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Acting Chief of Police Tom Knickerbocker got a swift promotion Sept. 17. Mayor John Zeiger officially swore Knickerbocker in as Chief of Police at the regular Saratoga Town Council meeting Sept. 17. The action means Knickerbocker is officially the chief of police of the Saratoga Police Department. Knickerbocker was named acting chief of police in a previous town council meeting, a meeting Zeiger was absent for. Zeiger said he wanted to name Knickerbocker chief of police, but could not attend...
The Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board made a million dollar decision Wednesday. On Sept. 11, the board voted to approve submitting resolutions and applications for a grant and loan that will fund a project to reroute sewer lagoon discharge to the Upper North Platte River. The project could mean increases in fees for Saratoga residents, said PMPC engineer Gary Steele. The project Currently, the town of Saratoga routes all sewer lagoon discharge north of the facility in a cell called Hot Slough...
Completion of the local Emergency Water Supply Project was announced during the Town of Encampment’s regular Thursday council meeting. Ken Schwerdt of PMPC gave an update on the finished project, which was completed the first week in September. “The guys wrapped that up last week, and Friday morning we did a walk-through on it,” he said. “They were within their contract time, so there’s no issue there. It went pretty smooth, but we did end up doing more rock excavation than I estimated...
The Saratoga Town Council officially named Tom Knickerbocker Acting Chief of Police of the Saratoga Police Department in it’s regular meeting Sept. 3. “Really the only business that we are going to address tonight is naming Thomas Knickerbocker acting Chief of Police,” said Mayor Pro Tem Judy Welton. Saratoga Town Council named Knickerbocker acting chief after former Chief of Police Grayling Wachsmuth took the police chief position in Encampment. “I think most of you have seen that Chief G...
The town of Saratoga isn’t waiting for the arrest of vandals who defaced hot pool property earlier this month to take action in preventing it from happening again. Aug. 20, the Saratoga Town Council passed a motion to allow the Saratoga Police Department to purchase four surveillance cameras and a Digital Video Recorder in the amount of $4,140.40. The cameras will be installed in areas around the hot pool to help prevent vandalism and other illegal activity, said Mayor John Zeiger. “We have had...
In a special meeting Thursday, the Encampment Town Council hired Grayling Wachsmuth as the new Chief of Police in Encampment. Wachsmuth will begin his new job in Encampment Sept. 1. Wachsmuth, who has worked in the police department for the town of Saratoga since 2004, said he is excited to start with the town of Encampment. “It is going to be a good and positive change,” Wachsmuth said. Wachsmuth was promoted to Chief of Police for the Saratoga Police Department in 2008 after Ed Lake res...
With news of the National Security Association going through your emails and listening to your phone calls, I want to know if you feel like you are being watched enough. When a respected magazine like “Popular Science” writes an article entitled “The NSA Sucks More Than You Thought”1, you should really begin to question why and how these people got the authority to sift through your personal communications. God only knows what drones are watching us across the country. So, we’re being watched o...
1 years ago July 3, 1913 Hen hovers kittens We don’t believe in Nature-fakers and the ones who naturally pulls off the “ruph stuph” should be run over the edge of the earth whenever that edge may be found. But here is a new one and as it comes from good source, we are going to give it space and take chances on being called a nature-faker. A lady out in the country said she has a hen that has taken up with a bunch of kittens. The lady was, we believe, trying to “break her up.” Also the lady has a cat with some little kittens The said cat...
At Deseret Health and Rehab, residents enjoyed many activities throughout the week. The Activity Department offers a wide variety of activities each week to meet the residents’ interests, as well as the physical, mental and psychological well-being of each resident. We had our annual summer barbecue on Thursday with 35 family members and guests. Teense Willford sang and played country music on his guitar with the assistance of Jack on the fiddle and Kate on the guitar. Our Dietary Department prepared a great spread with hamburgers, salads, a...
The town of Saratoga and PMPC think they have the water billing and meter issues figured out. “The data on the July bills are correct from what I can tell,” said PMPC engineer Ken Schwerdt in a Saratoga Town Council meeting Aug. 6. “I am really confident on how the system is working right now.” In June, several water consumers saw incorrect bills due to discrepancies between software the town uses to calculate water usage and billing. Saratoga Mayor John Zeiger said he is also confident the wat...
Saratoga Town Council members unanimously voted to continue using an inaccurate system to bill for water. The Saratoga Town Council approved this motion at the recommendation of the Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board, and against several objections from Saratoga residents. At both meetings, residents voiced their concerns about going that route. Many suggested the town bill a flat rate until the billing software was deemed accurate. That suggestion was shot down by a majority of the Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board and the Saratoga Town Counc...
Some residents have discovered what has been described as a “phantom number” on their water bills for the past several years. “If you add up these numbers the sum is less than amount due. That means there is a number there that is not there,” said Saratoga resident Chris Shannon who has experienced the mystery charge. Shannon has three months of water bills for a piece of property he owns known as Orion Point. Those bills express the charge. For bills in the months of February, March and Apr...
