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The Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (water and sewer board) met Wednesday after postponing its Sept. 13 meeting by a week. The board gave the final go-ahead for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) property south of town to begin the process of joining the town’s water and sewer system, and also granted permission to the Old Baldy Club to tie into a town water line. After many months of discussion with the water and sewer board, as well as the Saratoga Town Council, representatives of the USFS were told by the water and sewer board they w...
The Town of Saratoga’s proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance is now one step closer to becoming law in the town after the planning commission made changes at its Tuesday meeting. The PUD ordinance had several small changes that were applied by the planning commission after a workshop last month between members of the committee, the town council, and stakeholders. At the workshop, the parties discussed the ordinance and suggested ways to alter the language to ensure it meets the expectations of all stakeholders. After a legal r...
The Hanna town council convened at 6 p.m. Sept. 12 to approve the transfer of a liquor license, give a fowl permit, listen to a school safety plan and go over the new system of water meter readings. Craig Kopasz, of Engineering Assosciates, said the final survey for the streets, needed to be implemented for the new water service lines to be installed, is underway. Mayor Tony Poulos said notifying the residents by going door-to-door was probably the best way to get it done. He said the town had done this in the past and it was effective in...
Editor, Recently, out of rather immense frustration, I addressed the Saratoga Town Council concerning the scourge of methamphetamine addiction/use and attendant crime in this community. Although the Police Department inferred my criticisms to mean that my complaints were directed specifically at that department, this was not my intention. However, after speaking with the police chief, I at least understood his position, agreeing in part and disagreeing in part. Perhaps most significantly, I was impressed with the passion our police chief...
The Saratoga Town Council held its first meeting of September, and quickly worked its way through the meeting agenda, only slowing to address some constituent concerns about the town’s new nuisance ordinance that came into effect Sept 1. During the meeting, the council worked its way through the agenda, receiving reports from department heads without much of a hitch, but during public comments, things got a little heated as concerns about the nuisance ordinance came up. Toward the end of the meeting, Mayor Ed Glode said the first reading of t...
Members of the Saratoga Town Council and the Saratoga Planning Commission met Tuesday to move the town’s proposed Planned Unit Development (PUD) ordinance closer to a vote. After ironing out some issues in the proposed language of the ordinance, the next step is legal review before the ordinance is voted on by council members after three readings. If passed, the ordinance would allow the planning commission to approve development projects on a case-by-case basis without being required to engage in the process of zoning changes or subdivision. A...
The Saratoga Town Council met for its second scheduled meeting of the month Tuesday to quickly work though routine matters and address several non-routine agenda items. Besides routine matters, the council passed a resolution allowing the town to apply for funding for a Level I water study to plan future developments of the town’s water infrastructure. The board also awarded the airport runway rehab project to a contractor and voted to allow them to begin work on the project. The council also set a workshop meeting for members of the council a...
According to a memo obtained by the Saratoga Sun from a source who wished to remain anonymous, the town of Saratoga is facing some cash flow problems. In the memo written by town clerk Susie Cox and delivered to the Saratoga Town Council prior to the town council’s last meeting Aug. 1, Cox warned council members cash flow had been disrupted and council members needed to address spending before the town found itself in a direr predicament. “We have tapped into our reserves at a rate that we have not seen in the past and there are no longer fun...
Saratoga Airport Board member Bobby Chitwood announced that he is resigning his seat on the board in an email sent to several members of the board and town council. In the email which was also sent to the Saratoga Sun, Chitwood said he was out of town too often to give the necessary time to the board, and also cited a “conflict that apparently will not be resolved,” as reasons for his resignation. Chitwood, who joined the board in 2014, said he wanted to stay on the board until issues surrounding hangar leases and the airport’s minimum stand...
The town of Saratoga is closer to enacting a new development and regulatory process called Planned Unit Development, or PUD. Saratoga Planning Commission has been in the process of developing the PUD since early this year. The PUD process is intended to allow town planners flexibility in approving projects that do not strictly fall into any of the existing zoning types in the town’s existing zoning schema. Will Faust, of the planning commission and town council said PUD would speed up the process for town officials and potential developers. ...
A new nuisance ordinance will take effect in the town of Saratoga starting Sept. 1, but those believed to be in violation will have time to come into compliance with the new rules. The new ordinance is intended to address public health and safety hazards around town, as well as beautify the town, according to Planning Commission and Saratoga Town Council member Will Faust. Beginning Sept. 1, those believed to be in violation of the nuisance ordinance will begin receiving letters informing them of the new ordinance, and that they are likely in v...
Saratoga’s Town Council was questioned at its first meeting of the month regarding the town’s water supply and a recent study detailed to the Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (Sewer Board) that showed the town’s drinking water may be getting harder. One member of the public took to the floor during the scheduled public comments section of the meeting to discuss issues regarding the town’s water supply, and reports that water in the town is getting harder.The person said he heard in the news about the increasing hardness of the wat...
The Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District board (UPRSWDD) convened on Wednesday at 7 p.m at the Saratoga Town Hall to discuss how the implementation of the new transfer station was going. Lloyd Buford, UPRSWDD board member, gave a report of a meeting he had with Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Robert Doctor, Solid Waste Permitting and Corrective Action Program Manager. Ron Munson, contracted to run both Encampment and Saratoga landfills, said the new baler was working well. He also gave landfill site reports on both l...
The Town of Saratoga signed a Master Service Agreement with a Saratoga-based engineering firm at its last town council meeting August 1. The master service agreement between the Town of Saratoga and North Fork Engineering, also of Saratoga, was approved by the town council after legal review by the town’s attorney. A master service agreement is not a contract to perform work for the town, Mayor Ed Glode explained at the previous town council meeting held July 18. Instead, the document is intended to make things easier between the town and t...
Planning for Taylor Pickett Park—slated to occupy what is now an empty lot at the corner of Pic Pike and Arrowhead drive near Veteran’s Island—came front and center at the first August meeting of the Saratoga Town Council Tuesday. As the park inches closer to becoming a reality, council members discussed engineering the grade and park drainage, along with managing the transition from an empty lot commonly used for parking to a park space. Council members also discussed other planning issues, including offers from volunteers to provide assis...
Editor, I would like to correct what I believe are some mistakes, in the July 19, 2017 article addressing the concrete plant issues. The concerns of mine are the actions of the Planning Commission not in the article published in the paper. The first correction that I would like to point out is that in my letter to Councilman Faust I stated that I want to be perfectly clear that I support the Concrete plant in our town and believe that it should continue doing business in the town. That was pointed out in my letter to Councilman Faust. I have...
The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) announced it will be doing a chip seal project on WY-130 (First Street in Saratoga) that will cause delays to motorists passing through town. The project is scheduled to begin July 31 and will continue until approximately Aug. 5, according to WYDOT. The project is expected to affect Saratoga for about three days, according to a WYDOT employee who briefed town council members at the town council meeting Tuesday. Work in town is expected to be completed in about three days, weather permitting, a...
The Carbon County School District No.2 (CCSD No.2) board of directors met Wednesday for what was at the time its final meeting before the start of the 2017-2018 school year. At the meeting, the board acted to amend the school calendar—pushing back the start of the school year—and elected a new board member to fill an empty position on the board. After the regular meeting was adjourned, the board voted to pass the CCSD No.2 budget at a separately convened budget hearing that was held immediately after the regular meeting. The board acted to ame...
North Folk Engineering was founded in March by Jon Nelson, a professional civil engineer with a strong background in construction. He has supervised construction of tunnels, dams, reservoirs, sanitary sewer mains, drainage structures, irrigation facilities, water treatment and distribution systems. North Fork also includes Paul McCarthy, a longtime Saratoga resident who owned a civil engineering firm in town from 1985 to 2014. He has over 50 years of experience managing civil infrastructure...
The Saratoga Town Council met for its second meeting of the month Tuesday, and quickly disposed of agenda items. During the 40-minute meeting, the council was briefed on the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s (WYDOT) upcoming chip seal project which will mean partial road closures for the town, and members of the council heard about the upcoming sewer lagoon improvements. The board also acted to reappoint Don Price, the current chairman of the Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (sewer board) as chair and set a special workshop t...
The Saratoga Planning Commission met Tuesday for its monthly meeting, finishing in what one member called “record time,” but a letter from a Saratoga Town Council member slowed it a bit. The letter, read aloud during the meeting, was from Steve Wilcoxson, a member of the Saratoga Town Council. In the letter, Wilcoxson alleged that the concrete plant on the east end of town was in violation of zoning ordinances. Wilcoxson requested notes and meeting minutes detailing the planning commission’s decision to grant authority to the owner of the c...
Saratoga Town Council met for its first meeting of the month Wednesday to speed through its agenda quickly, with two issues cropping up which took most of the time during the almost hourlong meeting. Though the council worked through agenda items quickly, two issues brought up by a member of the public and a council member were center stage: airport leases and legality of the proposed nuisance ordinance. AIRPORT HANGAR LEASES STILL PLAGUED WITH QUESTIONS Hangar leases at the airport have been an issue for the airport board for many months, but...
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Tuesday the Hanna Town Council met to approve the new hours of the Hanna Recreation Center, discussed ways to find out how to get the water meters to read data currently not being collected and the Marshal reported the status of the recently purchased police vehicles. Larry Korkell, public works director, told the council he was working to find the reason why the water was running slower. He said it might be algae in the reservoir and he was looking at putting a siphon pipe in the water plant to...
The Saratoga Water and Sewer Joint Powers Board (Sewer Board) met Wednesday to work through a relatively short agenda, slowing down only to address concerns of members of the public and businesses. The sewer board discussed bids for improvements soon to be underway at the town’s sewage lagoon and scheduled a special meeting to accept contracts. The board also discussed a sewage issue affecting a handful of homes near South River and Veteran’s Streets in Saratoga, and addressed questions from a Rawlins-based portable outhouse and septic sys...
