the community fishing pond and a request for use of the Grand Encampment Museum (GEM) grounds for the upcoming Mountain Man Rendezvous. The current discussion around the proposed community fishing pond is the placement of a Union Telephone line that currently prevents the construction of the pond. Doreen Harvey, town clerk and treasurer, informed the town council...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. and approved routine business before hearing Tom and Pat Roszel ask why a sign from the Saratoga Hot Springs Resort (Resort) was up when they had only recently received a notification about the sign asking permission to put it up. Ed Glode, mayor of Saratoga, said he had been approached by the local Kiwanis chapter and been told a meeting on March 21 has been set to dissolve the organization because there were few people joining and the ranks were thinning...
At their regularly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. on March 8 at the Riverside Town Hall, the Riverside Town Council held the third and final reading of Ordinance 223, transferred a liquor license from Riverside Hospitality, owned by Jolene Pavelka, to Encampment Hospitality, owned by Margaret Weber and heard from Irene Archibald about the Sixth Penny Tax. Fred Lorenz, Riverside Town Council member acting as Chairman in the absence of Mayor Leroy Stephenson, opened up public discussion around the tr...
“The public needs to realize how important it is and how gravely in danger it currently is,” Sue Jones, County Commissioner, said, referring to ambulance service, at the special meeting for the local government participating agencies of South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services (SCWEMS) joint powers board held 6 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Saratoga town hall. She was talking to the other county commissioners, mayors from Encampment, Elk Mountain, Hanna, Medicine Bow, Riverside, Saratoga and an...
During a rescheduled regular meeting, held at 7 p.m. on Jan. 5 at the Encampment Town Hall, members of the Encampment Town Council were informed the town was still under the status of "non-participating community" in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Kim Johnson, who represented the program for the Wyoming Office of Homeland Security, explained to the council that while under this status, they would be unable to buy flood insurance. This revelation came about as Johnson was giving...
The Saratoga Town Council met at 6 p.m. on Jan. 16 and began the meeting with paying bills and approving the minutes from Jan. 2. Mayor Ed Glode read over correspondence from Federal Management Emergency Agency (FEMA) on mapping being done in Carbon County for the Encampment River and Medicine River. Glode also read correspondence from Invernergy telling of the company’s status on the TB Flats wind energy project. He said the company is having question and answer meetings in Medicine Bow, R...
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met at 6 p.m on Jan. 17 at the Jeffery Center in Rawlins. Lindy Glode, vice chair, provided pizza as her parting meal to the attendees. Glode is retiring from the Carbon County Commissioners on Jan. 31 and cannot be an officer any longer, since an officer must be an elected official. Steve Nicholson, the chair, told the council that Invenergy had three local informational meetings with members of the project team at those locations. The first...
It was business as usual for the Encampment Town Council’s first meeting of 2018. The council approved the expenditures on advertising for the Winter Carnival and prize money for the events, the 5th penny educational campaign, and their membership renewal with the Saratoga/Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce. The council also approved a catering permit for the Mangy Moose to provide a cash bar for the Grand Encampment Museum Casino Night, which will be held on Jan. 27 at the Encampment Opera H...
The Encampment Town Council met at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 to approve financials, nominate individuals and businesses for Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber Awards and listen to Jeb Steward, Chair for South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services, (SCWEMS). Steward was at the council to discuss the results of the recent assessment of the service. He said there is a gap between knowledge and expectations for the service. Steward said the service has always been and will always need to be subsidized. He...
The Encampment Town Council met at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 to approve financials, nominate individuals and businesses for Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber Awards and listen to Jeb Steward, Chair for South Central Wyoming Emergency Medical Services, (SCWEMS). Steward was at the council to discuss the results of the recent assessment of the service. He said there is a gap between knowledge and expectations for the service. Steward said the service has always been and will always need to be subsidized. He said issues that limit revenue are uncollected funds...
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met in Rawlins on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and heard Sarah Hutchins, Carbon County Planner, explain the importance of the 2020 Census deadlines and how they could affect county municipalities. CCCOG completed the routine business of approving their Sept. 20 meeting minutes and the treasurer’s report. The towns of Dixon, Baggs and Saratoga did not have representatives present for the second CCCOG meeting in a row. Marla Brown, City Clerk for Rawlins said she went to Casper on Oct. 23 for a w...
There were not many free seats available at the Riverside Town Council meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. because residents had come to discuss the recent poll on WHATFest. The council went over routine business, paid the bills and listened to the audience’s concerns. Ron Bedwell, proprietor of Cottonwood Cabins, voiced issues with how the contractor had done the job on Fourth St. “The street was rough when he left the job and it is my understanding the street should have been left in as good a condition when he started, if not better,” Bedwell said....