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With only one meeting remaining in 2020, it would appear that the Saratoga Town Council will move into the New Year without someone in the mayor’s seat despite solicited input from council members-elect Creed James and Ben Spaulding. While the two provided their opinion on the vacancy, two different motions to appoint to the seat died due to lack of a second. Though the mayoral vacancy has been discussed repeatedly since the initial resignation of Mayor John Zeiger on August 18, the l...
After nearly 30 years working for the Town of Saratoga, Suzie Cox submitted her letter of resignation to the Saratoga Town Council effective December 31. Cox, who has served as town clerk since 2005 and was initially hired in 1994, submitted her letter prior to the December 1 meeting of the governing body. “It has been my pleasure to have served in many capacities and as Clerk for the Town of Saratoga. I have worked for the Town of Saratoga since November of 1994,” wrote Cox in her letter. “Ov...
Saratoga’s mayoral vacancy is no closer to being filled, despite council members-elect Ben Spaulding and Creed James being given two weeks to meet with sitting members of Saratoga Town Council. While Saratoga’s governing body was supposed to meet on November 17, and potentially appoint someone as mayor, the meeting ended up being canceled due to lack of a quorum. The announcement of the cancellation came at approximately noon the day of the meeting in an email from Saratoga Town Clerk Suzie Cox...
The Carbon County Council of Governments (CCCOG) met at 6:30 p.m by Zoom on November 18. The municipalities represented were Baggs, Dixon, Elk Mountain, Rawlins, Riverside and Saratoga. Chairman Morgan Irene started the meeting by having all in the conference introduce themselves. After introductions, the voting members from the municipalities identified themselves. Once the voting members identified themselves, the council approved the agenda and the minutes from the September 16 meeting....
The Carbon County Visitors Council had to change their meeting from Sinclair Town Hall to meet virtually due to concerns of COVID-19. The meeting started at 10:31 on November 18. The agenda and minutes from the regularly scheduled meeting on October 10 were quickly approved. The next order of business was going over and approving the 2021 Budget Amendment that incorporated $270,428.06 of Cares Act Relief Funding (CARF) received for the purpose of marketing and promoting Carbon County and to...
The Hanna Town Council met at 6:30 p.m. on November 10 at the Hanna Town Hall. Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) starting to show up in the resident population, the town limited seating to 10 audience members. Masks were required for all who came to the meeting. The mayor and council members Traci Fowler and Sammy Sikes were physically present and Linda Schisel was on the telephone. Bob Patton's seat was soon to be filled. The approval of the agenda and minutes was done in a matter of minutes. The...
The Medicine Bow Town Council met at 7 p.m. on Monday at the Medicine Bow Community Hall for their regularly scheduled town council meeting. Mayor Sharon Biamon was in attendance along with council members John Cowdin, Trevor Flansburg and Trevor Strauch. Council member Lucy Schofield was absent. The agenda was approved in the opening minutes of the council meeting followed quickly by the minutes from the October 12 regular meeting. Treasurer/Town Clerk Karen Heath went over the financials for...
While other states are still counting votes days after November 3, the results in Carbon County were finalized on November 4. With more than 100 percent turnout, Carbon County Clerk Gwynn Bartlett said that, while it wasn’t a record turnout, it was a great turnout for the county. In Saratoga, voters overwhelmingly approved the formation of the Saratoga-Ryan Park Museum District while, in Medicine Bow, enough write-in candidates accepted their ballot nominations to ensure a quorum of the M...
The question of who will be appointed to the vacant mayoral position on the Saratoga Town Council remains unanswered following the rescheduled November 4 meeting. With six meetings having elapsed since the resignation of former mayor John Zeiger and three meetings remaining until the end of the calendar year, continued discussion and the potential appointment have been pushed back until the November 17 meeting of the governing body. As was reported previously (see “Saratoga plans for filling v...
On October 28 the Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (UPRSWDD) held a special meeting with Saratoga mayor pro-tem Bob Keel to discuss the fund balance previously held by the town. This meeting was originally going to be held after the November 4 town council meeting, but was moved up in order to ensure there was a recording of the district’s concerns if a mayor were to be chosen after the election. Randy Raymer called the meeting to order, then allowed Keel to present the f...
The Saratoga Town Council may consider putting a cap on building permit fees in the future. This comes following a request from the Platte Valley Healthcare Project (PVHP), represented by Sonja Collamer, to waive or reduce a building fee for the North Platte Valley Medical Center (NPVMC) during the November 4 meeting of the governing body. That request also comes at a time when the PVHP recently announced a fundraiser for an additional $1 million for the critical access hospital. After listing...
The Hanna Parks and Recreation Board met on Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Hanna Recreation Center. The agenda and minutes from the August 5 regularly scheduled meeting were approved quickly. There was no quorum for the September meeting. All financials for August, September and October were approved. The board met with John Klemola, who submitted an application for the open board seat. The board approved his application and will put it forth to the Hanna Town Council at their next meeting on...