Carbon County Council of Governments (COG) is gearing up for the Fifth Penny Tax, which is up for renewal in 2014. COG meets every other month alternating their meeting locations around the county. Wednesday night, they met in Baggs. The town leaders in the county were asked to bring the list of what has been funded by the Fifth Penny Tax in the past. The list is extensive and includes fire departments, police departments in some of the county towns and street improvements for others. For the...
Avid outdoorsmen can experience American Old West-style shooting and throwing competition at the Sierra Madre Muzzleloaders Mountain Man Rendezvous. The all-ages, Old West-themed event is sponsored by the Sierra Madre Muzzleloader Rifle Club, and runs July 26-28 in Encampment. The public is invited to all events and activities, and kids’ games take place during all three days. “I have seen little kids from 11 years old up to people in their 80s participate,” said Josh Saier, President of the Sie...
Two mid-summer business matters, the Emergency Water Supply Project and Riverside’s WHAT Fest, were heavily discussed at the recent Encampment Town Council meeting Thursday evening. Early in the meeting, the council approved Mayor Greg Salisbury to sign the contract for the town’s Emergency Water Supply Project, now scheduled for work beginning Aug. 1. The project is set to be worked on under PMPC Civil Engineers in Saratoga, and had already been approved at a previous town council meeting. It...
I am sorry the decision had to be made to cut Medicine Bow Fire Department from the County Fire payroll. It is not the only entity or municipal fire department that will experience the effects of a state assessment that is down over $100 million dollars resulting in $8 million that had to be cut from Carbon County’s upcoming budget. The County departments were asked to resubmit their budgets to 2010 levels which eliminated some excess and from there we went through line by line reducing expense even more Some of this reduction included c...
Eleven artists will show their creative works at the Blackhawk Gallery-sponsored “Art in the Valley 2013” show this Fourth of July in Saratoga. Gwen Gorton, organizer of the event, said this is the fourth year the Blackhawk Gallery, a Saratoga art gallery, presents its show on the Fourth of July. “The town always had one on the Fourth of July, but once the arts council quit doing it, we started doing ours on the Fourth,” she said. “We used to do ours on Labor Day, but not on the Fourth, j...
The Saratoga Town Council voted to amend an ordinance, which will affect terms of several town officers. The ordinance currently states the appointment of the town clerk, treasurer, chief of police, attorney and municipal judge shall be four years with terms ending in July. The town’s attorney Tom Thompson urged the town to amend the ordinance to end the terms in January because of past federal cases. In July 7, 1992, the United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit ruled in the case of F...
The Airport Board may see a new airport master plan in September or October. Mike Haak, a consultant from Aeroland Planning, who has been helping the board develop a master plan for the airport, said he is aiming to set the third and final Airport Master Plan public hearing for September or October, marking the end of the project. In April, Haak and other Airport Board members held the second open house meeting for residents to see conceptual ideas for the master plan and share their input....
e town of Encampment’s once-thriving business district, several vacant yet usable buildings sit unoccupied, just waiting to be filled by hopeful business owners. With this in mind, members of the Encampment Town Council are looking to attract new business to the area and get their town growing economically again. Encampment Town Council Member Mary Martin, who has lived in Encampment for 33 years, said during the summer season is a good time for a new business owner to open up shop in E...
Friday, town of Saratoga employees were cleaning up Veterans Island. They closed the office and raked, cleaned, brought in wood chips for the playground and painted the barbecue hut. It’s not the only clean up that is happening in Saratoga. Thanks to the council taking the lead on “Beautify Saratoga”, several businesses around town are painting and upgrading their buildings. It’s a community effort to enhance the looks of a town that depends on tourism. While “Beautify Saratoga” is a new concept, businesses in town have been involved in...
Mayor Pro Tem Judy Welton said she is very pleased with the first annual Beautify Saratoga at the Saratoga Town Council meeting June 4. Welton pointed out it was not just a group effort, but an individual effort, too. Valley Service Organization members, Saratoga High School students and Welton and a friend picked up trash around town the past two weeks to help with the Beautify Saratoga program. Four cars were donated to Wheels for Wishes and they came and picked up the cars, Welton said....
The town of Saratoga’s sales tax is down 16 percent from last year meaning revenue this fiscal year may also be down. The sales tax accounts for about 80 percent of the town’s revenue, said Town Treasurer Joe Elder. The decrease in sales tax has shown in the town’s budget. The Saratoga Town Council passed an ordinance May 21 to “provide the necessary income to finance the 2013/2014 fiscal year budget on first reading.” Last year, the town had $2.7 million in revenue for its budget. This year...
One Planning Commission member expressed disappointment in the board’s inability to act on zoning issues the town of Saratoga faces at the May 21 town council meeting. Although other Planning Commission members seem pleased with the interaction that took place at the meeting in May, Councilman Steve Wilcoxson thought the board should have made more progress dealing with problems affecting the town’s home occupation ordinance. “I am a little disappointed that we didn’t get a little more work do...
Saratoga resident David Worthington voiced concerns he had about how the flags were displayed in the Saratoga Town Council chambers on May 21. Worthington said, according to tradition and proper flag etiquette, the United States flag should be the only one with a war eagle ornament at the top when sitting next to state flags. The Wyoming and U.S. flags in the Saratoga council chambers both have war eagle ornaments. Worthington first pointed out the flags were displayed incorrectly at a previous...