Inserted in this week’s Saratoga Sun, and available on the Saratoga Sun website, are unofficial election results. This is a service that we have provided to our readers for, at least, the past three election cycles. This year, however, I want to stress the use of the word “unofficial.” Here in Carbon County, and in the state of Wyoming, we are rather lucky when it comes to our unofficial results on election night. With polls closing at 7 p.m., results are often available on the Secretary of St... Full story
A proposed ordinance to Saratoga Municipal Code failed first reading during the October 20 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council. Ordinance No. 858, unofficially dubbed the “Pesto Festo Ordinance”, was presented by Councilmember Jon Nelson and would have amended code regulating specially permitted events. As was reported previously (see “Eventful changes for Saratoga” on page 2 of the September 23 Saratoga Sun), the intent by Nelson to amend the code came about following his nay vote in regards...
Finances continue to be a main talking point for the Town of Saratoga’s governing body. During the October 20 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council, Councilmember Jon Nelson expressed concern about the council not being presented with documentation in regards to transfers between fund types and transfers being made without explicit council approval. “I know I’ve harped on this, but we’re still not seeing documentation of the monies that are being moved between fund types,” said Nelson. “If we lo...
Property owned by Randy Stevens was a point of discussion for the Saratoga Town Council during the October 20 meeting and centered around a recently installed highway access. The property, which sits along East Maple Avenue between Highway 130 and South River Street, has long been a point of contention and litigation between Stevens and the Town of Saratoga. “A little background on this, Quality Landscape applied for and was granted a permit by the Department of Transportation of the State of W...
The vacant mayor position, a divisive council and the need for a planning and zoning director were the major points of discussion for the four Saratoga Town Council candidates during a forum held on October 12 at the Platte Valley Community Center (PVCC). The forum, held in the Great Hall of the PVCC, was hosted by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) and livestreamed on Facebook by the Saratoga Sun. Tasha Worthington, Ben Spaulding, Danny Burau and Creed James spent approximately an hour...
While the Town of Saratoga has been moving forward without a planning and zoning director, members of the Saratoga Town Council have been reviewing and approving building permits. Another aspect of that position, however, is performing building inspections and pressure checks. At the October 13 meeting of the Saratoga Planning Commission, Councilmember D’Ron Campbell introduced Andrew Meyers, who has been contracted by the Town of Saratoga to perform building inspections. Following his i...
The Saratoga Planning Commission conducted business with three of their four members in attendance on October 13. While member Tom Westring was unable to attend, Mike Lamprecht joined the meeting via phone as the commission discussed a zoning amendment for Copperline Lodge. Since opening four years ago on Rochester Street, the Copperline Lodge has operated in RD 6000. As owner Dan Point prepares to undergo expansion of his property, he is going through the rezoning process to bring his business...
Wyoming legislators, under the guise of “cost saving measures” for local governments, are again attempting to remove vital legal notices from the pages of your local newspaper. Though the Wyoming Legislature is not in session and many legislators will not return to the capitol in January following primary defeats, they are still working on interim topics. One of those topics, approved on a 10-3 vote by the Joint Corporations Committee on September 11, would remove the requirement for municipal and county governments to publish meeting min... Full story
Yvonne Johnson, the new director for the Carbon County Economic Development Corporation (CCEDC), was born in Carbon County and grew up in Rawlins. When she left Rawlins, she worked in Saratoga. She worked in hospitality for some years but the job many in the Valley may remember her for was as the Saratoga Museum director. Johnson left the museum to move to Florida, but got side tracked when she was asked to be a short term director for the Chamber of Commerce in Rawlins. Johnson said when her...
The vague and ambiguous language of Title 18 of the Saratoga Municipal Code took center stage during the October 6 meeting of the Saratoga Town Council. The definition of “adjacent” was also heavily discussed as Councilmember Jon Nelson defended his approval of a building permit for Memorial Hospital of Carbon County (MHCC). For more than a year, MHCC has pursued the construction of a clinic in Saratoga. Originally announced in July 2019, MHCC announced the purchase of property during a liv...
The Carbon County Visitor Council (CCVC) met at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Cotton Tree Inn in Rawlins. The approval of the agenda and the minutes from the regular meeting September 16 were done quickly. The next order of business was to listen to Angie Iacovetto for the grant application for the Pumpkin Patch and Harvest Festival being put on by the Rawlins Chamber. Iacovetto said that the pumpkins had been delivered on October 3 and that over 200 pumpkins have gone out in less than a week. The...
The Upper Platte River Solid Waste District board met on October 7, 2020 at 7:00 pm to discuss several matters involving the landfill. The meeting opened and the minutes and bills were quickly approved. This was followed with correspondence from RNB State Bank and the state of Wyoming regarding the need for equal employment posters. Site reports were issued with a discussion about the disposal and shipping of cardboard following soon after. It was stated that the landfill is currently receiving around four bales of cardboard each week. The...
The perennial discussion of Tyler Pickett Park was brought before the Saratoga Town Council during their October 6 meeting. The issue of the park, which has been discussed since 2009, was raised in a letter from James Olguin, Commander of Angus England American Legion Post 54. In addition to Tyler Pickett Park, the American Legion and Sons of the American Legion also requested permission to erect a flagpole near Veterans’ Island in memory of Keith McLendon. Tyler Pickett Park Tyler Pickett was k...